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DUACARÍ — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · DUACARÍ / LIMÓN · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-LIMON-GUACIMO-DUACARI

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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
DUACARÍ / LIMÓN
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-14246e1d327eba7afde3ff6d
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 NACIONAL34.9%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE15.9%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS15.4%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES10.2%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO9.9%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA7.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA4.3%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA1.4%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN0.9%
Results for event-b656e23141a16c0b9e234011
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202453034.9%3Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202424215.9%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202423415.4%1Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202415510.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241509.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241087.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024654.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024221.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024130.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL36.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA13.8%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS13.5%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE10.9%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL8.8%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES8.6%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA3.6%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL2.5%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.5%
Results for event-6b002ea32aa1187792ae1fbf
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202049036.9%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202018313.8%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202017913.5%1Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202014510.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201178.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201148.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020483.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020332.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020201.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL31.3%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA24.8%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO16.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA14.7%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES9.7%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE1.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.3%
Results for event-50d59980b025c69a60d879fb
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201639031.3%2Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201630924.8%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201620516.4%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201618314.7%1Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161219.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016241.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016161.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

5.230–100 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=18.959842001316655, oldest_gap=6.490384615384617, previous_gap=23.10007524454477

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

27.87percentage 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=[[34.89137590520079,4.279131007241606,0,0,0,7.109940750493746,0,0,0,0,0,0,53.71955233706386],[36.869826937547025,13.769751693002258,3.6117381489841986,0,8.803611738148984,0,0,2.4830699774266365,0,1.5048908954100828,0,0,32.957110609480814],[31.25,14.663461538461538,24.759615384615383,16.42628205128205,0,0,0,0,0,1.2820512820512822,0,0,11.618589743589745]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

38.47percentage 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=[[34.89137590520079,4.279131007241606,0,0,0,7.109940750493746,0,0,0,0,0,0,53.71955233706386],[36.869826937547025,13.769751693002258,3.6117381489841986,0,8.803611738148984,0,0,2.4830699774266365,0,1.5048908954100828,0,0,32.957110609480814],[31.25,14.663461538461538,24.759615384615383,16.42628205128205,0,0,0,0,0,1.2820512820512822,0,0,11.618589743589745]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

33.17percentage 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=[[34.89137590520079,4.279131007241606,0,0,0,7.109940750493746,0,0,0,0,0,0,53.71955233706386],[36.869826937547025,13.769751693002258,3.6117381489841986,0,8.803611738148984,0,0,2.4830699774266365,0,1.5048908954100828,0,0,32.957110609480814],[31.25,14.663461538461538,24.759615384615383,16.42628205128205,0,0,0,0,0,1.2820512820512822,0,0,11.618589743589745]]

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?
ISAAC ANDREES TREJOS SANDISINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MELISSA MAGRET MUÑOZ ESPINOZASINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANA MARIA ESQUIVEL MESENCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JUAN DIEGO VINDAS PALMACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FLAVIA CHAVES PORTACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEprincipal
BENJAMIN CHAVARRIA CASTILLOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
XINIA LORENA CHAVES ORTIZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS DIEGO MORA ESQUIVELCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JENNY VANESSA ABRAHAMS FAJARDOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
KENNY JOSUE CHAVARRIA CASTROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
ELPIDIO CUBILLO LOPEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JACQUELINE JIMENEZ SALASSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUAN MARTIN LOBO CAMACHOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
TATIANA ACOSTA ESPINOZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CARLOS MORERA CASTROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
NOEMY DEL CARMEN FALLAS LOBOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
DAVID ZUÑIGA RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JESSICA ZUÑIGA CHACONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MANACES ELIZONDO TORRESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ALVARO SANDOVAL MATACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
ALFREDO HERRERA ELIZONDOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALEJANDRA SOLERA DUARTESÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ SOLERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
OMAR MURILLO SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
GERARDO SALAS SANDICONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
MANUEL DE JESUS ZELEDON GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
KATHERINE PAOLA RODRIGUEZ SOLERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YORLENY CAMBRONERO PEREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
GIOCONDA DE LOS ANGELES CASTRO REYESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016FRENTE AMPLIOsubstitute
KATHIA ESQUIVEL DELGADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute

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. “DUACARÍ — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-LIMON-GUACIMO-DUACARI. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--Se2905c370c, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S2d7320f2fe, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--Sc410a0e7fe.