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ALTAMIRA — Municipal council

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Dominican Republic · ALTAMIRA / PUERTO PLATA · municipal · Municipal councilDO-C-ALTAMIRA

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Definitive 2024 vote vectors and seat allocations joined. March 2020 replaces the annulled February poll. Earlier council ballot basis, special events and boundary comparability require review.

1. What office, where, and when is the next election?

Geography
ALTAMIRA / PUERTO PLATA
Next election
2028-02-20
Linked upcoming event
next-c1bbc87812b783317312c6f5
Registry qualification
Unknown

2. How certain is that date?

2028-02-20 is expected (not formally called). Day precision. A date without a formal call is not confirmed.

3. Who won earlier selected elections?

2024-02-18

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown

  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOS57.2%
  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA28.0%
  • PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOS12.8%
  • PARTIDO PRIMERO LA GENTE Y ALIADOS2.0%
Results for event-99fa62af8ff312b7be2286e9
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSPRMdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20244,63557.2%4Recorded
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANAPLDdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20242,27128%1Recorded
PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOSFPdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20241,03912.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO PRIMERO LA GENTE Y ALIADOSPPGdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20241652%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-03-15

Repeated / replacement · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOS56.9%
  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS42.9%
  • PARTIDO ALIANZA PAIS0.2%
Results for event-b71dd2c7ac3e4b124f267a53
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20204,80756.9%3Recorded
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20203,62842.9%2Recorded
PARTIDO ALIANZA PAISdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/2020150.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-05-15

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS50.7%
  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOS48.4%
  • ALIANZA POR LA DEMOCRACIA Y ALIADOS0.3%
  • PARTIDO ALIANZA PAIS0.3%
  • FUERZA NACIONAL PROGRESISTA0.2%
  • PARTIDO QUISQUEYANO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANO0.0%
Results for event-55f407112cd3c272a13b4acd
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20166,20550.7%3Recorded
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20165,92548.4%2Recorded
ALIANZA POR LA DEMOCRACIA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/2016410.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO ALIANZA PAISdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/2016330.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FUERZA NACIONAL PROGRESISTAdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/2016280.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO QUISQUEYANO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANOdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/201640%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=29.149198520345248, oldest_gap=2.288329519450805, previous_gap=13.952662721893496

pedersen volatility

Withheld volatility

Unknownpercentage points

Not calculated: comparable fixed party grouping unavailable

Comparison status: Latest interval · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this interval

Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=[], interval=Latest interval, vectors=[]

pedersen volatility

Withheld volatility

Unknownpercentage points

Not calculated: comparable fixed party grouping unavailable

Comparison status: Previous interval · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this interval

Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=[], interval=Previous interval, vectors=[]

pedersen volatility

Withheld volatility

Unknownpercentage points

Not calculated: comparable fixed party grouping unavailable

Comparison status: Both intervals mean · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this interval

Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=[], interval=Both intervals mean, vectors=[]

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?
RAFAEL ARIDIO GARCIA PEÑAREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
WILFREDO CESAR SILVERIOREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
FELICIANO MARTINEZ DIAZREGIDOR2024PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANAunknown
MARIA ALTAGRACIA ALVAREZ PAYEROREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
ALEXIS ANTONIO POLANCO BONILLAREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown

6. Polling context

No local poll supplied.

7. Unresolved issues and sources

No open research issues attached to this office.

Sources

Cite this record

Center for Digital Democracy. “ALTAMIRA — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/DO-C-ALTAMIRA. Sources: dominican-republic--url-9eeae531a9324c0e31187d6e, dominican-republic--url-6036685c5a67c6ca3aeb4de9, dominican-republic--url-7fe13efce2166a5693351268, dominican-republic--S84db1edb1b, dominican-republic--Se3e95bc895, dominican-republic--S9e2090ae02, dominican-republic--Se0c865c342, dominican-republic--S777101bcbc.