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GUÁCIMO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
GUÁCIMO / LIMÓN
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-c6ba7a780918c35a8103e4ef
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

  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE38.7%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL25.1%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS13.2%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO6.3%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA5.4%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES3.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA3.2%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA2.0%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO1.3%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO0.7%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN0.5%
Results for event-d5d6d148b9c011aff4e546dd
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,96738.7%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,27625.1%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202467113.2%1Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243186.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242765.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241793.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241643.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241022%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024641.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024350.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024260.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE26.7%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL24.6%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS21.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA10.3%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL3.9%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA3.5%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE2.7%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES2.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.9%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA1.9%
  • IZQUIERDA COSTARRICENSE0.8%
Results for event-cb20d3fd6f208f9e681d4ee2
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,24026.7%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,14124.6%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202098121.1%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202047610.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201823.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201643.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201272.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201202.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020891.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020871.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
IZQUIERDA COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020350.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL34.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA23.6%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA19.0%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES8.8%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO6.7%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE4.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO1.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.5%
Results for event-0e33df5d6242427ffb22fe86
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,40634.8%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201695323.6%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201676819%1Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163568.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162726.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161614%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016631.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016621.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

50.370–100 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=13.607719574635684, oldest_gap=11.21009651076466, previous_gap=2.132701421800949

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

14.74percentage 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=[[25.12800315084679,3.2296179598267036,0,0,0,5.435210712879086,0,0,0,0,0,1.260338716029933,64.94682946041749],[24.579922447221026,10.25420077552779,1.8741921585523482,0,3.9207238259370962,3.5329599310641964,0,0,0,1.917277035760448,0,0,53.920723825937095],[34.79336797822321,23.583271467458548,19.00519673348181,6.731007176441475,0,0,1.55902004454343,0,0,1.5342736946300422,0,0,12.79386290522148]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

48.96percentage 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=[[25.12800315084679,3.2296179598267036,0,0,0,5.435210712879086,0,0,0,0,0,1.260338716029933,64.94682946041749],[24.579922447221026,10.25420077552779,1.8741921585523482,0,3.9207238259370962,3.5329599310641964,0,0,0,1.917277035760448,0,0,53.920723825937095],[34.79336797822321,23.583271467458548,19.00519673348181,6.731007176441475,0,0,1.55902004454343,0,0,1.5342736946300422,0,0,12.79386290522148]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

31.85percentage 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=[[25.12800315084679,3.2296179598267036,0,0,0,5.435210712879086,0,0,0,0,0,1.260338716029933,64.94682946041749],[24.579922447221026,10.25420077552779,1.8741921585523482,0,3.9207238259370962,3.5329599310641964,0,0,0,1.917277035760448,0,0,53.920723825937095],[34.79336797822321,23.583271467458548,19.00519673348181,6.731007176441475,0,0,1.55902004454343,0,0,1.5342736946300422,0,0,12.79386290522148]]

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?
GEOVANY JOSUE CALDERON MORASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEprincipal
MYRIAM GUZMAN GAMBOASINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
YINERI MORA RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEprincipal
EDGAR GABRIEL QUIROS MOYACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEprincipal
CHRISTOPHER JOSE JIMENEZ CAJINACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CLAUDIA LORENA NUÑEZ QUIROSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
CATIA PEÑA CENTENOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
FERNANDO ALONSO NAVARRO LOAIZACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
KENDALL ALFONSO RAMIREZ LEITONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YESSICA MADRIGAL DIAZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
MARICELA SOLANO ALVAREZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEprincipal
YUNDI ALBERTO ARTAVIA LOVEMORESÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
MYRIAM GUZMAN GAMBOACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEprincipal
JAVIER DIAZ ALVARADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEprincipal
ELIAS OBREGON ARCECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SASHA NAHOMY GODINEZ TUCKERCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
DANILO VILLALOBOS ZAMORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
SONIA ISABEL ELIZONDO JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
ANDREA ALVARADO RUIZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LEONOR MARIA ESPINOZA LOPEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
BLANCA ROSA MEJIA MEDINASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE LIDIER AZOFEIFA GONZALEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ELIAS OBREGON ARCECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CINDY GABRIELA FUENTES NAVARROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
OLGER ALVARADO MURILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
FRANCISCO JAVIER UGALDE MOLINACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
PATRICIA VEGA JARACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MIGUEL ANGEL HIDALGO BERMUDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
XINIA CESPEDES CENTENOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
YORLENI MORA VINDASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO 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. “GUÁCIMO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-LIMON-GUACIMO-GUACIMO. 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.