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SIQUIRRES — Municipal council

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

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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
SIQUIRRES / LIMÓN
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-b7c75856b797b6f3a76a23b5
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

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL22.9%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN16.6%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA14.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA13.6%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO13.1%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES11.1%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO2.9%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA1.8%
  • ACCIÓN CANTONAL SIQUIRRES INDEPENDIENTE1.8%
  • AUTÉNTICO SIQUIRREÑO1.2%
  • YO SOY EL CAMBIO0.9%
Results for event-14bc5a88a90f9307bac01cfc
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243,15422.9%2Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,28716.6%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,94014.1%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,86713.6%1Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,80613.1%1Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,53411.1%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244002.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242481.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CANTONAL SIQUIRRES INDEPENDIENTEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242471.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AUTÉNTICO SIQUIRREÑOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241611.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
YO SOY EL CAMBIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241170.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL48.3%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO10.3%
  • AUTÉNTICO SIQUIRREÑO7.0%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE6.2%
  • NUEVA REPUBLICA6.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA5.7%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES4.4%
  • ACCIÓN CANTONAL SIQUIRRES INDEPENDIENTE2.9%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN2.6%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL2.1%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA1.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.4%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS1.1%
  • IZQUIERDA COSTARRICENSE0.4%
Results for event-31d3c19e694d627e200ac8a9
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206,25348.3%5Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,33110.3%2Recorded
AUTÉNTICO SIQUIRREÑOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20209027%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20208056.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPUBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20207866.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20207325.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20205704.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CANTONAL SIQUIRRES INDEPENDIENTEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203742.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203382.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202742.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202051.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201851.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201451.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
IZQUIERDA COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020490.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL27.5%
  • AUTÉNTICO SIQUIRREÑO17.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA11.8%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE8.7%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN8.4%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO6.2%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA5.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO4.0%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES3.2%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN3.1%
  • ACCIÓN CANTONAL SIQUIRRES INDEPENDIENTE2.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.7%
Results for event-ab5b243ae3fa8d3ee99bbe47
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163,93027.5%2Recorded
AUTÉNTICO SIQUIRREÑOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,45717.2%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,69011.8%1Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,2408.7%1Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,2058.4%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20168826.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20168165.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165754%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164653.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164403.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CANTONAL SIQUIRRES INDEPENDIENTEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163772.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162371.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

18.940–100 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=6.300414214083279, oldest_gap=10.290624563364538, previous_gap=38.01065719360568

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

40.48percentage 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=[[22.919845941428676,13.567327955817165,0,2.9067654966935543,0,14.097812658963738,0,0,0,0,0,13.124046217571397,33.384201729525465],[48.28944320024712,5.6529461734496875,1.583133832728396,10.27878600664144,2.115993513012588,6.069966792802533,0,0,2.610240172986331,1.4286817514866013,0,0,21.9708085566453],[27.455637837082577,11.806622886684364,5.7007125890736345,6.161799636719296,0,0,4.017046248428112,0,8.41833170322761,1.6557216710912392,0,0,34.78412742769317]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

33.14percentage 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=[[22.919845941428676,13.567327955817165,0,2.9067654966935543,0,14.097812658963738,0,0,0,0,0,13.124046217571397,33.384201729525465],[48.28944320024712,5.6529461734496875,1.583133832728396,10.27878600664144,2.115993513012588,6.069966792802533,0,0,2.610240172986331,1.4286817514866013,0,0,21.9708085566453],[27.455637837082577,11.806622886684364,5.7007125890736345,6.161799636719296,0,0,4.017046248428112,0,8.41833170322761,1.6557216710912392,0,0,34.78412742769317]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

36.81percentage 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=[[22.919845941428676,13.567327955817165,0,2.9067654966935543,0,14.097812658963738,0,0,0,0,0,13.124046217571397,33.384201729525465],[48.28944320024712,5.6529461734496875,1.583133832728396,10.27878600664144,2.115993513012588,6.069966792802533,0,0,2.610240172986331,1.4286817514866013,0,0,21.9708085566453],[27.455637837082577,11.806622886684364,5.7007125890736345,6.161799636719296,0,0,4.017046248428112,0,8.41833170322761,1.6557216710912392,0,0,34.78412742769317]]

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?
YOXANA DEBORA STEVENSON SIMPSONREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FREDDY BADILLA BARRANTESREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALEXZA GRICELLA GUZMAN CARRANZAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
ALVARO ALEJANDRO PORTILLO LUNAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
BRENEDETH MC LEAN FULLERREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
TATIANA ELENA MATA SOLANOREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOprincipal
MIRIAM ELENA HURTADO RODRIGUEZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024RECUPERANDO VALORESprincipal
KARLA ANDREA ALVARADO MUÑOZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALVARO JAVIER ALVARADO SANTANAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ZEIDY SANDI MENDEZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
ROBERTO FAJARDO JIMENEZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
JAHAIRA GRANADOS ORTIZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIA CAMARENO ALVAREZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOsubstitute
KARREN DAMARIS PIERRE MORRISREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024RECUPERANDO VALORESsubstitute
YOXANA DEBORA STEVENSON SIMPSONREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RANDAL BLACK REIDREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KARLA ANDREA ALVARADO MUÑOZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ELIAS ALBERTO JARA VEGAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SUSANA CRUZ VILLEGASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ESMERALDA ALLEN MORAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
JUNIOR DE LOS ANGELES QUIROS CHAVARRIAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
FREDDY BADILLA BARRANTESREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARICEL DIAZ DELGADOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
PABLO ANDRES CASTILLO TERCEROREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA GONZALEZ JIMENEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOHNNY ALEJANDRO LOAIZA LOPEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CESAR DOMINGO MANZANARES VARGASREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020FRENTE AMPLIOsubstitute
ZORAIDA DEL CARMEN CEDEÑO ROJASREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020FRENTE AMPLIOsubstitute
GERARDO BADILLA CASTILLOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MIRIAM ELENA HURTADO RODRIGUEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FLOYD FERDINAND BROWN HAYLESREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016AUTÉNTICO SIQUIRREÑOprincipal
ANABELLE RODRIGUEZ CAMPOSREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016AUTÉNTICO SIQUIRREÑOprincipal
ROGER DAVIS BENNETTREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
RANDAL BLACK REIDREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEprincipal
JULIO CESAR GOMEZ ROJASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNprincipal
MAUREEN CASH ARAYAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS FERNANDO BERMUDEZ MORAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LOYOA EMILIA DAVIS MAITLANDREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016AUTÉNTICO SIQUIRREÑOsubstitute
JUAN JOSE GARRO QUIROSREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016AUTÉNTICO SIQUIRREÑOsubstitute
JESUS NEFTALI BADILLA SANCHEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
SUSANA VANESSA POLANCO MESENREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
SARAY CAMARENO ALVAREZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNsubstitute

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