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ROXANA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
ROXANA / LIMÓN
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-bb5f89b249cfe6b81f291e39
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 PODEMOS40.0%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL23.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA11.3%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES8.4%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN4.2%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE3.2%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO3.2%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO2.4%
  • YO SOY EL CAMBIO2.2%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA1.7%
Results for event-76f0b7d4fcde1e1af9511924
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,09040%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202463723.4%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202430811.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242298.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241154.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024873.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024873.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024662.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
YO SOY EL CAMBIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024592.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024451.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL24.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA22.5%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES9.4%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA8.5%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL8.2%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA5.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA4.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO4.6%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL4.3%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN3.1%
  • YO SOY EL CAMBIO2.4%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO1.0%
  • AVANTE POCOCÍ0.7%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS0.3%
  • IZQUIERDA COSTARRICENSE0.3%
Results for event-9dba484a5b602b400054b060
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202079924.2%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202074422.5%2Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203129.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202828.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202708.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201795.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201624.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201514.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201424.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201033.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
YO SOY EL CAMBIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020802.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020341%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AVANTE POCOCÍcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020230.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020110.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
IZQUIERDA COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020100.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL37.6%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE15.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA13.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO9.9%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO7.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO7.0%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA6.4%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN2.0%
Results for event-be02b694ca3c5961c1875c00
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,13837.6%3Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201648015.9%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201640413.4%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162989.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162407.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162137%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161936.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016592%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

36.720–100 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=16.636063165626144, oldest_gap=21.75206611570248, previous_gap=1.6656571774682014

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

38.7percentage 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=[[23.39331619537275,11.311053984575835,0,0,0,1.6525890561880279,0,0,0,3.1950055086301874,0,0,60.4480352552332],[24.197456087219866,22.531798909751664,4.906117504542701,1.029678982434888,8.176862507571169,8.540278619018776,0,4.300423985463356,0,4.572986069049061,0,0,21.744397334948516],[37.6198347107438,13.355371900826446,6.380165289256198,7.933884297520661,0,0,9.851239669421487,0,1.9504132231404958,7.041322314049586,0,0,15.867768595041323]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

36.07percentage 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=[[23.39331619537275,11.311053984575835,0,0,0,1.6525890561880279,0,0,0,3.1950055086301874,0,0,60.4480352552332],[24.197456087219866,22.531798909751664,4.906117504542701,1.029678982434888,8.176862507571169,8.540278619018776,0,4.300423985463356,0,4.572986069049061,0,0,21.744397334948516],[37.6198347107438,13.355371900826446,6.380165289256198,7.933884297520661,0,0,9.851239669421487,0,1.9504132231404958,7.041322314049586,0,0,15.867768595041323]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

37.39percentage 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=[[23.39331619537275,11.311053984575835,0,0,0,1.6525890561880279,0,0,0,3.1950055086301874,0,0,60.4480352552332],[24.197456087219866,22.531798909751664,4.906117504542701,1.029678982434888,8.176862507571169,8.540278619018776,0,4.300423985463356,0,4.572986069049061,0,0,21.744397334948516],[37.6198347107438,13.355371900826446,6.380165289256198,7.933884297520661,0,0,9.851239669421487,0,1.9504132231404958,7.041322314049586,0,0,15.867768595041323]]

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?
DESEADO SUAREZ ARIASSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
EINYEL ARIANA CHAVEZ BENAVIDESSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
LILLIANA BEATRIZ ARCE ORTIZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
MARTIN ELI SEGURA OVARESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
KENNETH JOSE MORA OBANDOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MAUREEN PATRICIA ESQUIVEL MORACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KIMBERLY MARIA SEGURA FUENTESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
JULIO CESAR CASTILLO SOBALBARROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
ALEXANDER RODRIGUEZ MORERACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARJORIE VIDALIA RODRIGUEZ ORTIZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALEJANDRA SANCHO BRAVOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JORGE HUMBERTO GONZALEZ CALDERONSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARTIN ELI SEGURA OVARESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LILIANA MADRIGAL PEREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FRANCINI JULIANA CARTIN ZUÑIGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JACINTO MELENDEZ QUINTEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ERNESTO BOCAN BARRIENTOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
AURELIA PORRAS NUÑEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
LUIS ORLANDO VINDAS RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
LUIS ANGEL RODRIGUEZ GONZALEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DAFNE VANESSA PADILLA MONGESÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALEJANDRA COOPER COOPERCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARTIN ELI SEGURA OVARESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
OMAR LOPEZ CALDERONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEprincipal
FLOR DE MARIA SANDOVAL SERRANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ERNESTO BOCAN BARRIENTOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
STEPHANIE JIMENEZ BADILLACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CARLOS ENRIQUE SOLIS AGUILARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
RAFAEL ANGEL SANCHEZ VILLALOBOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute

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