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LIMÓN — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
LIMÓN / LIMÓN
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-9df80b6737ec08c749575166
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

  • UNIDOS PODEMOS20.5%
  • AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSE18.1%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE15.9%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA10.7%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN7.1%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL6.8%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO6.5%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA3.8%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA3.2%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO3.0%
  • YO SOY EL CAMBIO1.6%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES1.6%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO1.2%
Results for event-2460328e872c3d8a11254ff8
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243,09220.5%3Recorded
AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,74218.1%1Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,40915.9%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,61610.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,0677.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,0266.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20249786.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245723.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244813.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244593%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
YO SOY EL CAMBIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242451.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242411.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241831.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSE24.3%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL16.6%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA14.6%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE11.8%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL11.7%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN8.6%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA4.3%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO4.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA1.8%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS1.3%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES0.8%
Results for event-eeeb5faf4ebbb6e745163140
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203,78724.3%3Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202,57616.6%1Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202,27014.6%1Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,83611.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,82111.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,3408.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206634.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206584.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202781.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202071.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201230.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSE53.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA15.8%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL7.7%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE5.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO4.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO3.1%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO3.0%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA2.7%
  • LIMÓN INDEPENDIENTE2.1%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES1.1%
Results for event-0242886c66e476babe2bab1a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20169,03953.7%4Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,65115.8%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,3017.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20169965.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20168114.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165253.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165003%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164522.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIMÓN INDEPENDIENTEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163562.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161911.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

62.390–100 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=2.3161935014228057, oldest_gap=37.974081559862086, previous_gap=7.783276560190245

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

28.56percentage 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=[[6.789755807027992,0,0,1.2110383164582093,0,3.1831116405267688,0,0,0,0,3.785321950896698,6.472106412547151,78.55866587254317],[11.703837007519763,1.7867472202583714,0,0,16.556333954624332,4.2611993058679865,0,0,0,4.229063564496433,0,0,61.46281894723311],[7.733919866841042,15.759124955415528,2.686957555581976,2.9722981809535134,0,0,3.120913090001189,0,0,4.821067649506599,0,0,62.90571870170015]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

24.79percentage 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=[[6.789755807027992,0,0,1.2110383164582093,0,3.1831116405267688,0,0,0,0,3.785321950896698,6.472106412547151,78.55866587254317],[11.703837007519763,1.7867472202583714,0,0,16.556333954624332,4.2611993058679865,0,0,0,4.229063564496433,0,0,61.46281894723311],[7.733919866841042,15.759124955415528,2.686957555581976,2.9722981809535134,0,0,3.120913090001189,0,0,4.821067649506599,0,0,62.90571870170015]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

26.68percentage 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=[[6.789755807027992,0,0,1.2110383164582093,0,3.1831116405267688,0,0,0,0,3.785321950896698,6.472106412547151,78.55866587254317],[11.703837007519763,1.7867472202583714,0,0,16.556333954624332,4.2611993058679865,0,0,0,4.229063564496433,0,0,61.46281894723311],[7.733919866841042,15.759124955415528,2.686957555581976,2.9722981809535134,0,0,3.120913090001189,0,0,4.821067649506599,0,0,62.90571870170015]]

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?
MARCO GUILLERMO LUNA PINEDASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
NADINE ALEXANDRA COLE BECKFORDSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
DAVID ERNESTO MORALES VALERIOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
MARION VICTORIA DOLMO SOLISCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
RICHARD MAITLAND LEECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEprincipal
BRECIANDY ARLINDO HARRIS GUADAMUZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEprincipal
JUAN JOSE FONSECA CHAVESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
KRISTY TAINA BARAHONA DE LA OCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
ELMERSON ANDREY AGUILERA VEGACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEsubstitute
JORDI JOEL ROSALES THOMASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
LAURA ELICENA MORA KNIGHTSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEprincipal
CARLOS SMITH ALTERNOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEsubstitute
KRISTEL LIZETH WARD HUDSONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEprincipal
CARLOS AGUILAR ROMEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEprincipal
JOSE ALBERTO CHACON VALVERDECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RIGOBERTO AGUILAR BRENESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
CRISTIAN EDDY BUCKREDGE HIOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEsubstitute
FANNY LORENA PORRAS HERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEsubstitute
RANDALL BAKER DIXONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CANDIDA ROSA DIAZ DIAZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAsubstitute
ROGER DAVID NAVARRO SEVILLASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEprincipal
BETTY MC LEOD WILSONSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEsubstitute
JOSE ANTONIO FONSECA GARCIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEprincipal
KRISTEL LIZETH WARD HUDSONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEprincipal
LOGAN MAGIVER MYERS MENACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEprincipal
GABRIEL SAULO SANCHEZ ACUÑACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
GILBERTO JESUS VEGA ROBLESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEsubstitute
MAYTE FERNANDA ESQUIVEL PAZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEsubstitute
LEONARDO ALFONSO KURR EVANSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEsubstitute
YEIMI MARISA ORTEGA QUIROSCONCEJALES 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. “LIMÓN — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-LIMON-LIMON-LIMON. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S322e27cafa, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--Scfbf669199, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S1f568267be.