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JIMÉNEZ — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
JIMÉNEZ / LIMÓN
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-98867a25b4130ae48c37e86d
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 PODEMOS65.6%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL12.6%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES10.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA3.2%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE2.3%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA1.9%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN1.5%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA1.1%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO1.0%
  • YO SOY EL CAMBIO0.7%
Results for event-8e8ed4fd165803ff7347fd36
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,06065.6%4Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202439512.6%1Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202431710.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241003.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024712.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024591.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024471.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024361.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024301%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
YO SOY EL CAMBIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024230.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • RECUPERANDO VALORES29.2%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL22.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA10.9%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA9.2%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA5.7%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA5.1%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL3.1%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN2.4%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO2.4%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE2.1%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS1.7%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL1.7%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.6%
  • AVANTE POCOCÍ1.4%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE0.6%
Results for event-01c41776cb4c21746c0a64c7
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202094029.2%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202073422.8%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202035110.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202969.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201825.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201655.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201013.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020782.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020772.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020662.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020551.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020541.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020531.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AVANTE POCOCÍcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020441.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020200.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL27.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA15.0%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO14.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO14.0%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE13.1%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO8.2%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA7.5%
Results for event-ef5da9e99161b6162fde8a32
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201674927.8%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201640315%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201639114.5%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201637714%1Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201635213.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162228.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162017.5%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=53.05927342256214, oldest_gap=12.838589981447125, previous_gap=6.405472636815922

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

39.28percentage 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=[[12.587635436583811,3.186743148502231,0,0,0,1.880178457616316,0,0,0,0,1.147227533460803,0,81.19821542383684],[22.823383084577113,10.914179104477611,5.130597014925373,2.394278606965174,3.140547263681592,9.203980099502488,0,1.6791044776119404,0,1.6480099502487562,0,0,43.06592039800995],[27.792207792207794,14.953617810760669,7.458256029684601,14.50834879406308,0,0,13.98886827458256,0,0,8.237476808905381,0,0,13.061224489795919]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

44.03percentage 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=[[12.587635436583811,3.186743148502231,0,0,0,1.880178457616316,0,0,0,0,1.147227533460803,0,81.19821542383684],[22.823383084577113,10.914179104477611,5.130597014925373,2.394278606965174,3.140547263681592,9.203980099502488,0,1.6791044776119404,0,1.6480099502487562,0,0,43.06592039800995],[27.792207792207794,14.953617810760669,7.458256029684601,14.50834879406308,0,0,13.98886827458256,0,0,8.237476808905381,0,0,13.061224489795919]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

41.65percentage 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=[[12.587635436583811,3.186743148502231,0,0,0,1.880178457616316,0,0,0,0,1.147227533460803,0,81.19821542383684],[22.823383084577113,10.914179104477611,5.130597014925373,2.394278606965174,3.140547263681592,9.203980099502488,0,1.6791044776119404,0,1.6480099502487562,0,0,43.06592039800995],[27.792207792207794,14.953617810760669,7.458256029684601,14.50834879406308,0,0,13.98886827458256,0,0,8.237476808905381,0,0,13.061224489795919]]

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?
GREIVIN BONILLA SANCHEZSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
KATHERINE SUSANA MENDOZA MONTEROSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
JOSE LUIS SALAZAR CUENDISCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
MARIA DIGNA SANCHEZ DELGADOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
MARIO ALONSO GAUCHERAND MENDOZACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
XINIA CALDERA MORALESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MIGUEL ANTONIO SANCHEZ ARCECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
KEYLIN PAMELA SALAZAR REYESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
DIEGO MISAEL SOLANO MURILLOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
KAREN GUISELLE AZOFEIFA ALVAREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GREIVIN BONILLA SANCHEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020RECUPERANDO VALORESprincipal
JOHANNA FLORES ROSALESSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020RECUPERANDO VALORESsubstitute
MANUEL EDUARDO ANCHIA SUAREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020RECUPERANDO VALORESprincipal
EIDA LUCIA QUESADA ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020RECUPERANDO VALORESprincipal
ANA ELIZABETH CASTILLO SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CARLOS LUIS BONILLA MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA DIGNA SANCHEZ DELGADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020RECUPERANDO VALORESsubstitute
OSCAR MANUEL CRUZ SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020RECUPERANDO VALORESsubstitute
JOSE DOMINGO PEREZ HERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA ADELINA AVILA ALVARADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOHNNY CORDOBA HERNANDEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KATHERINE SUSANA MENDOZA MONTEROSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
NIDIA MORA RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YESENIA ALFARO CHACONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
XINIA MARIA LOPEZ MENDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
RONALD VICTORES MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOprincipal
ROLANDO MENDOZA VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
REINER JESUS BENAVIDES JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
IRIANA BETZAIDA SOLANO SARMIENTOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016FRENTE AMPLIOsubstitute
OMAR GERARDO MENDEZ SALASCONCEJALES 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. “JIMÉNEZ — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-LIMON-POCOCI-JIMENEZ. 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.