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LA COLONIA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
LA COLONIA / LIMÓN
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-e475b4c7ef92ec21db78c3ca
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 PODEMOS43.6%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL18.6%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES10.8%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO6.9%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN6.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA5.8%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.6%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE2.5%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.4%
Results for event-883caa3ff2a234e7b4063809
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202497843.6%4Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202441618.6%1Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202424210.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241556.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241516.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241305.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024592.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024572.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024542.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL19.7%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES17.4%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE12.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA8.1%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA7.4%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL6.3%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA6.1%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA5.7%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN5.1%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO4.2%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO2.8%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL2.4%
  • AVANTE POCOCÍ1.3%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS0.6%
  • IZQUIERDA COSTARRICENSE0.5%
Results for event-17797da9b7fbdcf56a821226
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202052019.7%3Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202045917.4%1Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202032812.5%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202128.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201957.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201656.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201616.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201505.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201335.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201114.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020742.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020622.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AVANTE POCOCÍcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020341.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020160.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
IZQUIERDA COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020130.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE33.5%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL20.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO16.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA10.4%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO7.2%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA6.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO5.4%
Results for event-e36f650a77d3fe41c8e874f7
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201677033.5%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201647120.5%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201637016.1%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201623910.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161657.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161586.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161255.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

14.820–100 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=25.066904549509367, oldest_gap=13.01131418624891, previous_gap=2.3167489555639946

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

25.87percentage 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=[[18.55486173059768,5.798394290811776,0,0,0,2.6315789473684212,0,0,0,2.408563782337199,0,0,70.60660124888493],[19.74933535890619,8.051652107861754,5.6969236612229395,2.8104823395366503,6.266616027345234,6.114698063045955,0,2.354728446638815,0,4.215723509304976,0,0,44.73984048613748],[20.496083550913838,10.400348128807659,6.8755439512619665,7.180156657963447,0,0,16.100957354221062,0,0,5.439512619669277,0,0,33.50739773716275]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

25.97percentage 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=[[18.55486173059768,5.798394290811776,0,0,0,2.6315789473684212,0,0,0,2.408563782337199,0,0,70.60660124888493],[19.74933535890619,8.051652107861754,5.6969236612229395,2.8104823395366503,6.266616027345234,6.114698063045955,0,2.354728446638815,0,4.215723509304976,0,0,44.73984048613748],[20.496083550913838,10.400348128807659,6.8755439512619665,7.180156657963447,0,0,16.100957354221062,0,0,5.439512619669277,0,0,33.50739773716275]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

25.92percentage 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=[[18.55486173059768,5.798394290811776,0,0,0,2.6315789473684212,0,0,0,2.408563782337199,0,0,70.60660124888493],[19.74933535890619,8.051652107861754,5.6969236612229395,2.8104823395366503,6.266616027345234,6.114698063045955,0,2.354728446638815,0,4.215723509304976,0,0,44.73984048613748],[20.496083550913838,10.400348128807659,6.8755439512619665,7.180156657963447,0,0,16.100957354221062,0,0,5.439512619669277,0,0,33.50739773716275]]

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?
ROLANDO CORDERO CESPEDESSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
GRICELDA HERNANDEZ VARGASSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
MARIA DE LOS ANGELES GARCIA CARRILLOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
GILBERT LOAICIGA SEGURACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
JEANNETTE ROJAS AGUILARCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
KARLA ROJAS BARQUEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MIGUEL ROBERTO ROJAS DAVISCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
MARIAN KARINA PEREZ AZOFEIFACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
CARLOS ALBERTO SOLANO OBANDOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
LUZ IRIS TATE GORDONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SANDRA UMAÑA LOPEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE LUIS DIAZ VALVERDESÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARVIN MEDINA MORALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANA MARIA SANCHEZ PANIAGUACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA DEL ROCIO GONZALEZ ARIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020RECUPERANDO VALORESprincipal
GERARDO PEREZ SOTOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEprincipal
CYNTHIA ALVAREZ ABARCACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANDREY GERARDO ROJAS LEANDROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
OSCAR JOSE CAMACHO CAMACHOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020RECUPERANDO VALORESsubstitute
LUIS EDUARDO ARAYA ARAYACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
JOEL UMAÑA SALAZARSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEprincipal
LISES MONGE ARAYASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
MARJORIE CASTRO GARROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEprincipal
BRIAN STEVEN MEJIA QUESADACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEprincipal
ANA EDITH SOTO SEGURACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JACQUELINE CAMACHO BRENESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOprincipal
GERARDO PEREZ SOTOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
CINTHIA PATRICIA PARRA CHAVARRIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
GREIVIN GUIDO GARCIA LOPEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RICARDO ABEL GONZALEZ ARAYACONCEJALES 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. “LA COLONIA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-LIMON-POCOCI-LA-COLONIA. 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.