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CRISTOBAL — Municipal council

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Dominican Republic · CRISTOBAL / INDEPENDENCIA · municipal · Municipal councilDO-C-CRISTOBAL

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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
CRISTOBAL / INDEPENDENCIA
Next election
2028-02-20
Linked upcoming event
next-331b416ce6a4fecf3aa02845
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 ALIADOS48.3%
  • PARTIDO PAIS POSIBLE21.0%
  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS18.8%
  • PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOS10.0%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO Y ALIADOS1.9%
Results for event-2be3ec0ac2203ed72e114e0c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSPRMdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/202487448.3%3Recorded
PARTIDO PAIS POSIBLEPPdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/202437921%1Recorded
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSPLDdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/202434018.8%1Recorded
PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOSFPdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/202418110%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIO Y ALIADOSFAMPdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/2024351.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-03-15

Repeated / replacement · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS50.4%
  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOS49.6%
  • PARTIDO VERDE DOMINICANO0.0%
  • PARTIDO PAIS POSIBLE0.0%
Results for event-c9d76082a34b79e9e518d6c2
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/202090450.4%3Recorded
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/202089149.6%2Recorded
PARTIDO VERDE DOMINICANOdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20200 (recorded zero)0% (recorded zero)0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO PAIS POSIBLEdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20200 (recorded zero)0% (recorded zero)0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-05-15

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOS41.2%
  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS37.2%
  • PARTIDO POPULAR CRISTIANO21.6%
  • PARTIDO QUISQUEYANO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANO0.0%
Results for event-4d340e1842a45c31eee7c5b7
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20161,43741.2%2Recorded
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20161,29737.2%2Recorded
PARTIDO POPULAR CRISTIANOdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/201675421.6%1Recorded
PARTIDO QUISQUEYANO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANOdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/201610%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

14.820–100 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=27.36318407960199, oldest_gap=4.012611063341936, previous_gap=0.7242339832869078

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?
SAN JUAQUIN PLATA MEDINAREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
CAROLINA RAMIREZ PEÑAREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
ELIAZAR MATOS MEDINAREGIDOR2024PARTIDO PAIS POSIBLEunknown
WILMAN CUEVAS PLATAREGIDOR2024PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANAunknown
SIMON CUEVAS MATOSREGIDOR2024PARTIDO 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. “CRISTOBAL — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/DO-C-CRISTOBAL. 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.