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FLORIDA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
FLORIDA / LIMÓN
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-90863ca3d2e1f4486f5d719c
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 NACIONAL26.2%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO26.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA14.2%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN14.0%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA8.0%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES6.8%
  • ACCIÓN CANTONAL SIQUIRRES INDEPENDIENTE4.7%
Results for event-6c6695019309339482bdf6f0
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202415726.2%2Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202415726.2%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20248514.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20248414%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024488%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024416.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CANTONAL SIQUIRRES INDEPENDIENTEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024284.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL66.3%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA11.7%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO8.2%
  • AUTÉNTICO SIQUIRREÑO3.7%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN2.8%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO1.9%
  • ACCIÓN CANTONAL SIQUIRRES INDEPENDIENTE1.7%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES1.4%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE1.2%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS1.1%
Results for event-d3d921b09c277ca33a37e199
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202042966.3%4Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20207611.7%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020538.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AUTÉNTICO SIQUIRREÑOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020243.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020182.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020121.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CANTONAL SIQUIRRES INDEPENDIENTEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020111.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202091.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202081.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202071.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA28.1%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL25.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA17.7%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE16.9%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN5.5%
  • AUTÉNTICO SIQUIRREÑO1.9%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES1.4%
  • ACCIÓN CANTONAL SIQUIRRES INDEPENDIENTE1.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO1.1%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO0.5%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO0.3%
Results for event-fb59e4dcc0f583ac0afc9a02
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201617828.1%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201616125.4%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201611217.7%1Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201610716.9%1Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016355.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AUTÉNTICO SIQUIRREÑOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016121.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201691.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CANTONAL SIQUIRRES INDEPENDIENTEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201681.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201671.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201630.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201620.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

16.820–100 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=0, oldest_gap=2.681388012618296, previous_gap=54.5595054095827

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

56.71percentage 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=[[26.166666666666668,14.166666666666666,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,26.166666666666668,25.5],[66.30602782071098,0,0,1.8547140649149922,0,11.746522411128284,0,0,2.7820710973724885,8.191653786707883,0,0,9.119010819165378],[25.394321766561514,28.07570977917981,17.665615141955836,0.47318611987381703,0,0,1.1041009463722398,0,5.520504731861199,0.31545741324921134,0,0,21.45110410094637]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

61.92percentage 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: 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=[[26.166666666666668,14.166666666666666,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,26.166666666666668,25.5],[66.30602782071098,0,0,1.8547140649149922,0,11.746522411128284,0,0,2.7820710973724885,8.191653786707883,0,0,9.119010819165378],[25.394321766561514,28.07570977917981,17.665615141955836,0.47318611987381703,0,0,1.1041009463722398,0,5.520504731861199,0.31545741324921134,0,0,21.45110410094637]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

59.32percentage 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=[[26.166666666666668,14.166666666666666,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,26.166666666666668,25.5],[66.30602782071098,0,0,1.8547140649149922,0,11.746522411128284,0,0,2.7820710973724885,8.191653786707883,0,0,9.119010819165378],[25.394321766561514,28.07570977917981,17.665615141955836,0.47318611987381703,0,0,1.1041009463722398,0,5.520504731861199,0.31545741324921134,0,0,21.45110410094637]]

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?
EDUARDO PEREZ ZELEDONSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOprincipal
BERNARDA MARIA GONZALEZ CHAVARRIASINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOsubstitute
YAMILETH MORALES SANCHEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
OVIDIO ARAYA HERNANDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANDREA PATRICIA BONILLA FERNANDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOprincipal
JOSUE GERARDO DIAZ GONZALEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
KATHERINNE DANIELA MIRANDA MORALESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOHANNA ARAYA JARACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ELVIA RETANA CORDEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOsubstitute
DIEGO ALONSO BARQUERO AGUILARCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
WILLIE BIANCHINI GUTIERREZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LIDIETH VEGA GARCIASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YARITZA TATIANA SEQUEIRA ESPINOZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DANIEL ANTONIO SOLIS GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ELVIA RETANA CORDEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DANIELA ALEJANDRA CHAVARRIA CARBALLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
CINDY YORLEY MARIN CARMONACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RONALD ARAYA QUIROSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS EMILIO JIMENEZ QUIROSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DILLAN ANDREY BERMUDEZ MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
WILLIE BIANCHINI GUTIERREZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
YOLANDA RUIZ LOPEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JEISON MORA HIDALGOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
XINIA MARJORIE SANCHEZ RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA DE LOS ANGELES JIMENEZ GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
HECTOR BRENES BRENESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEprincipal
CLAUDIO GERARDO JIMENEZ CORRALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
LENIN JOSE HARRISON CORRALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JURKIN ALBERTO GOMEZ MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
LIDIETH VEGA GARCIACONCEJALES 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. “FLORIDA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-LIMON-SIQUIRRES-FLORIDA. 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.