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GUÁPILES — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
GUÁPILES / LIMÓN
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-de3ac63fbe488353a24474ce
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 PODEMOS52.5%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL14.2%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES8.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA5.8%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE5.4%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN3.9%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA3.6%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO2.7%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA2.4%
  • YO SOY EL CAMBIO1.5%
Results for event-36f434900f7483ddca14bec1
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243,66852.5%4Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202499114.2%1Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245618%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244055.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243745.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242703.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242543.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241872.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241682.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
YO SOY EL CAMBIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241031.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • RECUPERANDO VALORES15.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA13.9%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL12.6%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA10.0%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA8.6%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA7.6%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL7.3%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO5.5%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN3.9%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL3.9%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE3.2%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO3.0%
  • AVANTE POCOCÍ2.9%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS1.9%
  • IZQUIERDA COSTARRICENSE0.6%
Results for event-c482b357e9579f24238c1a3e
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,17715.3%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,07313.9%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202096912.6%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202077210%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206638.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20205847.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20205617.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204205.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202983.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202973.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202453.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202293%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AVANTE POCOCÍcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202212.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201481.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
IZQUIERDA COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020440.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL25.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO16.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA15.7%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO12.8%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE11.1%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA7.4%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO7.0%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN2.0%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN1.9%
Results for event-b0de73c157b0944cfcf26aa4
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,83725.4%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,20416.7%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,13415.7%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201692312.8%1Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201680211.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165387.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165087%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161442%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161341.9%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=38.346941698897005, oldest_gap=8.762458471760795, previous_gap=1.350473964420205

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

41.67percentage 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=[[14.195673972210285,5.801461108723679,0,0,0,3.638447213866208,0,0,0,0,2.406532015470563,0,73.95788568972928],[12.582781456953642,13.933255421373847,10.02467212050383,2.973639787040644,7.28476821192053,7.5834307232826905,0,3.856641994546163,0,5.453837164004675,0,0,36.306973120373975],[25.429125138427462,15.69767441860465,7.447397563676634,7.032115171650055,0,0,16.666666666666668,0,1.8549280177187153,12.776854928017718,0,0,13.095238095238095]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

44.51percentage 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=[[14.195673972210285,5.801461108723679,0,0,0,3.638447213866208,0,0,0,0,2.406532015470563,0,73.95788568972928],[12.582781456953642,13.933255421373847,10.02467212050383,2.973639787040644,7.28476821192053,7.5834307232826905,0,3.856641994546163,0,5.453837164004675,0,0,36.306973120373975],[25.429125138427462,15.69767441860465,7.447397563676634,7.032115171650055,0,0,16.666666666666668,0,1.8549280177187153,12.776854928017718,0,0,13.095238095238095]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

43.09percentage 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=[[14.195673972210285,5.801461108723679,0,0,0,3.638447213866208,0,0,0,0,2.406532015470563,0,73.95788568972928],[12.582781456953642,13.933255421373847,10.02467212050383,2.973639787040644,7.28476821192053,7.5834307232826905,0,3.856641994546163,0,5.453837164004675,0,0,36.306973120373975],[25.429125138427462,15.69767441860465,7.447397563676634,7.032115171650055,0,0,16.666666666666668,0,1.8549280177187153,12.776854928017718,0,0,13.095238095238095]]

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?
MARIA PAULA SANDI HIDALGOSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
WALTER WILLIAM CHING DURANSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
GEISEL VANESSA ZELEDON STEELECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
GERARDO ALFREDO SOLORZANO BONILLACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
GRETTEL MARIA DIAZ ARTAVIACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
JUAN PABLO CHAVES SOLANOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUCIA ARGENTINA SANDI SOLANOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
MARCOS ANDREY CALDERON ESPINOZACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
ARELYS PATRICIA MOLINA CUBILLOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
CARLOS DOMINGO MURILLO CORDEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GABRIELA MADRIGAL GONZALEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020RECUPERANDO VALORESprincipal
LINDA DESIREE SANCHEZ GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020RECUPERANDO VALORESprincipal
ANDRES FRANCISCO CABRERA PEREIRACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020RECUPERANDO VALORESprincipal
CARLOS ALFREDO CRUZ RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MELINA XIMENA SOLANO CUBEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DIEGO RAMON QUESADA DIAZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020RECUPERANDO VALORESsubstitute
SIVIA NUÑEZ CASCANTECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020RECUPERANDO VALORESsubstitute
FLORIBETH GODINEZ UREÑACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JULIO CESAR SANCHEZ GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GEISON ENRIQUE VALVERDE MENDEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUZ MARINA BARRANTES JIMENEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EVANGELISTA QUIROS ULLOACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
EDWARD ACOSTA CALDERONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOprincipal
ALFREDO ORDOÑEZ ZUÑIGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
KENNETH ARTAVIA CARBALLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
EDUARDO MASIS ESPINOZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUCY CORDERO NUÑEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOsubstitute
ANA YANSY ESPINOZA PIZARROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
YORLENI CASTILLO ARTAVIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute

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