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SIXAOLA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
SIXAOLA / LIMÓN
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-d60444b24fe0fd85986f2a39
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 CRISTIANA45.2%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE31.5%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL15.1%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA3.8%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN2.8%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA1.7%
Results for event-30c5609d05ce53cd3aa2493c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,13945.2%3Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202479231.5%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202437915.1%1Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024953.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024702.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024431.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA47.2%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL18.7%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN10.8%
  • DESARROLLO TALAMANQUEÑO10.3%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL3.1%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.4%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.3%
  • AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSE2.1%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO1.8%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE0.7%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA0.6%
Results for event-38065fc3e9ea06edd0fe1d30
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,17947.2%4Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202046818.7%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202026910.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
DESARROLLO TALAMANQUEÑOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202025810.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020783.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020612.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020572.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020532.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020441.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020180.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020150.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA42.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO19.8%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL19.2%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO7.7%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO6.0%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE5.3%
Results for event-562d4ee68011c3eae5bdbf0e
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201681442.1%4Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201638319.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201637019.2%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161487.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161156%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161025.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

4.840–100 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=13.780778395552026, oldest_gap=22.30848861283644, previous_gap=28.439999999999998

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

15.79percentage 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=[[15.051628276409849,45.23431294678316,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3.772835583796664,0,35.94122319301032],[18.72,47.16,0.6,1.76,3.12,2.44,0,0,0,2.28,0,0,23.919999999999998],[19.151138716356108,42.13250517598344,0,7.6604554865424435,0,0,19.824016563146998,0,0,5.9523809523809526,0,0,5.279503105590062]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

29.83percentage 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: 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=[[15.051628276409849,45.23431294678316,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3.772835583796664,0,35.94122319301032],[18.72,47.16,0.6,1.76,3.12,2.44,0,0,0,2.28,0,0,23.919999999999998],[19.151138716356108,42.13250517598344,0,7.6604554865424435,0,0,19.824016563146998,0,0,5.9523809523809526,0,0,5.279503105590062]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

22.81percentage 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: 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=[[15.051628276409849,45.23431294678316,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3.772835583796664,0,35.94122319301032],[18.72,47.16,0.6,1.76,3.12,2.44,0,0,0,2.28,0,0,23.919999999999998],[19.151138716356108,42.13250517598344,0,7.6604554865424435,0,0,19.824016563146998,0,0,5.9523809523809526,0,0,5.279503105590062]]

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?
GERARDO TORRES TORRESSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
YENDRY NARANJO RODRIGUEZSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
BIVIAN ZUÑIGA ZUÑIGACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MIRIAM MORALES GONZALEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
EVER ANTONIO CORDOBA SAAVEDRACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEprincipal
MAGDALENA ESTHER ROJAS MC CARTHYCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DAGOBERTO GONZALEZ PITTERSONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MIRIAM ALEJANDRA CANALES JAENZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
HENRY JIMENEZ VARGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
MARIANA SANCHEZ SANCHEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
BIVIAN ZUÑIGA ZUÑIGASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MIRIAM MORALES GONZALEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JOSE DAVID CRUZ MORANCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
YENDRY NARANJO RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ALEXANDER SALGUERA VENEGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
FELIPE MORA MIRANDACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CLAUDIA FLORES LOPEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
DANNY VEGA SALAZARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ADELA MARTINEZ CHACONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
DIEGO ANTONIO BEITA QUESADACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YOLANDA DINORAH AMADOR FALLASSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
GIOVANNI OPORTA OPORTASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
KEMLY DINNETH VILLEGAS RIVERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
WILLIAM DE JESUS GUEVARA GALLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ANA LUISA ARIAS CERDASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
KEVIN ARIEL ARIAS CHAVESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
PABLO BLANCO NAVARROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ADELA BALTODANO DIXONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
FREDDY ENRIQUE SOTO ALVAREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
OSCAR JOSE NOBOA CHAVARRIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute

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