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Office briefing

CASTILLO — Municipal council

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Dominican Republic · CASTILLO / DUARTE · municipal · Municipal councilDO-C-CASTILLO

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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
CASTILLO / DUARTE
Next election
2028-02-20
Linked upcoming event
next-9b2329ee60fc1950e4443556
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 ALIADOS65.5%
  • PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOS14.9%
  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA12.1%
  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO DOMINICANO5.3%
  • PARTIDO PAIS POSIBLE1.2%
  • PARTIDO PRIMERO LA GENTE Y ALIADOS1.1%
Results for event-ea1cb7a89f205831c50f731a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSPRMdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20245,52765.5%4Recorded
PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOSFPdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20241,25414.9%1Recorded
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANAPLDdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20241,01912.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO DOMINICANOPRDdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20244515.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO PAIS POSIBLEPPdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20241001.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO PRIMERO LA GENTE Y ALIADOSPPGdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/2024931.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-03-15

Repeated / replacement · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOS55.2%
  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS42.9%
  • BLOQUE INSTITUCIONAL SOCIAL DEMOCRATA Y ALIADOS0.8%
  • PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRATICO ALTERNATIVO0.4%
  • PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANO0.3%
  • PARTIDO CIVICO RENOVADOR0.2%
  • PARTIDO ALIANZA PAIS0.2%
  • PARTIDO VERDE DOMINICANO0.0%
Results for event-5b63ffea038ea76ee3e4846f
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20204,86455.2%3Recorded
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20203,77842.9%2Recorded
BLOQUE INSTITUCIONAL SOCIAL DEMOCRATA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/2020690.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRATICO ALTERNATIVOdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/2020370.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANOdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/2020270.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO CIVICO RENOVADORdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/2020220.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO ALIANZA PAISdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/2020170.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO VERDE DOMINICANOdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/202010%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-05-15

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS66.9%
  • PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANO Y ALIADOS16.2%
  • PARTIDO ALIANZA PAIS15.4%
  • PARTIDO QUISQUEYANO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANO1.1%
  • ALIANZA POR LA DEMOCRACIA Y ALIADOS0.4%
  • PARTIDO UNION DEMOCRATA CRISTIANA0.1%
Results for event-2f50485f6bf31b7590bf59b7
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20166,27366.9%4Recorded
PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20161,51516.2%1Recorded
PARTIDO ALIANZA PAISdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20161,44815.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO QUISQUEYANO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANOdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/2016991.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA POR LA DEMOCRACIA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/2016330.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO UNION DEMOCRATA CRISTIANAdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/2016120.1%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=50.60397915679772, oldest_gap=50.72494669509595, previous_gap=12.31990924560408

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?
PEDRO JOSE FRIAS SANTOSREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
YEYRI MARIELA RONDON CROUSSETREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
WILSON RADHAMES ROJAS BRUNOREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
FRANLY YOMIRDY FRIAS FRIASREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
JOSE DOLORES PEREZ MORALESREGIDOR2024PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLOunknown

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