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GUÁCIMO — Municipal council

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Costa Rica · GUÁCIMO / LIMÓN · municipal · Municipal councilCR-C-LIMON-GUACIMO

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TSE vote books joined to official elected-member declarations where geographic and total checks reconcile. Substitutes retained separately. Subsequent replacements and current officeholder status require review.

1. What office, where, and when is the next election?

Geography
GUÁCIMO / LIMÓN
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-fd7447a0970335b5b73a8819
Registry qualification
Unknown

2. How certain is that date?

2028-02-06 is expected (not formally called). Day precision. A date without a formal call is not confirmed.

3. Who won earlier selected elections?

2024-02-04

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE32.0%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL25.0%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS12.1%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA10.2%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES6.0%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO5.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA3.4%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA1.9%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN1.1%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO1.0%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO0.7%
  • YO SOY EL CAMBIO0.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO0.3%
Results for event-52d801b7ee5f17cbaeb4e046
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243,66532%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,86825%2Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,39112.1%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,17010.2%1Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20246826%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20246635.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243883.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242221.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241211.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241161%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024780.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
YO SOY EL CAMBIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024670.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024300.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL25.0%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE23.4%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS15.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA10.3%
  • NUEVA REPUBLICA5.6%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL5.2%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE4.7%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES3.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA1.8%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL1.5%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.3%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO1.2%
  • IZQUIERDA COSTARRICENSE0.7%
Results for event-61319db535053b1b9d34f02a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202,65725%2Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202,48223.4%2Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,68015.8%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,09610.3%1Recorded
NUEVA REPUBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20205975.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20205475.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20205014.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203663.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201861.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201631.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201421.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201261.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
IZQUIERDA COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020760.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL36.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA19.0%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA17.4%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES10.2%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO8.7%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE5.1%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO1.6%
Results for event-1531246d71823f5a0a6d9101
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163,35336.2%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,76319%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,60717.4%1Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201694310.2%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20168048.7%1Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164685.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161731.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161471.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

68.080–100 historical closeness

Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete

Comparison status: Provisional imported-series comparison; actual-event review open

Method ci.weighted-gap.v1. Inputs: latest_gap=6.954017973998781, oldest_gap=17.174335709656514, previous_gap=1.6479894528675025

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

17.64percentage points

Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). Twelve explicitly named standalone national parties; accent variants normalized. Local parties and coalitions remain Other. No alliance votes are attributed to individual member parties. An interval is withheld if either election has no list mapped to an explicit named group. This is aggregate share change, not individual voter switching. Event review: Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete

Comparison status: Latest interval

Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["PLN","PUSC","PAC","Frente Amplio","PRN","Nueva Republica","PML","PIN","PASE","PRSC","PLP","PPSD","Other"], interval=Latest interval, vectors=[[25.02399441584504,3.3853939446819648,0,0,0,10.208533286798708,0,0,0,0.26175726376406944,0,1.0121280865544018,60.10819300235582],[25.021188435822584,10.321122516244467,1.7515773613334589,1.186552406064601,5.151144175534419,5.6219983049251345,0,1.53498446181373,0,1.33722572746963,0,0,48.07420661079198],[36.217325556275654,19.04298984661914,17.35796068265284,8.684381075826312,0,0,1.5878159429682437,0,0,1.8686541369626268,0,0,15.240872758695183]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

45.14percentage points

Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). Twelve explicitly named standalone national parties; accent variants normalized. Local parties and coalitions remain Other. No alliance votes are attributed to individual member parties. An interval is withheld if either election has no list mapped to an explicit named group. This is aggregate share change, not individual voter switching. Event review: Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete

Comparison status: Previous interval

Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["PLN","PUSC","PAC","Frente Amplio","PRN","Nueva Republica","PML","PIN","PASE","PRSC","PLP","PPSD","Other"], interval=Previous interval, vectors=[[25.02399441584504,3.3853939446819648,0,0,0,10.208533286798708,0,0,0,0.26175726376406944,0,1.0121280865544018,60.10819300235582],[25.021188435822584,10.321122516244467,1.7515773613334589,1.186552406064601,5.151144175534419,5.6219983049251345,0,1.53498446181373,0,1.33722572746963,0,0,48.07420661079198],[36.217325556275654,19.04298984661914,17.35796068265284,8.684381075826312,0,0,1.5878159429682437,0,0,1.8686541369626268,0,0,15.240872758695183]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

31.39percentage points

Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). Twelve explicitly named standalone national parties; accent variants normalized. Local parties and coalitions remain Other. No alliance votes are attributed to individual member parties. An interval is withheld if either election has no list mapped to an explicit named group. This is aggregate share change, not individual voter switching. Event review: Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete

Comparison status: Both intervals mean

Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["PLN","PUSC","PAC","Frente Amplio","PRN","Nueva Republica","PML","PIN","PASE","PRSC","PLP","PPSD","Other"], interval=Both intervals mean, vectors=[[25.02399441584504,3.3853939446819648,0,0,0,10.208533286798708,0,0,0,0.26175726376406944,0,1.0121280865544018,60.10819300235582],[25.021188435822584,10.321122516244467,1.7515773613334589,1.186552406064601,5.151144175534419,5.6219983049251345,0,1.53498446181373,0,1.33722572746963,0,0,48.07420661079198],[36.217325556275654,19.04298984661914,17.35796068265284,8.684381075826312,0,0,1.5878159429682437,0,0,1.8686541369626268,0,0,15.240872758695183]]

Source-reported control: Unverified. Current tenure requires separate dated evidence.

5. Officeholder evidence

Dated roster observations are not automatically current tenure. The source current-office flag means this office is tracked now, not that the last winner still holds it.

Officeholder observations
PersonRoleAs ofAffiliationPrincipal?
BLANCA ROSA MEJIA MEDINAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEprincipal
FRANCISCO GARRO CARMONAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEprincipal
MARICEL ELIZONDO ZUÑIGAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEprincipal
KIMBERLY VINIETTE CORRALES CAMACHOREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
NELSON LOBO RODRIGUEZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MANUEL ALFONSO GUTIERREZ CHAVESREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
SAAED CALDERON HERNANDEZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
PATRICIA DONALDSON DIXONREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
ADRIAN ZUÑIGA MENDEZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
SONIA ISABEL ELIZONDO JIMENEZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
SAIDA SAENZ LOPEZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE ALBERTO LEON CERDASREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE ANDRES JIRON JIRONREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
EDDY ARTURO VARGAS BUSTAMANTEREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
NELSON LOBO RODRIGUEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALEJANDRA LOPEZ LEEREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MAGDA OROCU JIMENEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEprincipal
WILLIAM FAJARDO FAJARDOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEprincipal
JOSE LEONCIO OROZCO PERAZAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
ROSIBEL MARCHENA SERRANOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
LEONARDO CARRILLO SANCHEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ANA MARIA ESQUIVEL MESENREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUAN DIEGO ORTEGA ORTIZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LEANCE RAMIREZ MORAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
JEANNETTE GONZALEZ LIREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
SEIDI MORALES BOLAÑOSREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
JOSE ANDRES JIRON JIRONREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
WILBER CARRILLO NAVARROREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
CYNTHIA HYMAN SCHATRUELLREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MANRIQUE MEJIAS QUIROSREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA DEL CARMEN MEOÑO HERNANDEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
PLACIDO LOPEZ DIAZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ALEJANDRA LOPEZ LEEREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
MELVIN JIMENEZ QUIROSREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016RECUPERANDO VALORESprincipal
ELADIO RETANA FALLASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
ANA MARIA ESQUIVEL MESENREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUAN DIEGO ORTEGA ORTIZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ODILIE MENDEZ RAMIREZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YESSICA PAOLA CENTENO GOMEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
DAVID ROJAS AGUILARREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
LAURITA LOPEZ LOPEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016RECUPERANDO VALORESsubstitute
DORIS MAYBEL RUIZ LOPEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016FRENTE AMPLIOsubstitute

6. Polling context

No local poll supplied.

7. Unresolved issues and sources

  • other · open

    Published province heading correction: {"issue": "Published province heading correction", "year": 2020, "area": "Heredia", "source_id": "S41377daad8", "resolution": "The amendment corrects CARTAGO to HEREDIA in the second table heading. It changes no votes, winners or seats; the original declaration is joined to Heredia."}

Sources

Cite this record

Center for Digital Democracy. “GUÁCIMO — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-C-LIMON-GUACIMO. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S19eaca6404, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S124a534fa9, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S6477d8bdc2.