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POCOCÍ — Municipal council

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

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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
POCOCÍ / LIMÓN
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-b6387e40587ff5a973145267
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 PODEMOS42.5%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL16.3%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES7.5%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN5.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA5.6%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA4.3%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO3.2%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA3.1%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.8%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE2.6%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO2.4%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA2.4%
  • YO SOY EL CAMBIO1.5%
Results for event-8935bb1938bcb8ff5ac77c99
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202411,42542.5%4Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244,37616.3%2Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,0257.5%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,5705.8%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,5095.6%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,1654.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20248493.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20248403.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20247442.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20247102.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20246452.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20246372.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
YO SOY EL CAMBIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244111.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • RECUPERANDO VALORES15.9%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL15.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA12.8%
  • NUEVA REPUBLICA8.6%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL6.0%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA5.9%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA5.8%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE5.8%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL5.6%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN3.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO2.5%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.5%
  • AVANTE POCOCÍ2.4%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA2.2%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS1.6%
  • YO SOY EL CAMBIO1.5%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE0.6%
  • IZQUIERDA COSTARRICENSE0.5%
Results for event-19b3594c8f1ae3a2651e2610
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204,72215.9%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204,71615.9%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203,79312.8%1Recorded
NUEVA REPUBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202,5408.6%1Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,7906%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,7605.9%1Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,7325.8%1Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,7145.8%1Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,6535.6%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,0823.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20207502.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20207452.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AVANTE POCOCÍcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20207232.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206652.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204601.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
YO SOY EL CAMBIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204401.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201820.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
IZQUIERDA COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201550.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL25.5%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE22.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA12.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO12.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO8.2%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO7.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA6.5%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN2.2%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN1.3%
  • DE LOS TRABAJADORES0.6%
Results for event-81fb6b17e25b38a2016e7f22
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20167,20725.5%2Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20166,46922.9%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163,57312.7%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163,56012.6%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,3158.2%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,1227.5%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,8496.5%1Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20166162.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163601.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
DE LOS TRABAJADOREScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161590.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

20.070–100 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=26.198617408756412, oldest_gap=2.6142401700318842, previous_gap=0.020255215718048447

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

32.75percentage 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=[[16.264030327807923,5.608414480041627,0,0,0,3.1219802274585593,0,0,0,2.765182487177581,2.3675016724894076,2.3972348175128224,67.47565598751208],[15.920599554385253,12.804672203092297,5.94152994396057,2.5319019647559244,6.042806022550807,8.57470798730673,0,5.580311930322058,0,2.5150226183242186,2.24495307541692,0,37.84349469988523],[25.52957846262841,12.656748140276301,6.549769748494509,7.516826071555084,0,0,12.61069783917818,0,2.1820758058802694,8.200495926319519,0,0,24.753808005667725]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

35.68percentage 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=[[16.264030327807923,5.608414480041627,0,0,0,3.1219802274585593,0,0,0,2.765182487177581,2.3675016724894076,2.3972348175128224,67.47565598751208],[15.920599554385253,12.804672203092297,5.94152994396057,2.5319019647559244,6.042806022550807,8.57470798730673,0,5.580311930322058,0,2.5150226183242186,2.24495307541692,0,37.84349469988523],[25.52957846262841,12.656748140276301,6.549769748494509,7.516826071555084,0,0,12.61069783917818,0,2.1820758058802694,8.200495926319519,0,0,24.753808005667725]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

34.21percentage 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=[[16.264030327807923,5.608414480041627,0,0,0,3.1219802274585593,0,0,0,2.765182487177581,2.3675016724894076,2.3972348175128224,67.47565598751208],[15.920599554385253,12.804672203092297,5.94152994396057,2.5319019647559244,6.042806022550807,8.57470798730673,0,5.580311930322058,0,2.5150226183242186,2.24495307541692,0,37.84349469988523],[25.52957846262841,12.656748140276301,6.549769748494509,7.516826071555084,0,0,12.61069783917818,0,2.1820758058802694,8.200495926319519,0,0,24.753808005667725]]

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?
LUIS ANGEL MENDEZ ARAYAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
PATRICIA AGUILAR ARAYAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
WALTER VILLAGRA RODRIGUEZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
CARMEN SANCHEZ NAVARROREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
CARLOS ALBERTO RETANA LOPEZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
EVA ISABEL TORRES MARINREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RICARDO VILLALOBOS VARGASREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024RECUPERANDO VALORESprincipal
JORDAN CHAVES CHAVESREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
JUAN MAURICIO MORA CRUZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
GERARDO CUBILLO GAMBOAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
VIRGINIA HERNANDEZ RIVERAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
FABIAN SANCHEZ LORIAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
YOSELINE ROCIO ABARCA TORRESREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
WILLIAM HERNANDEZ VALVERDEREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SANDRA UMAÑA LOPEZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ROBERT JIMENEZ ARAYAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024RECUPERANDO VALORESsubstitute
OVIDIO VIVES CASTROREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
JEFFRY ROJAS SERRANOREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JUAN LUIS GOMEZ GOMEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020RECUPERANDO VALORESprincipal
JONNATHAN GARCIA CHEVEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
REINALDO BENAVIDES VARGASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LUIS ANGEL MENDEZ ARAYAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
DENNIA YASLYN MORALES GRAJALREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE ANTONIO BUSTOS MARTINEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
RANDALL TORRES BARRIENTOSREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
OVIDIO VIVES CASTROREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEprincipal
ALFREDO CALDERON ALFAROREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
BERNARDO ANTONIO VEACH DAVISREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020RECUPERANDO VALORESsubstitute
OSADEL CAMPOS BOLAÑOSREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JAIRO ANTONIO OJEDA ABURTOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
FLOR IVETH PERAZA CAMPOSREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
ROSBIL DANIER ARGUELLO BADILLAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RITA MARCELLY UMAÑA VALVERDEREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
MARILU BALLESTERO CRUZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAsubstitute
YOSELINE ROCIO ABARCA TORRESREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
HILDA ZAMORA ARIASREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOHNNY ANTONIO VARGAS ARRIETAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
PATRICIA AGUILAR ARAYAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
OVIDIO VIVES CASTROREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEprincipal
GINNETTE SEQUEIRA GRANADOSREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEprincipal
REINALDO BENAVIDES VARGASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
BERNARDO ANTONIO VEACH DAVISREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOprincipal
FREDDY ALBERTO HERNANDEZ MIRANDAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
ELISEO ARAYA BRENESREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
MARICRUZ CHAVES ALFAROREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
ARELYS FERNANDEZ CHAVESREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
OSADEL CAMPOS BOLAÑOSREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIELA MONGE ARAYAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
LUIS GERARDO VENEGAS AVILAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
MARTA SALGUERAS VASQUEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
VIRGINIA HERNANDEZ RIVERAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOsubstitute
MARIA DE LOS ANGELES NUÑEZ FUENTESREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
OSCAR LUIS GARRO ROJASREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016FRENTE AMPLIOsubstitute
DOMINGO MATARRITA GUTIERREZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute

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