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COLORADO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
COLORADO / LIMÓN
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-25b86147f0bb36670147f89e
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 PODEMOS46.5%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL30.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA10.9%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN7.4%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES3.5%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.6%
Results for event-f8817ae8de24b9b889bfd395
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202411946.5%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20247730.1%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242810.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024197.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202493.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202441.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL37.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA21.8%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA16.4%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES10.5%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA6.2%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL2.9%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN2.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA2.1%
Results for event-8b35aa511775dc6ca2f3e82c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202019237.4%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202011221.8%1Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20208416.4%1Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20205410.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020326.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020152.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020132.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020112.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL38.9%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA20.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA18.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO11.5%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE7.1%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO4.2%
Results for event-46f2cc0644149fbd3aa0b0b1
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201618638.9%3Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20169720.3%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20168618%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165511.5%1Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016347.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016204.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

18.080–100 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=16.40625, oldest_gap=18.619246861924683, previous_gap=15.594541910331383

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

29.55percentage 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=[[30.078125,10.9375,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1.5625,0,0,57.421875],[37.42690058479532,21.832358674463936,2.1442495126705654,0,0,6.237816764132553,0,2.9239766081871346,0,0,0,0,29.43469785575049],[38.91213389121339,17.99163179916318,20.292887029288703,4.184100418410042,0,0,11.506276150627615,0,0,0,0,0,7.112970711297071]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

35.32percentage 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=[[30.078125,10.9375,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1.5625,0,0,57.421875],[37.42690058479532,21.832358674463936,2.1442495126705654,0,0,6.237816764132553,0,2.9239766081871346,0,0,0,0,29.43469785575049],[38.91213389121339,17.99163179916318,20.292887029288703,4.184100418410042,0,0,11.506276150627615,0,0,0,0,0,7.112970711297071]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

32.44percentage 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=[[30.078125,10.9375,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1.5625,0,0,57.421875],[37.42690058479532,21.832358674463936,2.1442495126705654,0,0,6.237816764132553,0,2.9239766081871346,0,0,0,0,29.43469785575049],[38.91213389121339,17.99163179916318,20.292887029288703,4.184100418410042,0,0,11.506276150627615,0,0,0,0,0,7.112970711297071]]

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?
ESMERALDA ALESCA CHAVES BRIONESSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
AUGUSTO ENRIQUE BENLIS BENLISSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
MARIA CARRILLO SALAZARCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
MAYKEN DAVID GARCIA NARVAEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
JONATHAN ANTONIO GONZALEZ CABRERACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANA LIDIA PEREZ PEREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALEXANDRA KOSCHNY RICHARDCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
KEVIN CLIFTON SOLIS MAIRENACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
ULISES LEOPOLDO MARTINEZ GARCIACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GLORIA RUIZ ATENCIOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JAVIER JIMENEZ VILLALOBOSSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANA RITA RODRIGUEZ JIMENEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JESSICA JEANNETTE ACUÑA UREÑACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
EUSTAQUIO OLGER JIMENEZ CARRANZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ROGELIO SEVILLA MELENDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MAYELA ARIAS SANTAMARIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
ANA LIDIA PEREZ PEREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALEXIS ROMALDO DIAZ MESENCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
BELISARIO ENRIQUE GUZMAN SEQUEIRACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JAVIER JIMENEZ VILLALOBOSSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KAREN VANNESA LOPEZ LOPEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARLEN VIRGINIA DIAZ MESENCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GERMAN GERARDO AGUILAR FLETESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JEANNETTE MADDEN ARIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
MARIA CARRILLO SALAZARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOprincipal
MINOR GERARDO MESEN DIAZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ROCIO JIMENEZ GUERREROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALEXANDRA KOSCHNY RICHARDCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
WALTER MOISES BENLISCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOsubstitute

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. “COLORADO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-LIMON-POCOCI-COLORADO. 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.