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MATINA — Municipal council

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

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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
MATINA / LIMÓN
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-c24f6e2676863de351a1ad30
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

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA71.8%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL16.3%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA4.6%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA3.1%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS2.2%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO1.3%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO0.7%
Results for event-8a5c4b18e4c55d8e3164cb37
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20246,61071.8%4Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,50216.3%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244194.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242863.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241992.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241211.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024690.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA31.0%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL28.3%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL11.4%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS6.3%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN6.3%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO5.9%
  • NUEVA REPUBLICA4.2%
  • AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSE3.3%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE1.6%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN1.5%
  • IZQUIERDA COSTARRICENSE0.2%
Results for event-1c0fd7454dd6702144c59505
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203,17731%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202,89728.3%2Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,16311.4%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206496.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206456.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206015.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPUBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204254.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203433.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201601.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201581.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
IZQUIERDA COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020210.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL29.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA22.2%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO17.1%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE13.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA8.9%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN3.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO2.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO2.3%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES0.5%
Results for event-1f4abedb34fedbbc3dafe338
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,95929.1%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,26122.2%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,73817.1%1Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,36413.4%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20169068.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163743.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162842.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162332.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016480.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

0 (recorded zero)0–100 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=55.48555290028242, oldest_gap=6.865348677092552, previous_gap=2.734642054888173

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

41.52percentage 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=[[16.315446447968718,71.80099934825114,0,0,0,3.106669563328264,0,0,0,0,0,0.7495111883554204,8.027373452096459],[28.29377868932513,31.028420744213303,0,0,11.358531106553375,4.150795976169547,0,0,6.2994433050102545,5.869713839242113,0,0,12.999316339486278],[29.103963804465426,22.238615127372874,8.911183239893774,2.793351037670896,0,0,2.2917281400609815,0,3.678567915806039,17.094521491098654,0,0,13.888069243631357]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

26.92percentage 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=[[16.315446447968718,71.80099934825114,0,0,0,3.106669563328264,0,0,0,0,0,0.7495111883554204,8.027373452096459],[28.29377868932513,31.028420744213303,0,0,11.358531106553375,4.150795976169547,0,0,6.2994433050102545,5.869713839242113,0,0,12.999316339486278],[29.103963804465426,22.238615127372874,8.911183239893774,2.793351037670896,0,0,2.2917281400609815,0,3.678567915806039,17.094521491098654,0,0,13.888069243631357]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

34.22percentage 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=[[16.315446447968718,71.80099934825114,0,0,0,3.106669563328264,0,0,0,0,0,0.7495111883554204,8.027373452096459],[28.29377868932513,31.028420744213303,0,0,11.358531106553375,4.150795976169547,0,0,6.2994433050102545,5.869713839242113,0,0,12.999316339486278],[29.103963804465426,22.238615127372874,8.911183239893774,2.793351037670896,0,0,2.2917281400609815,0,3.678567915806039,17.094521491098654,0,0,13.888069243631357]]

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?
VERONICA MAYELA UGALDE TORRESREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
EVER CORTES CHAVESREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
YARITZA ISABEL REID UBAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
KEVIN YASDANI CENTENO VILLAFUERTEREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
KIMBERLY TATIANA GALEANO ANGULOREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RAQUEL NORORIS ORTEGAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
RONALD ROBERTO CAMERON CLEYTONREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
VIVIANA LEANDRO QUIROSREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
LEONEL GARCIA SEGURAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
KERBELIN KARLINA RUSSELL ALFAROREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALFREDO WHEATHEY BURTONREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MELBA BARRANTES BERMUDEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
BRYAN DANILO NAVARRO HERNANDEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
VERONICA MAYELA UGALDE TORRESREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
EVER CORTES CHAVESREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MERCEDES VILLAFUERTE CASTAÑEDAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ARNOLDO LOAIZA QUESADAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
YENDRY GABRIELA GODOY MARTINEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARCO TULIO ULATE HERRERAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANDREA GABRIELA CHACON BONILLAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ROBERTO CAMPBELL ROJASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LIDIETTE SOLIS ZAMORAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JUAN RAFAEL CAMACHO UREÑAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
OSCAR EMILIO BONILLA UMAÑAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
WILBER MONGE MARTINEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEprincipal
PAULINA FAJARDO ROSALESREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIO ANTONIO GUTIERREZ CAMBRONEROREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ARNOLDO LOAIZA QUESADAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MERCEDES VILLAFUERTE CASTAÑEDAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
LIDIA JESSICA CHAMORRO HERNANDEZREGIDORES(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. “MATINA — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-C-LIMON-MATINA. 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.