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RÍO BLANCO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot
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Costa Rica · RÍO BLANCO / LIMÓN · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-LIMON-LIMON-RIO-BLANCO
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1. What office, where, and when is the next election?
- Geography
- RÍO BLANCO / LIMÓN
- Next election
- 2028-02-06
- Linked upcoming event
- next-402ab709adb6176e698bc1c6
- 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 PODEMOS34.5%
- AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA13.1%
- AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSE12.4%
- JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE11.5%
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL10.9%
- PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO5.5%
- NUEVA REPÚBLICA5.0%
- NUEVA GENERACIÓN2.9%
- RECUPERANDO VALORES2.2%
- NUESTRO PUEBLO2.1%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIDOS PODEMOS | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 576 | 34.5% | 3 | Recorded |
| AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 219 | 13.1% | 1 | Recorded |
| AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSE | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 207 | 12.4% | 1 | Recorded |
| JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 191 | 11.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 181 | 10.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 91 | 5.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| NUEVA REPÚBLICA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 83 | 5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| NUEVA GENERACIÓN | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 49 | 2.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| RECUPERANDO VALORES | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 36 | 2.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| NUESTRO PUEBLO | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 35 | 2.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2020-02-02
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL18.2%
- AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSE17.7%
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA16.9%
- ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA14.5%
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL12.9%
- NUEVA REPÚBLICA5.2%
- NUEVA GENERACIÓN5.1%
- REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO4.2%
- JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE4.2%
- RECUPERANDO VALORES0.7%
- UNIDOS PODEMOS0.4%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 370 | 18.2% | 2 | Recorded |
| AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSE | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 360 | 17.7% | 1 | Recorded |
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 345 | 16.9% | 1 | Recorded |
| ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 295 | 14.5% | 1 | Recorded |
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 263 | 12.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| NUEVA REPÚBLICA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 106 | 5.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| NUEVA GENERACIÓN | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 103 | 5.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 86 | 4.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 85 | 4.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| RECUPERANDO VALORES | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 14 | 0.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UNIDOS PODEMOS | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 9 | 0.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2016-02-07
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA34.6%
- AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSE28.6%
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL17.5%
- REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO6.7%
- RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE3.7%
- FRENTE AMPLIO2.3%
- ACCIÓN CIUDADANA2.2%
- MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO2.2%
- LIMÓN INDEPENDIENTE1.6%
- RECUPERANDO VALORES0.7%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 708 | 34.6% | 3 | Recorded |
| AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSE | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 585 | 28.6% | 1 | Recorded |
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 357 | 17.5% | 1 | Recorded |
| REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 136 | 6.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 76 | 3.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FRENTE AMPLIO | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 47 | 2.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 45 | 2.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 44 | 2.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| LIMÓN INDEPENDIENTE | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 32 | 1.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| RECUPERANDO VALORES | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 15 | 0.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI32.050–100 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=21.402877697841724, oldest_gap=6.014669926650363, previous_gap=0.4911591355599221
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility41.64percentage 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=[[10.851318944844124,0,0,0,0,4.976019184652278,0,0,0,0,0,5.4556354916067145,78.71702637889688],[12.917485265225933,16.94499017681729,0,0,18.172888015717092,5.206286836935167,0,0,0,4.2239685658153245,0,0,42.53438113948919],[17.457212713936432,34.62102689486552,2.2004889975550124,2.2982885085574574,0,0,2.15158924205379,0,0,6.65036674816626,0,0,34.62102689486552]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility31.29percentage 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=[[10.851318944844124,0,0,0,0,4.976019184652278,0,0,0,0,0,5.4556354916067145,78.71702637889688],[12.917485265225933,16.94499017681729,0,0,18.172888015717092,5.206286836935167,0,0,0,4.2239685658153245,0,0,42.53438113948919],[17.457212713936432,34.62102689486552,2.2004889975550124,2.2982885085574574,0,0,2.15158924205379,0,0,6.65036674816626,0,0,34.62102689486552]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility36.47percentage 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=[[10.851318944844124,0,0,0,0,4.976019184652278,0,0,0,0,0,5.4556354916067145,78.71702637889688],[12.917485265225933,16.94499017681729,0,0,18.172888015717092,5.206286836935167,0,0,0,4.2239685658153245,0,0,42.53438113948919],[17.457212713936432,34.62102689486552,2.2004889975550124,2.2982885085574574,0,0,2.15158924205379,0,0,6.65036674816626,0,0,34.62102689486552]]
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.
| Person | Role | As of | Affiliation | Principal? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEVIN ANDRES BARBOZA PEREZ | SINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO | 2024 | UNIDOS PODEMOS | principal |
| LENIS MELISSA CALDERON NUÑEZ | SINDICATURAS SUPLENTE | 2024 | UNIDOS PODEMOS | substitute |
| RAFAEL CALDERON NAJERA | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | UNIDOS PODEMOS | principal |
| JETTYFFER SHOREE MILLINER PEREZ | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | UNIDOS PODEMOS | principal |
| LILIANA DEL CARMEN MEDINA ALVAREZ | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA | principal |
| HELLEN ARIELA ARIAS CASCANTE | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSE | principal |
| SALVADOR ALVAREZ RODRIGUEZ | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | UNIDOS PODEMOS | substitute |
| JUAN CARLOS ROBLES BARRERA | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | UNIDOS PODEMOS | substitute |
| XINIA DIAZ CAMACHO | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA | substitute |
| KATTIA MOLINA SANCHEZ | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSE | substitute |
| LUIS ARMANDO DAVIS WRIGHT | SÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO | 2020 | RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| JETTYFFER SHOREE MILLINER PEREZ | SÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE | 2020 | RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| GEINER JULIAN ULLOA ARAYA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| RAUL SANCHEZ ZAMBRANO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSE | principal |
| AYDITA AMABLE ATENCIO ARAUZ | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| FRANCISCO ALVAREZ RODRIGUEZ | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA | principal |
| EMILIO VILLALOBOS MENDEZ | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| ANGELA BONILLA MONTANO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSE | substitute |
| KEVIN ESTEBAN RAMIREZ MONTERO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| MAYLIN YANICIA VEGA MORALES | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA | substitute |
| MANUEL HUMBERTO SUAREZ CENTENO | SÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO | 2016 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| JOHANA VANESSA WATSON MARTINEZ | SÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE | 2016 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| MARTA ELIETH NAVAS MORA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| MILTON ROJAS FLORES | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| ANGELA BONILLA MONTANO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSE | principal |
| MELVIN ALBERTO FERGUINSON BONILLA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| CARLOS ARIEL MEDINA ESTRADA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2016 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| JENNIFER ADRIANA PEREIRA PEREIRA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2016 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| CINDY GABRIELA MONGE ULLOA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2016 | AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSE | substitute |
| MAURICIO CHINCHILLA CHINCHILLA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
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."}
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Cite this record
Center for Digital Democracy. “RÍO BLANCO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-LIMON-LIMON-RIO-BLANCO. 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.