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RÍO JIMÉNEZ — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · RÍO JIMÉNEZ / LIMÓN · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-LIMON-GUACIMO-RIO-JIMENEZ

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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
RÍO JIMÉNEZ / LIMÓN
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-2ce79178c57ba94cdaec74f1
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 COSTARRICENSE31.3%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL28.1%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS13.7%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES11.8%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA6.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA3.1%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA2.8%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN2.0%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO0.9%
Results for event-c027f2aa8f03ca0586894464
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202487131.3%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202478228.1%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202438313.7%1Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202432811.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241766.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024873.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024792.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024552%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024250.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE25.7%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL25.7%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS13.4%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA10.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA10.2%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL4.8%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE4.3%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES3.2%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA1.4%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO0.8%
Results for event-993da439bdaafb4902dadd8e
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202064025.7%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202063925.7%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202033413.4%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202026110.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202025310.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201204.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201074.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020793.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020351.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020210.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL32.6%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA20.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA14.6%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO9.0%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE8.1%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES7.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO3.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO3.5%
Results for event-5b859f7f8a0d80b4e4dd101f
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201665832.6%3Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201642020.8%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201629414.6%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161829%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161638.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161547.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016783.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016703.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

84.460–100 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=3.1945441493180198, oldest_gap=11.788013868251607, previous_gap=0.04017677782241691

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

18.28percentage 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=[[28.0689160086145,3.12275664034458,0,0,0,6.317300789662599,0,0,0,0,0,0,62.49102656137832],[25.672961028525513,10.164724789071917,1.4061872237846524,0,4.821213338690237,10.486139011651266,0,0,0,0.8437123342707915,0,0,46.605062274005626],[32.59039128281327,14.561664190193165,20.802377414561665,9.014363546310054,0,0,3.863298662704309,0,0,3.467062902426944,0,0,15.70084200099059]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

46.21percentage 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: 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=[[28.0689160086145,3.12275664034458,0,0,0,6.317300789662599,0,0,0,0,0,0,62.49102656137832],[25.672961028525513,10.164724789071917,1.4061872237846524,0,4.821213338690237,10.486139011651266,0,0,0,0.8437123342707915,0,0,46.605062274005626],[32.59039128281327,14.561664190193165,20.802377414561665,9.014363546310054,0,0,3.863298662704309,0,0,3.467062902426944,0,0,15.70084200099059]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

32.25percentage 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=[[28.0689160086145,3.12275664034458,0,0,0,6.317300789662599,0,0,0,0,0,0,62.49102656137832],[25.672961028525513,10.164724789071917,1.4061872237846524,0,4.821213338690237,10.486139011651266,0,0,0,0.8437123342707915,0,0,46.605062274005626],[32.59039128281327,14.561664190193165,20.802377414561665,9.014363546310054,0,0,3.863298662704309,0,0,3.467062902426944,0,0,15.70084200099059]]

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?
MARISELA GARCIA TORRESSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEprincipal
TARCISIO VILLALOBOS VILLALOBOSSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
ZENON MAYORGA PEREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEprincipal
CAROLINA DE LOS ANGELES VELASQUEZ GONZALEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEprincipal
SORANYI INGRID SERRANO PEREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
BELLANIRA GARCIA VALENCIACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
GUSTAVO SOLIS PEÑARANDACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
GISELLE ALEJANDRA HERNANDEZ GONZALEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
LUZ MERY BARRANTES ELIZONDOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUANA MARIA GARCIA VALENCIACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
VERA MYRIE GRAHAMSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEprincipal
GREIBIN MUÑOZ ELIZONDOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
EMILCE MORALES ARRIETACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEprincipal
ZENON MAYORGA PEREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEprincipal
DANIA VANNESA MARTINEZ SALAZARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GREDDY SALAZAR UMAÑACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
ORLANDO CASTRO RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
KARLA UREÑA JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
MAUREN ARROYO CARRILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GEOVANNI MADRIGAL CAMPOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
OMAR ALBERTO LOPEZ CERDASSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DEYLIN ODALIS ARRIETA CASTILLOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
WILLIAM FAJARDO FAJARDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FLOR DEL CARMEN PEÑA ORTEGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
INGRYD JACQUELINE RODRIGUEZ CASTILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
JOHAN MONTOYA NAVARROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
HELLEN MARCELA CORTES MOREIRACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EDWIN ALBERTO CHAVARRIA MURILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DAVID JIRON JIRONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
LUIS MADRIGAL CHAVARRIACONCEJALES 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. “RÍO JIMÉNEZ — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-LIMON-GUACIMO-RIO-JIMENEZ. 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.