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EL CAIRO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · EL CAIRO / LIMÓN · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-LIMON-SIQUIRRES-EL-CAIRO

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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
EL CAIRO / LIMÓN
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-0fe06105a781d03b01a1f50f
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

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL24.0%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN21.6%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES13.1%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO12.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA11.5%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA10.2%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO3.2%
  • ACCIÓN CANTONAL SIQUIRRES INDEPENDIENTE2.5%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA1.9%
Results for event-0a4ac2328b1550f49b1a738a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202435824%3Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202432221.6%1Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202419513.1%1Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202417912%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202417111.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202415210.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024483.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CANTONAL SIQUIRRES INDEPENDIENTEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024382.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024291.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL44.1%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN9.8%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES7.4%
  • ACCIÓN CANTONAL SIQUIRRES INDEPENDIENTE7.2%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO6.1%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE5.5%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS5.0%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA5.0%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO4.3%
  • AUTÉNTICO SIQUIRREÑO3.1%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL2.2%
  • IZQUIERDA COSTARRICENSE0.3%
Results for event-fd83ed1c6a7b8478e365340d
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202052544.1%5Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201179.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020887.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CANTONAL SIQUIRRES INDEPENDIENTEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020867.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020726.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020665.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020605%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020595%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020514.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AUTÉNTICO SIQUIRREÑOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020373.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020262.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
IZQUIERDA COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202030.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL22.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA16.5%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE12.3%
  • AUTÉNTICO SIQUIRREÑO11.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO10.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA8.6%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN7.2%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO6.8%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES2.1%
  • ACCIÓN CANTONAL SIQUIRRES INDEPENDIENTE1.4%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO0.7%
Results for event-61735b185d1904564e2a5bb0
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201634122%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201625616.5%1Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201619112.3%1Recorded
AUTÉNTICO SIQUIRREÑOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201618311.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201616210.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161338.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161117.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161066.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016332.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CANTONAL SIQUIRRES INDEPENDIENTEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016211.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016110.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

38.590–100 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=2.4128686327077737, oldest_gap=5.490956072351423, previous_gap=34.285714285714285

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

39.26percentage 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=[[23.994638069705093,11.46112600536193,0,3.2171581769436997,0,10.187667560321715,0,0,0,0,0,11.997319034852547,39.14209115281502],[44.11764705882353,0,0,6.050420168067227,2.1848739495798317,4.957983193277311,0,0,9.831932773109244,4.285714285714286,0,0,28.57142857142857],[22.02842377260982,16.537467700258397,8.591731266149871,6.847545219638243,0,0,10.465116279069768,0,7.170542635658915,0.710594315245478,0,0,27.648578811369507]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

36.39percentage 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: 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=[[23.994638069705093,11.46112600536193,0,3.2171581769436997,0,10.187667560321715,0,0,0,0,0,11.997319034852547,39.14209115281502],[44.11764705882353,0,0,6.050420168067227,2.1848739495798317,4.957983193277311,0,0,9.831932773109244,4.285714285714286,0,0,28.57142857142857],[22.02842377260982,16.537467700258397,8.591731266149871,6.847545219638243,0,0,10.465116279069768,0,7.170542635658915,0.710594315245478,0,0,27.648578811369507]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

37.83percentage 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=[[23.994638069705093,11.46112600536193,0,3.2171581769436997,0,10.187667560321715,0,0,0,0,0,11.997319034852547,39.14209115281502],[44.11764705882353,0,0,6.050420168067227,2.1848739495798317,4.957983193277311,0,0,9.831932773109244,4.285714285714286,0,0,28.57142857142857],[22.02842377260982,16.537467700258397,8.591731266149871,6.847545219638243,0,0,10.465116279069768,0,7.170542635658915,0.710594315245478,0,0,27.648578811369507]]

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?
LAVONNE YESENIA WHITTINGHAM CHANNERSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARLON ARAYA WILLIAMSSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIO GODINEZ GODINEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MAYELA ZAMORA GUTIERREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JESSICA VANESSA GOMEZ LOPEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
MELANIE PRISCILLA ORTIZ MITCHELLCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024RECUPERANDO VALORESprincipal
ANFERNY MAURICIO REYES FERNANDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JANE RODRIGUEZ PORRASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LORENA DEL ROCIO MEDINA BERROCALCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
ESTEFANY NOEMY MONTOYA SANCHEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024RECUPERANDO VALORESsubstitute
YEIMER ESTEBAN GORDON PORRASSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YERLIN MELISSA BAAR MONTEROSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JANE RODRIGUEZ PORRASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARLON ARAYA WILLIAMSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YEINI DANIELA CASTRO CHAVARRIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KRISIA ESPERANZA LOPEZ SPENCERCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS PANIAGUA ARCECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YESSICA SUGEY CHAVES MARINCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIO GODINEZ GODINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
NORMA CECILIA BARR DENNISSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YANCI YANID BUSTOS MADRIZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MANUEL ANTONIO BUSTAMANTE BUSTAMANTECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA ALEJANDRA MATAMOROS MARTINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MAYELA ZAMORA GUTIERREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEprincipal
KAREN RIVERA SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARLON ARAYA WILLIAMSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MINOR ALBERTO MADRIGAL CHAVARRIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JOSE CIRILO MATARRITA MOLINACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEsubstitute

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. “EL CAIRO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-LIMON-SIQUIRRES-EL-CAIRO. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S6ff4ed6b8e, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S9773c98054, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S4e2cf1c7b8.