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CASTAÑUELAS — Municipal council

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Dominican Republic · CASTAÑUELAS / MONTE CRISTI · municipal · Municipal councilDO-C-CASTANUELAS

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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
CASTAÑUELAS / MONTE CRISTI
Next election
2028-02-20
Linked upcoming event
next-0889314ed0626f851d730571
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 ALIADOS55.0%
  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS40.0%
  • PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOS4.6%
  • BLOQUE INSTITUCIONAL SOCIAL DEMOCRATA Y ALIADOS0.4%
Results for event-d47f6cb20cd7ab92ad21375e
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSPRMdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20242,97555%3Recorded
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSPLDdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20242,16340%2Recorded
PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOSFPdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20242474.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
BLOQUE INSTITUCIONAL SOCIAL DEMOCRATA Y ALIADOSBISdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/2024220.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-03-15

Repeated / replacement · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS54.3%
  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOS44.7%
  • PARTIDO CIVICO RENOVADOR0.8%
  • PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANO Y ALIADOS0.2%
Results for event-f28a2e94985af115593bbaf9
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20202,77154.3%3Recorded
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20202,28444.7%2Recorded
PARTIDO CIVICO RENOVADORdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/2020410.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/2020110.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-05-15

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS51.3%
  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOS48.7%
Results for event-81c2f0c6e77aa635f38bbfe0
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20164,36051.3%3Recorded
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20164,13248.7%2Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

39.30–100 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=15.017569816904015, oldest_gap=2.68487988695243, previous_gap=9.535931074995105

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?
ARLINSTON MUÑOZ GENAOREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
DIANNEY ANTONIO QUIÑONEZ RODRIGUEZREGIDOR2024PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANAunknown
FACUNDO VASQUEZREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
CARLOS RAFAEL SOSA PICHARDOREGIDOR2024PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANAunknown
MARIA ISABEL BAEZ CASTILLOREGIDOR2024PARTIDO 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. “CASTAÑUELAS — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/DO-C-CASTANUELAS. 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.