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BANICA — Municipal council

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Dominican Republic · BANICA / ELIAS PIÑA · municipal · Municipal councilDO-C-BANICA

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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
BANICA / ELIAS PIÑA
Next election
2028-02-20
Linked upcoming event
next-8ca32ba495187ebd9e2ae2d3
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 ALIADOS80.4%
  • PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOS14.6%
  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA5.0%
Results for event-3a8fba15ab6e7baeb8a92f65
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSPRMdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20241,40780.4%5Recorded
PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOSFPdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/202425614.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANAPLDdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/2024885%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-03-15

Repeated / replacement · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS60.8%
  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOS36.2%
  • BLOQUE INSTITUCIONAL SOCIAL DEMOCRATA Y ALIADOS3.0%
Results for event-ada634ef5671983a0f460aa3
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20201,00960.8%3Recorded
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/202060136.2%2Recorded
BLOQUE INSTITUCIONAL SOCIAL DEMOCRATA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/2020503%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-05-15

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS43.0%
  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOS38.7%
  • BLOQUE INSTITUCIONAL SOCIAL DEMOCRATA18.1%
  • PARTIDO UNION DEMOCRATA CRISTIANA0.1%
  • PARTIDO QUISQUEYANO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANO0.1%
Results for event-be26980bf22487350b33150c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20161,82843%2Recorded
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20161,64538.7%2Recorded
BLOQUE INSTITUCIONAL SOCIAL DEMOCRATAdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/201676718.1%1Recorded
PARTIDO UNION DEMOCRATA CRISTIANAdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/201650.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO QUISQUEYANO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANOdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/201630.1%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=65.73386636207881, oldest_gap=4.307909604519772, previous_gap=24.57831325301205

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?
LEONORA OVIEDO DE LOS SANTOSREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
OMAR GUZMAN RODRIGUEZREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
MANUEL DE JESUS (HIJO) HERNANDEZ ALCANTARAREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
FRANCISCO ALBERTO VALENZUELA RIVERAREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
WALESKA BANNIRIS ALCANTARA DE LA ROSAREGIDOR2024PARTIDO 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. “BANICA — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/DO-C-BANICA. 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.