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TELIRE — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
TELIRE / LIMÓN
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-4e05546ea503c8d6b1df57c2
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 CRISTIANA46.0%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE20.8%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL16.8%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA13.1%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA1.9%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN1.4%
Results for event-6fde6963cb4a8244affac135
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,07846%3Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202448820.8%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202439516.8%1Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202430713.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024441.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024341.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA49.3%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL23.0%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN9.4%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL5.8%
  • DESARROLLO TALAMANQUEÑO5.0%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.9%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO2.8%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.3%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA0.5%
Results for event-990de710c703651d873ee402
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,18149.3%4Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202055023%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202259.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201405.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
DESARROLLO TALAMANQUEÑOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201195%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020692.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020662.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020321.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020130.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA46.8%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL20.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO17.1%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO14.0%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE1.4%
Results for event-8b49b44c2778313a1c9f31f9
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201691446.8%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201640620.8%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201633417.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201627414%1Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016271.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

0 (recorded zero)0–100 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=25.14919011082694, oldest_gap=25.984654731457802, previous_gap=26.346555323590813

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

22.85percentage 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=[[16.837169650468883,45.950554134697356,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13.08610400682012,0,24.12617220801364],[22.964509394572026,49.31106471816284,0.5427974947807933,2.755741127348643,5.845511482254698,2.8810020876826723,0,0,0,1.336116910229645,0,0,14.363256784968684],[20.767263427109974,46.751918158567776,0,14.0153452685422,0,0,17.084398976982097,0,0,0,0,0,1.381074168797954]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

28.34percentage 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=[[16.837169650468883,45.950554134697356,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13.08610400682012,0,24.12617220801364],[22.964509394572026,49.31106471816284,0.5427974947807933,2.755741127348643,5.845511482254698,2.8810020876826723,0,0,0,1.336116910229645,0,0,14.363256784968684],[20.767263427109974,46.751918158567776,0,14.0153452685422,0,0,17.084398976982097,0,0,0,0,0,1.381074168797954]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

25.6percentage 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=[[16.837169650468883,45.950554134697356,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13.08610400682012,0,24.12617220801364],[22.964509394572026,49.31106471816284,0.5427974947807933,2.755741127348643,5.845511482254698,2.8810020876826723,0,0,0,1.336116910229645,0,0,14.363256784968684],[20.767263427109974,46.751918158567776,0,14.0153452685422,0,0,17.084398976982097,0,0,0,0,0,1.381074168797954]]

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?
MARLYN LIDIETH RIOS DIAZSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
HORACIO LOPEZ GABBSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIA EDILIA ELLIS SEGURACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
EDGAR LOPEZ MAYORGACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
INVERLYN YASMIN LAYAN SEGURACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEprincipal
CASTULO REYES REYESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KRISTEL FRANCINIE BUITRAGO MAINERCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
RUBEN SEGURA SEGURACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
SEIDY BRITON MAYORGACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
HENRY VILMAR MORALES CHUAPCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CANDIDA SALAZAR BUITRAGOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
RANDALL OSVALDO TORRES JIMENEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MAYRA OLIVER BLANCOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOSE ALBERTO SOTO BUITRAGOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MAURENY HERNANDEZ HERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
IGNOLIO NERCIS SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MAGDALENA HERNANDEZ GARCIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
FROILAN MAROTO JACKSON RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
LILIANA MAYORGA ESCALANTECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
PRISCILA TORRES PEREIRACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MELVIN RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
CANDIDA SALAZAR BUITRAGOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
LUIS ALBERTO PEREIRA AGUIRRECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MAURENY HERNANDEZ HERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
CLOTILDE MAYORGA MAYORGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
BELFORD ALEXANDER MORALES ORTIZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
GANI RODRIGUEZ HERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ZAIDA VANESSA FERNANDEZ VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
HORACIO LOPEZ GAPCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EMELDA SEGURA SEGURACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016FRENTE AMPLIOsubstitute

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