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MATAMA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
MATAMA / LIMÓN
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-1058cde5ba363eedc7cd97e4
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 PODEMOS23.4%
  • AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSE15.4%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA14.3%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE12.7%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL12.6%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA7.8%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO7.5%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN3.9%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA1.4%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES1.2%
Results for event-07ad12e8b6db8266cde9d569
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202450323.4%2Recorded
AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202433115.4%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202430714.3%1Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202427312.7%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202427112.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241687.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241617.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024833.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024311.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024251.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA23.8%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL17.4%
  • AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSE16.5%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL16.4%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE10.0%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN7.8%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO4.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA2.7%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS1.1%
Results for event-8897ce8403be541f2d85ce8e
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202054423.8%2Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202039817.4%1Recorded
AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202037816.5%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202037516.4%1Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202022910%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201797.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201004.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020612.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020261.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSE39.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA36.9%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL9.1%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO4.7%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE3.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO1.8%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO1.5%
  • LIMÓN INDEPENDIENTE1.2%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES1.0%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA0.8%
Results for event-c36b62634dff15b1f29313e7
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201682139.2%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201677236.9%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161909.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016984.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016803.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016371.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016321.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIMÓN INDEPENDIENTEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016261.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016201%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016160.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

65.30–100 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=7.988852763585694, oldest_gap=2.3422562141491383, previous_gap=6.375545851528383

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

28.2percentage 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=[[12.587087784486762,0,0,0,0,7.8030654900139345,0,0,0,0,1.4398513701811426,7.4779377612633535,70.6920575940548],[16.375545851528383,2.663755458515284,0,0,17.37991266375546,0,0,0,0,4.366812227074236,0,0,59.21397379912664],[9.082217973231357,36.90248565965583,0.7648183556405354,1.5296367112810707,0,0,1.768642447418738,0,0,4.684512428298279,0,0,45.267686424474185]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

38.62percentage 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=[[12.587087784486762,0,0,0,0,7.8030654900139345,0,0,0,0,1.4398513701811426,7.4779377612633535,70.6920575940548],[16.375545851528383,2.663755458515284,0,0,17.37991266375546,0,0,0,0,4.366812227074236,0,0,59.21397379912664],[9.082217973231357,36.90248565965583,0.7648183556405354,1.5296367112810707,0,0,1.768642447418738,0,0,4.684512428298279,0,0,45.267686424474185]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

33.41percentage 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=[[12.587087784486762,0,0,0,0,7.8030654900139345,0,0,0,0,1.4398513701811426,7.4779377612633535,70.6920575940548],[16.375545851528383,2.663755458515284,0,0,17.37991266375546,0,0,0,0,4.366812227074236,0,0,59.21397379912664],[9.082217973231357,36.90248565965583,0.7648183556405354,1.5296367112810707,0,0,1.768642447418738,0,0,4.684512428298279,0,0,45.267686424474185]]

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?
GEORGINA MADRIGAL CASTILLOSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
CARLOS ENRIQUE VALERIN VENEGASSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
MAUREEN SANCHEZ RIVERACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
JUAN ANTONIO ROJAS CASTILLOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEprincipal
PORFIRIO PEÑA ZUÑIGACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAprincipal
MELANNY FIORELLA MIRANDA RIVERACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEprincipal
LETICIA SANABRIA ROMEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
ANDY JOSSIE CHAVARRIA GONZALEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEsubstitute
HECTOR PORRAS MENACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAsubstitute
KIMBERLY VANESSA HERNANDEZ BLANFORDCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
GEORGINA MADRIGAL CASTILLOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
OSCAR VINICIO URBINA RUIZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAsubstitute
ZULMAR ALVARADO ALVARADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
JESUS LEIVA CALDERONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
AGUSTIN MUÑOZ ZUÑIGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEprincipal
JUAN ANTONIO ROJAS CASTILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RUTH DUARTE CAMACHOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAsubstitute
ENRIQUE REYES NOGUERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
NANCY MARIA HIDALGO WRIGHTCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEsubstitute
SUSANA LUCIA ALVARADO MONTEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LARRY WEIN CALVINSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEprincipal
ANA MARIA SMITH BARTONSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEsubstitute
MARIO ENRIQUE GUZMAN MEDRANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEprincipal
RUTH MAGALY CERDAS BARRANTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEprincipal
RAUL ANTONIO ALVAREZ CRUZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
KIMBERLY MERCEDES CABRACA NELSONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
VICTOR JULIO CALVO PEREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEsubstitute
ANA LORENA SALAZAR GUTIERREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEsubstitute
FERNANDO ANTONIO AGUILAR GUTIERREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JESSICA FERNANDEZ CASTILLOCONCEJALES 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. “MATAMA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-LIMON-LIMON-MATAMA. 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.