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MATINA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot
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MATINA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

All 1,973 imported 2016/2020/2024 returns now reconcile seats against 18,155 named elected people, including vice-officers and substitutes. The missing Cartagena 2020 result and eight spelling joins are recovered. Final proclamations replace 17 initial seat allocations. Fifty-two party-acronym joins are explicitly inferred and documented. New-canton predecessors stay separate; replacements, the 2028 call and current incumbents remain to be verified.

Election expectation2028-02-06
Imported event records3
Usable vote comparison cycles3 of 3
Seat comparison cycles3 of 3

Historical competition

Competitiveness index for a verified actual-event sequence withheld. Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete.

Provisional imported-series CI: 0.0/100. This uses the three displayed comparison cycles and retains the open event/boundary audit. It does not confirm the latest three actual completed elections.

Grouped party-share volatility: latest interval 43.2 points; earlier interval 33.8 points; two-interval mean 38.5 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

Current government and control: Unverified. Local government-risk forecast: unassessed.

Polling: no vetted current evidence included for this office.

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.

Registry and evidence links: Source 1, Source 2, Source 3

Electoral event evidence

Separate source records can belong to the same election cycle. Recounts, runoffs and void returns do not create additional cycles.

2024-02-04 · ordinary

Coverage: Official final vote book and independently reconciled certified titular roster

Basis: One party/list ballot; syndic and district councillors share the district ballot; seats exclude substitutes; includes one syndic plus four district councillors

Source note: Seats counted from named titular members, excluding substitutes and vice-executives.

Party or listCandidateVotes or marksVote shareSeats
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA1,47967.20%4
LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL56225.53%1
NUEVA REPÚBLICA833.77%0
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA381.73%0
UNIDOS PODEMOS251.14%0
NUESTRO PUEBLO140.64%0

Result source · PDF page 577; district 1 · Seat source

Named elected members and substitutes

Vice-officers and substitutes are listed where declared. They are not added to titular seat totals. Inferred party-code joins are labelled.

NameOfficeParty or listSubstituteEvidence
GERARDO VALVERDE SANDERSSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIOUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANANoDeclaration
JEANNETTE GUTIERREZ MORALESSINDICATURAS SUPLENTEUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAYesDeclaration
ELIECER VARGAS SALASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIASUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANANoDeclaration
ANGIE FAJARDO ROSALESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIASUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANANoDeclaration
MARVIN ELIECER FAJARDO MARTINEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIASUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANANoDeclaration
LENIN JAFETH BLANDON PEREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIASLIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
ELLLIN ALEXANDER RAMIREZ MORENOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAYesDeclaration
YERY ZUÑIGA ARRIETACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAYesDeclaration
CHRISTIAN AGUILAR LUNACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAYesDeclaration
JOSE FAJARDO FAJARDOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
2020-02-02 · ordinary

Coverage: Official final vote book and independently reconciled certified titular roster

Basis: One party/list ballot; syndic and district councillors share the district ballot; seats exclude substitutes; includes one syndic plus four district councillors

Source note: Seats counted from named titular members, excluding substitutes and vice-executives.

Party or listCandidateVotes or marksVote shareSeats
LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL1,20345.50%3
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA63423.98%2
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN2218.36%0
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1304.92%0
NUEVA REPÚBLICA1204.54%0
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL1053.97%0
UNIDOS PODEMOS883.33%0
AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSE682.57%0
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE451.70%0
NUEVA GENERACIÓN301.13%0

Result source · Sheet 4.89; district 1 · Seat source

Named elected members and substitutes

Vice-officers and substitutes are listed where declared. They are not added to titular seat totals. Inferred party-code joins are labelled.

NameOfficeParty or listSubstituteEvidence
VIVIANA LEANDRO QUIROSSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIALIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
DANILO ANTONIO CORDERO CESPEDESSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTELIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
MARIA DEL ROSARIO BARBOZA SERRANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
JIMMY STANLEY VINDAS CORDOBACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
YERLY BROWN JOHNSONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANANoDeclaration
JORGE CHANTO CONTRERASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANANoDeclaration
LUIS GERARDO VILLALOBOS OCONITRILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
NOELIA FONSECA FONSECACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
MARCO ANTONIO CUBERO OCONITRILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAYesDeclaration
SHIRA MARIA MORGAN DIXONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAYesDeclaration
2016-02-07 · ordinary

Coverage: Official final vote book and independently reconciled certified titular roster

Basis: One party/list ballot; syndic and district councillors share the district ballot; seats exclude substitutes; includes one syndic plus four district councillors

Source note: Seats counted from named titular members, excluding substitutes and vice-executives.

Party or listCandidateVotes or marksVote shareSeats
LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL81632.97%2
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO41316.69%1
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE37515.15%1
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA35714.42%1
ACCIÓN CIUDADANA2058.28%0
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN1285.17%0
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO973.92%0
FRENTE AMPLIO843.39%0

Result source · Sheet 4.88; district 1 · Seat source

Named elected members and substitutes

Vice-officers and substitutes are listed where declared. They are not added to titular seat totals. Inferred party-code joins are labelled.

NameOfficeParty or listSubstituteEvidence
ADRIAN SANABRIA PAYANSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIOLIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
MARIA DEL CARMEN DIAZ ROSALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
FRANCISCO VILLAFUERTE VILLAFUERTECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANONoDeclaration
ROY ELIECER MORA ALVARADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSENoDeclaration
SHIRA MARIA MORGAN DIXONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANANoDeclaration
ADRIAN JESUS ROJAS VASQUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
YESENIA ESQUIVEL CHACONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESREPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOYesDeclaration
DIANA CAROLINA MORA LOPEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESRENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEYesDeclaration
ARGERIE ALVAREZ BRICEÑOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAYesDeclaration

Snapshot 13 September 2026. Fixed election window 8 September 2026 to 8 March 2028. Record CR-D-LIMON-MATINA-MATINA.