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BAITOA — Municipal council

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Dominican Republic · BAITOA / SANTIAGO · municipal · Municipal councilDO-C-BAITOA

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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
BAITOA / SANTIAGO
Next election
2028-02-20
Linked upcoming event
next-778bccda5c39dd0706bc3a75
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 ALIADOS51.2%
  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA22.8%
  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO DOMINICANO14.6%
  • PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOS10.0%
  • PARTIDO SOCIALISTA CRISTIANO0.9%
  • PARTIDO PRIMERO LA GENTE Y ALIADOS0.5%
Results for event-715f6bdfaed6e47c5f8d63ef
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSPRMdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20242,85351.2%3Recorded
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANAPLDdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20241,27122.8%1Recorded
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO DOMINICANOPRDdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/202481514.6%1Recorded
PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOSFPdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/202455910%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIALISTA CRISTIANOPSCdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/2024490.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO PRIMERO LA GENTE Y ALIADOSPPGdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/2024280.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-03-15

Repeated / replacement · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOS49.9%
  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS36.1%
  • BLOQUE INSTITUCIONAL SOCIAL DEMOCRATA Y ALIADOS13.8%
  • PARTIDO VERDE DOMINICANO0.2%
Results for event-50ecdfa2dfa795048ebce972
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20202,85249.9%3Recorded
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20202,06636.1%2Recorded
BLOQUE INSTITUCIONAL SOCIAL DEMOCRATA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/202078713.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO VERDE DOMINICANOdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/2020130.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-05-15

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOS56.6%
  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS29.2%
  • PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANO11.9%
  • PARTIDO ALIANZA PAIS2.1%
  • PARTIDO UNION DEMOCRATA CRISTIANA0.2%
Results for event-6ce0e81a26d41ec4ad55ed20
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20163,68956.6%3Recorded
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20161,90529.2%2Recorded
PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANOdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/201677311.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO ALIANZA PAISdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20161382.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO UNION DEMOCRATA CRISTIANAdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/2016160.2%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=28.376681614349774, oldest_gap=27.357767213617542, previous_gap=13.746065057712492

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?
JOEL GUTIERREZ ROSARIOREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
SENIA ALTAGRACIA BEATO SANTANAREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
EDWIN ANTONIO CRUZ JIMENEZREGIDOR2024PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANAunknown
MATEO AGAPITO ACOSTA RODRIGUEZREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
GLENYS BATISTA SANDOBALREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO DOMINICANOunknown

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. “BAITOA — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/DO-C-BAITOA. 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.