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RITA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
RITA / LIMÓN
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-be7e8a47e24aa75e2bdb74d4
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 PODEMOS38.6%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL20.9%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN11.5%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES7.0%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA5.6%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO3.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO3.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA2.7%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE2.7%
  • YO SOY EL CAMBIO2.3%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA1.5%
Results for event-2bb954113abea9dbf08cf665
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,09238.6%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,13320.9%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202462411.5%1Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243787%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243065.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242133.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241733.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241482.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241472.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
YO SOY EL CAMBIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241222.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024811.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL16.4%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES13.7%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA12.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA10.5%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE8.7%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL7.1%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL5.8%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN5.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA4.8%
  • AVANTE POCOCÍ2.6%
  • YO SOY EL CAMBIO2.6%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA2.5%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.0%
  • IZQUIERDA COSTARRICENSE1.9%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS1.8%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO1.7%
Results for event-1d7f3907890f9874c6b643dd
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202088916.4%3Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202074513.7%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202067212.4%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202056710.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204738.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203847.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203145.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202995.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202584.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AVANTE POCOCÍcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201432.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
YO SOY EL CAMBIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201392.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201372.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201082%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
IZQUIERDA COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201051.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020961.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020921.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE27.7%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL22.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA12.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO10.6%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO10.5%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO6.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA5.7%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN2.0%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN1.6%
Results for event-f51607a63be03b3fde9fe610
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,48227.7%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,20622.6%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201668412.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201656810.6%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201655910.5%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163496.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163035.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161062%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016851.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

40.320–100 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=17.70352593686542, oldest_gap=5.166604268064397, previous_gap=2.65633646928611

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

33.81percentage 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=[[20.91563596086395,2.732139560642422,0,0,0,5.648883145652575,0,0,0,3.1936496215617503,1.4952925973786229,0,66.0143991139007],[16.399188341634385,10.459324847814056,4.759269507470946,1.6971038553772366,5.792289245526655,12.396236856668512,0,7.083563918096292,0,1.9922523519645823,0,0,39.42077107544734],[22.57581430175964,12.804193186072633,5.672032946461999,10.46424560089854,0,0,10.632721827031075,0,1.5911643579183827,6.533133657806065,0,0,29.726694122051665]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

34.97percentage 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=[[20.91563596086395,2.732139560642422,0,0,0,5.648883145652575,0,0,0,3.1936496215617503,1.4952925973786229,0,66.0143991139007],[16.399188341634385,10.459324847814056,4.759269507470946,1.6971038553772366,5.792289245526655,12.396236856668512,0,7.083563918096292,0,1.9922523519645823,0,0,39.42077107544734],[22.57581430175964,12.804193186072633,5.672032946461999,10.46424560089854,0,0,10.632721827031075,0,1.5911643579183827,6.533133657806065,0,0,29.726694122051665]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

34.39percentage 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=[[20.91563596086395,2.732139560642422,0,0,0,5.648883145652575,0,0,0,3.1936496215617503,1.4952925973786229,0,66.0143991139007],[16.399188341634385,10.459324847814056,4.759269507470946,1.6971038553772366,5.792289245526655,12.396236856668512,0,7.083563918096292,0,1.9922523519645823,0,0,39.42077107544734],[22.57581430175964,12.804193186072633,5.672032946461999,10.46424560089854,0,0,10.632721827031075,0,1.5911643579183827,6.533133657806065,0,0,29.726694122051665]]

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?
XINIA SEGURA ARAYASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
GILBERT ALBERTO ZUÑIGA ARIASSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
JORGE STEVENS BRENES LEIVACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
MINITA ALVARADO SALAZARCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
JOSE GUZMAN GARCIACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
EIMER PORRAS GONZALEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
BENIGNO JIMENEZ ALVAREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
BLANDY BENAVIDES DURANCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
RENAN RODRIGUEZ ZUÑIGACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUAN JOSE HERNANDEZ HERNANDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
CARMEN SANCHEZ NAVARROSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KEYLOR ANDREY CAMPOS MORASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YOSELIN CORDERO CHACONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS JAIME VALVERDE ESQUIVELCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
BENIGNO JIMENEZ ALVAREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020RECUPERANDO VALORESprincipal
RODRIGO ZUÑIGA CERDASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
JACQUELINE CASTRO QUESADACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ARTURO FERRETO CALDERONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUAN GABRIEL SIBAJA LOPEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020RECUPERANDO VALORESsubstitute
ELIMEDETH VIVIANA PEREZ CALDERONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
JUAN LUIS GOMEZ GOMEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEprincipal
ARELLYS VANESSA MENDEZ MURILLOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
JOSE RODOLFO LEON ALVAREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEprincipal
MARGARITA FLORES CASTROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ELIZABETH MELENDEZ VILLEGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOprincipal
LOURDES MARIA CASTILLO MARINCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
CRISTINA DE LOS ANGELES ALVARADO CERDASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
WILLIAM ENRIQUE QUIROS SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GILBERT ALBERTO ZUÑIGA ARIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOsubstitute
BENITA DOVER DOVERCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016FRENTE AMPLIOsubstitute

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