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CAHUITA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
CAHUITA / LIMÓN
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-1a365ccd740951540469614e
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

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA42.4%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE37.8%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL11.3%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA3.4%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA2.2%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA2.0%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN0.9%
Results for event-c471737a959d5a3c0ee6ae81
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,24242.4%3Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,10637.8%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202433111.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241013.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024642.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024602%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024250.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA31.5%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN24.2%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL12.4%
  • DESARROLLO TALAMANQUEÑO9.3%
  • AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSE7.3%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL6.4%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO4.1%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO3.9%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA0.5%
  • IZQUIERDA COSTARRICENSE0.3%
Results for event-d86248445ba62d871f8ab2cc
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,00231.5%3Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202077124.2%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202039512.4%1Recorded
DESARROLLO TALAMANQUEÑOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202969.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202337.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202046.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201314.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201243.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020150.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
IZQUIERDA COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202090.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL34.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO32.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA15.1%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO8.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO7.1%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE2.8%
Results for event-941507693da2021b55ecb8f0
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201679034%3Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201675232.4%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201635115.1%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162018.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161647.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016652.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

74.360–100 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=4.643222942983954, oldest_gap=1.6358157554885935, previous_gap=7.264150943396228

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

16.39percentage 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: 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=[[11.300785250938887,42.40355069989758,0,0,0,3.4482758620689653,0,0,0,0,2.0484807101399793,0,40.7989074769546],[12.421383647798741,31.50943396226415,0.4716981132075472,4.119496855345912,6.415094339622642,0,0,0,0,3.89937106918239,0,0,41.16352201257861],[34.00774860094705,15.109771846749892,0,7.059836418424451,0,0,32.37193284545846,0,0,8.65260439087387,0,0,2.7981058975462765]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

61.65percentage 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=[[11.300785250938887,42.40355069989758,0,0,0,3.4482758620689653,0,0,0,0,2.0484807101399793,0,40.7989074769546],[12.421383647798741,31.50943396226415,0.4716981132075472,4.119496855345912,6.415094339622642,0,0,0,0,3.89937106918239,0,0,41.16352201257861],[34.00774860094705,15.109771846749892,0,7.059836418424451,0,0,32.37193284545846,0,0,8.65260439087387,0,0,2.7981058975462765]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

39.02percentage 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=[[11.300785250938887,42.40355069989758,0,0,0,3.4482758620689653,0,0,0,0,2.0484807101399793,0,40.7989074769546],[12.421383647798741,31.50943396226415,0.4716981132075472,4.119496855345912,6.415094339622642,0,0,0,0,3.89937106918239,0,0,41.16352201257861],[34.00774860094705,15.109771846749892,0,7.059836418424451,0,0,32.37193284545846,0,0,8.65260439087387,0,0,2.7981058975462765]]

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?
MANUEL ANTONIO ZUÑIGA AGUEROSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
GINIA GRAHAM CORDOBASINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
FRANKLIN EDIXON VILLANUEVA VARGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
SONIA BADILLA SOLISCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
GLORIELA JUNIOR WILLIAMS RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEprincipal
EUGENE JAMES HAMBELANT ZELEDONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEprincipal
KUENDAR DAVIS HANSELLCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
RAQUEL RUSSELL GONZALEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIA MAGDALENA OCON HIDALGOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
JOEL GRAF VILLACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
MANUEL ANTONIO ZUÑIGA AGUEROSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
STEICY SHEKIRA OBANDO CUNNINGHAMSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ANDRES HERNANDEZ MEZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
VILMA TERESA MEZA HUDSONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LUBA COOK CAMPBELLCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
EZEQUIEL VANEGAS CORTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
REGINA MARICELA BROWN ROSECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
YORLEN VICTOR SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ANDY FABRICIO MOYA OLMOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
HEIDY JULISSA SOSA PORRASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JULIO MOLINA MASISSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ROSA AMALIA LOPEZ MEDRANOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ROLANDO ALFONSO BROOKS SHIRLEYCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SANDRA PATRICIA CANTILLO PEREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUCIA CHAVARRIA RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOprincipal
ALBA YURI MORA SEGURACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
BRENDA LEE SMITH HUMPHRIEYSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUSIO CERNA ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JEIKEL ADRIANA VILLARREAL VARELACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOsubstitute
JONNIS OCON HIDALGOCONCEJALES 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. “CAHUITA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-LIMON-TALAMANCA-CAHUITA. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--Sa1c654d538, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S156f921f52, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S195403d2c6.