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CARRANDÍ — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
CARRANDÍ / LIMÓN
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-ed41a7536d3d7781b6256269
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

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA75.6%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL15.7%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA2.7%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.5%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS2.2%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO1.0%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO0.3%
Results for event-a05eed9b239daf879565c947
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,78675.6%4Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202437215.7%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024632.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024582.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024522.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024241%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202470.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA31.2%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL24.8%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL20.9%
  • AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSE5.5%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO5.3%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS5.3%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN2.5%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE2.0%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.0%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN0.6%
Results for event-eac59649ef6f00869a9fd894
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202083131.2%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202065924.8%1Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202055620.9%1Recorded
AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201475.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201405.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201405.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020662.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020532%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020532%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020150.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL32.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA26.4%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO16.3%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE16.0%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA5.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO2.1%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN1.0%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO0.6%
Results for event-ce92eaeaa0b712ad173fcfd4
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201687332%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201672226.4%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201644616.3%1Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201643616%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161555.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016562.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016261%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016160.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

0 (recorded zero)0–100 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=59.864521591871295, oldest_gap=5.531135531135533, previous_gap=6.466165413533837

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

45.85percentage 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=[[15.749364944961897,75.61388653683319,0,0,0,2.4555461473327687,0,0,0,0,0,1.0160880609652836,5.165114309906859],[24.774436090225564,31.2406015037594,0,0,20.902255639097746,1.9924812030075187,0,0,2.481203007518797,5.2631578947368425,0,0,13.345864661654137],[31.978021978021978,26.446886446886445,5.677655677655678,0.5860805860805861,0,0,2.051282051282051,0,0.9523809523809523,16.336996336996336,0,0,15.97069597069597]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

29.22percentage 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=[[15.749364944961897,75.61388653683319,0,0,0,2.4555461473327687,0,0,0,0,0,1.0160880609652836,5.165114309906859],[24.774436090225564,31.2406015037594,0,0,20.902255639097746,1.9924812030075187,0,0,2.481203007518797,5.2631578947368425,0,0,13.345864661654137],[31.978021978021978,26.446886446886445,5.677655677655678,0.5860805860805861,0,0,2.051282051282051,0,0.9523809523809523,16.336996336996336,0,0,15.97069597069597]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

37.53percentage 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=[[15.749364944961897,75.61388653683319,0,0,0,2.4555461473327687,0,0,0,0,0,1.0160880609652836,5.165114309906859],[24.774436090225564,31.2406015037594,0,0,20.902255639097746,1.9924812030075187,0,0,2.481203007518797,5.2631578947368425,0,0,13.345864661654137],[31.978021978021978,26.446886446886445,5.677655677655678,0.5860805860805861,0,0,2.051282051282051,0,0.9523809523809523,16.336996336996336,0,0,15.97069597069597]]

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?
LINET LANZA ROMEROSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
BENJAMIN VICTOR GARCIASINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JACQUELINE YENORY CUBILLO ELIZONDOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
DAVID HUMBERTO GARCIA MARTINEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
YADIRA MARIA MORENO PEREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOEL RODRIGUEZ ARANACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANNEL JUAREZ SAAVEDRACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
RAFAEL ANGEL BERROCAL DELGADOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARCELO VALLES CASTELLONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MAGALLY SOLANO QUIROSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOANNA ALVAREZ CHEVEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
RAFAEL ANGEL BERROCAL DELGADOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
XINIA ROJAS LORIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOSE LUIS RAMIREZ MARTINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
GABRIELA REBECA BONILLA AZOFEIFACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JESSICA MARIA CHAVES ARGUELLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JORGE JIMENEZ MUÑOZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
YOGEBETH GUILLEN ARDONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIA GUADALUPE FAJARDO GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FLOR LILLIANA BERROCAL UMAÑACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
HAZEL VOSE ZAMORASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YANUARIO HERNANDEZ HERNANDEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ENRIQUE DANIEL RICKETTS MORRISCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
EUGENIO ESTEBAN MARTINEZ MONTEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
DANILO LINDO GAYLECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
EULOGIO ESPINOZA GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEprincipal
CAROLINA VEGA ARTAVIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JENNY GREIT BRICEÑO CHAMORROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
LUIS ENRIQUE ORIAS DELGADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
VICTOR JULIO BONILLA BRENESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEsubstitute

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. “CARRANDÍ — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-LIMON-MATINA-CARRANDI. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S9546b68248, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--Sc44114deae, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S8c0ab8473e.