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POCORA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
POCORA / LIMÓN
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-5cbc398b3bf0bcf94fcae59b
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

  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA41.0%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE29.5%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL11.6%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO5.5%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS5.4%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA3.7%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO2.0%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN1.2%
Results for event-8042a64c2ab803edd06a3110
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202468641%3Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202449429.5%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202419511.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024925.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024915.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024623.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024342%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024201.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE21.8%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL15.3%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE13.9%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS11.7%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL10.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA10.7%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA6.6%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES4.6%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA1.9%
  • IZQUIERDA COSTARRICENSE1.4%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.2%
Results for event-8142e5b7a14bd43be6ed826e
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202036621.8%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202025815.3%1Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202023413.9%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202019611.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202018410.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202018010.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201116.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020784.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020321.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
IZQUIERDA COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020231.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020201.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL46.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA18.2%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES16.8%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE6.6%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO6.2%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA4.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.7%
Results for event-2149389531f2be544182843e
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201673246%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201628918.2%1Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201626716.8%1Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161056.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016986.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016734.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016271.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

42.040–100 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=11.46953405017921, oldest_gap=27.8441231929604, previous_gap=6.420927467300832

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

34.38percentage 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=[[11.64874551971326,0,0,0,0,40.97968936678614,0,0,0,0,0,0,47.3715651135006],[15.338882282996433,10.70154577883472,1.9024970273483948,0,10.93935790725327,6.599286563614744,0,0,0,1.1890606420927468,0,0,53.32936979785969],[46.00879949717159,18.164676304211188,4.58830923947203,6.159648020113137,0,0,0,0,0,1.6970458830923947,0,0,23.38152105593966]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

47.49percentage 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=[[11.64874551971326,0,0,0,0,40.97968936678614,0,0,0,0,0,0,47.3715651135006],[15.338882282996433,10.70154577883472,1.9024970273483948,0,10.93935790725327,6.599286563614744,0,0,0,1.1890606420927468,0,0,53.32936979785969],[46.00879949717159,18.164676304211188,4.58830923947203,6.159648020113137,0,0,0,0,0,1.6970458830923947,0,0,23.38152105593966]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

40.93percentage 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=[[11.64874551971326,0,0,0,0,40.97968936678614,0,0,0,0,0,0,47.3715651135006],[15.338882282996433,10.70154577883472,1.9024970273483948,0,10.93935790725327,6.599286563614744,0,0,0,1.1890606420927468,0,0,53.32936979785969],[46.00879949717159,18.164676304211188,4.58830923947203,6.159648020113137,0,0,0,0,0,1.6970458830923947,0,0,23.38152105593966]]

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?
JEIMY YIRIANA BONILLA PEREZSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
WALTER CAMBRONERO SALAZARSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
SURICA VANESSA ALFARO SMITHCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
FRANCISCO JAVIER ROJAS VARGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
ELIZABETH BALTODANO FITORIACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEprincipal
ANDY JOSE FUENTES THOMASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEprincipal
MARIA JOSE GAMBOA ROJASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
GENER ALVARADO ALVARADOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
KAREN GEANNINA CASTILLO LOPEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
RANDALL PARAJELES RAMIREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
CARLOS DAVID FRANCIS SEQUEIRASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEprincipal
JESARELA COCORN GUERREROSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
MARCOS HUGO ARAYA ATENCIOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEprincipal
ANGELICA JULIETTE JIMENEZ ALVAREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEprincipal
WILLIAM ROJAS ARIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
STEPHANNY MIRANDA ESQUIVELCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEprincipal
ARGERIE GUZMAN WELLEAMSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
LUIS GUILLERMO GAMBOA ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
JAVIER CHAVARRIA MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUAN RAFAEL CASTRO SALASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
OSCAR FONSECA GUILLENSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MAYRA PILAR BRAVO ROJASSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
WILLIAM ROJAS ARIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GRICELDA AVALO CISNEROSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE ALFREDO UMAÑA MENACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
STEFANIA CARRILLO VEGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016RECUPERANDO VALORESprincipal
EDGAR ESTEBAN COCORN GUERREROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SADIE ALVARADO MIRANDACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSEPH GRANDVILLE MORRIS MORRISCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
GERARDO GARCIA NAJARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016RECUPERANDO VALORESsubstitute

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. “POCORA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-LIMON-GUACIMO-POCORA. 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.