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CARIARI — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
CARIARI / LIMÓN
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-707d729c1d87f49fae328c0b
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 PODEMOS39.6%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL15.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA9.0%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES8.5%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN8.4%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA5.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO4.6%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA3.9%
  • YO SOY EL CAMBIO2.6%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO2.5%
Results for event-f159a33fa917065f6975f8d3
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,40439.6%4Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202492315.2%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245449%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245188.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245078.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243555.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242774.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242343.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
YO SOY EL CAMBIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241562.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241492.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • RECUPERANDO VALORES19.8%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL16.6%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL10.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA9.7%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA6.7%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE6.4%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL6.2%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA5.2%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN3.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA3.2%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO3.1%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS2.9%
  • AVANTE POCOCÍ2.5%
  • YO SOY EL CAMBIO2.0%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.4%
Results for event-e833a626f021e1ea38e74ab4
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,34419.8%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,13016.6%2Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202073610.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206589.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204596.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204356.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204206.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203575.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202343.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202193.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202143.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201952.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AVANTE POCOCÍcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201692.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
YO SOY EL CAMBIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201332%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020981.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE37.3%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL23.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO9.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA7.8%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO7.4%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO7.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA4.5%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN2.4%
Results for event-4dacf46906a878a722e620e6
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,67937.3%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,67923.4%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20167109.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165597.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165317.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165307.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163234.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161732.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

15.090–100 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=24.410746662271308, oldest_gap=13.919821826280625, previous_gap=3.146596088810469

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

28.37percentage 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=[[15.213449810449974,8.966540299983517,0,0,0,3.856930937860557,0,0,0,4.565683204219549,5.851326850173067,0,61.54606889731333],[16.61520364652257,9.675047787090135,3.220114689016321,3.146596088810469,6.175562417291575,6.749007498897221,0,10.821937950301427,0,1.4409645640347009,0,0,42.15556535803559],[23.371380846325167,7.781180400890869,4.4961024498886415,7.391425389755011,0,0,9.883073496659243,0,2.4081291759465477,7.377505567928731,0,0,37.29120267260579]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

30.5percentage 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=[[15.213449810449974,8.966540299983517,0,0,0,3.856930937860557,0,0,0,4.565683204219549,5.851326850173067,0,61.54606889731333],[16.61520364652257,9.675047787090135,3.220114689016321,3.146596088810469,6.175562417291575,6.749007498897221,0,10.821937950301427,0,1.4409645640347009,0,0,42.15556535803559],[23.371380846325167,7.781180400890869,4.4961024498886415,7.391425389755011,0,0,9.883073496659243,0,2.4081291759465477,7.377505567928731,0,0,37.29120267260579]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

29.44percentage 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=[[15.213449810449974,8.966540299983517,0,0,0,3.856930937860557,0,0,0,4.565683204219549,5.851326850173067,0,61.54606889731333],[16.61520364652257,9.675047787090135,3.220114689016321,3.146596088810469,6.175562417291575,6.749007498897221,0,10.821937950301427,0,1.4409645640347009,0,0,42.15556535803559],[23.371380846325167,7.781180400890869,4.4961024498886415,7.391425389755011,0,0,9.883073496659243,0,2.4081291759465477,7.377505567928731,0,0,37.29120267260579]]

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?
ANALIVE MURILLO FLORESSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
LUIS GERARDO VENEGAS AVILASINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
WILBER ANTONIO ROMERO RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
ANNIA NOVOA PEREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
DILAN JERMIN MENDEZ ARAYACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
MILEIDY SANCHEZ BARBOZACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
WADGER ANDREY NOVOA PEREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
SEIDY SEGURA CASTROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
CARLOS ALBERTO VARGAS TORUÑOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
FLOR MARIA BARBOZA JIMENEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE ALEXIS CHAVARRIA VILLARREALSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020RECUPERANDO VALORESprincipal
SHIRLEY MURILLO FLORESSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020RECUPERANDO VALORESsubstitute
KENNETH VENEGAS HERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020RECUPERANDO VALORESprincipal
LOREINA ACEVEDO MAIRENACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020RECUPERANDO VALORESprincipal
MERIELE HERMINIA VALLEJOS MARTINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GERARDO QUIROS MOYACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KAREN PATRICIA VARGAS ZUÑIGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020RECUPERANDO VALORESsubstitute
CESAR ENRIQUE JIMENEZ PORRASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020RECUPERANDO VALORESsubstitute
WILLIAM FRANCISCO CHACON PEREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SHIRLEY LISETH QUIROS FERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE ALEXIS CHAVARRIA VILLARREALSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEprincipal
ANA PATRICIA ROSALES VALVERDESÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
JORGE ANTONIO ARIAS BARRANTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEprincipal
AMARILIS GUTIERREZ MARTINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEprincipal
JOSE GABINO GOMEZ GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SEIDY CRUZ SEGURACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CARMEN CECILIA ROJAS MOREIRACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
HUGO RODRIGUEZ RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
JUDITH VILLAFUERTE CRUZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FELIX ANGEL CALDERON ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute

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. “CARIARI — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-LIMON-POCOCI-CARIARI. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S813acc5554, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S009e362e46, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--Se02b467d10.