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LIMÓN — Municipal council

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

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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
LIMÓN / LIMÓN
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-36e6c306d6ce96dccb618f25
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

  • UNIDOS PODEMOS19.3%
  • AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSE17.8%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE14.9%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL12.5%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA11.6%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO5.7%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN5.2%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA3.6%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA2.7%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO2.3%
  • YO SOY EL CAMBIO1.8%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES1.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO0.9%
Results for event-e7fc29d15d3e160e66f6e85b
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244,49619.3%2Recorded
AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244,15817.8%2Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243,46714.9%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,91612.5%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,69411.6%1Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,3355.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,2035.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20248383.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20246312.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245392.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
YO SOY EL CAMBIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244181.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244081.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242160.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSE21.2%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA18.9%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL15.5%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL12.7%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE10.0%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN8.1%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO4.2%
  • NUEVA REPUBLICA3.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA3.8%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS1.1%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES0.6%
  • IZQUIERDA COSTARRICENSE0.2%
Results for event-159d0005a2da4dbcad096c4a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20205,05721.2%2Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204,52018.9%1Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203,70515.5%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203,03512.7%1Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202,38610%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,9468.1%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,0054.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPUBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20209153.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20208973.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202521.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201340.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
IZQUIERDA COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020570.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSE46.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA21.4%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL8.9%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE6.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO5.4%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO2.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO2.6%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA2.4%
  • LIMÓN INDEPENDIENTE1.9%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES1.7%
  • DE LOS TRABAJADORES0.2%
Results for event-c09d121a2809956f6e97d622
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201611,75046.2%5Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165,44821.4%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,2788.9%1Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,6736.6%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,3735.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20167202.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20166512.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20166132.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIMÓN INDEPENDIENTEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164771.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164351.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
DE LOS TRABAJADOREScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016390.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

79.90–100 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=1.4494618122561, oldest_gap=24.755470008249205, previous_gap=2.2460161445480793

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

23.87percentage 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=[[12.504824392126592,0,0,0.9262832883056735,0,3.5936360907414553,0,0,0,0,2.705947939448518,5.7249453235558985,74.54436296582186],[12.693964615835041,3.751725291731147,0,0,15.496256639759087,3.827010749090301,0,0,0,4.203438035886068,0,0,60.02760466769836],[8.948422830655616,21.40079349491299,2.4079820874415683,2.8282986997682364,0,0,2.557253407707114,0,0,5.393408492752485,0,0,56.46384098676198]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

26.63percentage 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=[[12.504824392126592,0,0,0.9262832883056735,0,3.5936360907414553,0,0,0,0,2.705947939448518,5.7249453235558985,74.54436296582186],[12.693964615835041,3.751725291731147,0,0,15.496256639759087,3.827010749090301,0,0,0,4.203438035886068,0,0,60.02760466769836],[8.948422830655616,21.40079349491299,2.4079820874415683,2.8282986997682364,0,0,2.557253407707114,0,0,5.393408492752485,0,0,56.46384098676198]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

25.25percentage 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=[[12.504824392126592,0,0,0.9262832883056735,0,3.5936360907414553,0,0,0,0,2.705947939448518,5.7249453235558985,74.54436296582186],[12.693964615835041,3.751725291731147,0,0,15.496256639759087,3.827010749090301,0,0,0,4.203438035886068,0,0,60.02760466769836],[8.948422830655616,21.40079349491299,2.4079820874415683,2.8282986997682364,0,0,2.557253407707114,0,0,5.393408492752485,0,0,56.46384098676198]]

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?
KATERINE CALVO LOBOREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
ORIN GEORGE GRANT EBANKSREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
DWAYNE KAREEM MATTIS PINNOCKREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEprincipal
YAHUZU ACUÑA MARTINEZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEprincipal
KEYVIN PAUL RAMIREZ QUESADAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEprincipal
JUAN PABLO POVEDA CHINCHILLAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE LUIS VASQUEZ MORAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAprincipal
YORLENY MENA MONTEROREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
JOHN EGBERT RIVERS GUTIERREZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
PAOLO FULLER CASCOREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEsubstitute
YAJAIRA DE LOS ANGELES ROJAS MC KENZIEREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEsubstitute
OTILIO FRANCISCO BROWN READREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
HUGO CESPEDES MORALESREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MANUEL JOHNSON JOHNSONREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAsubstitute
LARRY WEIN CALVINREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEprincipal
BELINDA LORENA JONES SEQUEIRAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEprincipal
ANNER GARCIA OBREGONREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
LISSA IVANNIA FRECKLETON OWENSREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JUAN PABLO POVEDA CHINCHILLAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE GABRIEL HIDALGO GONZALEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEprincipal
SUCY YESENIA WING CHINGREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
MARIA ESTELA OBANDO AVENDAÑOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEsubstitute
ELADIO ARCE COTOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEsubstitute
YORLENY MENA MONTEROREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAsubstitute
JOSSIMAR ANDREY LOPEZ CALVOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FERNANDO BLAK HEDGESREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YAHUZU ACUÑA MARTINEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
SEDIEL MORALES RUIZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
MARGINA REID REIDREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEprincipal
ELADIO ARCE COTOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEprincipal
ALMA MAXWELL DALEYREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEprincipal
JORGE ARTURO CALVO VILLARREALREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEprincipal
SUSSETTE DIANNA WALTERS WRIGHTREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEprincipal
ELOISA VOSE MAYREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOHNNY OCTAVIO SMITH BENNETTREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOSE RAFAEL BARRANTES CESPEDESREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GERARDO PICADO BARRIOSREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEprincipal
OLGER LOPEZ BERMUDEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEsubstitute
ANA CECILIA YAN LEUNGREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEsubstitute
JEFFRY JOSE PRITCHARD SHARPEREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEsubstitute
FRANCISCA EVA NARVAEZ CASCANTEREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEsubstitute
DASAETH DE LOS ANGELES CHAVES VINDASREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEsubstitute
JOSE ELIAS RAMIREZ ESPINOZAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
FRANCISCA WEST GRANTREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MAURICIO WATSON VASSELLREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MIREYA BUSTOS MACEOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEsubstitute

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. “LIMÓN — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-C-LIMON-LIMON. 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.