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DUVERGE — Municipal council

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

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

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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
DUVERGE / INDEPENDENCIA
Next election
2028-02-20
Linked upcoming event
next-16c2690cd68a5d6e4c297c72
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 ALIADOS57.7%
  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS21.6%
  • PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOS15.9%
  • PARTIDO DEMOCRATICO ALTERNATIVO2.3%
  • PARTIDO PAIS POSIBLE1.2%
  • PARTIDO GENERACION DE SERVIDORES0.8%
  • PARTIDO QUISQUEYANO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANO0.5%
  • PARTIDO SOCIALISTA CRISTIANO0.1%
Results for event-12e40d56fb9c2c7d0be8359c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSPRMdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20243,28957.7%3Recorded
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSPLDdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20241,22921.6%1Recorded
PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOSFPdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/202490615.9%1Recorded
PARTIDO DEMOCRATICO ALTERNATIVOMODAdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20241302.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO PAIS POSIBLEPPdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/2024691.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO GENERACION DE SERVIDORESGENSdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/2024430.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO QUISQUEYANO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANOPQDCdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/2024300.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIALISTA CRISTIANOPSCdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/202430.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-03-15

Repeated / replacement · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS54.8%
  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOS43.5%
  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO DOMINICANO1.5%
  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO INDEPENDIENTE0.2%
Results for event-96942607b1132c94d870d12f
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20203,24154.8%3Recorded
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20202,56843.5%2Recorded
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO DOMINICANOdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/2020901.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO INDEPENDIENTEdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/2020110.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-05-15

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS62.7%
  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOS35.9%
  • FUERZA NACIONAL PROGRESISTA1.4%
Results for event-aff2e9703888d1ad7dd71fa3
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20165,05962.7%3Recorded
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20162,89935.9%2Recorded
FUERZA NACIONAL PROGRESISTAdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20161131.4%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=36.146692402175816, oldest_gap=26.762482963697188, previous_gap=11.387478849407785

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?
ERVIO HIPOLITO GARCIAREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
YOAN PATRICIO YERA ADAMESREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
BARTOLO PEREZ PEÑAREGIDOR2024PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANAunknown
ALEXANDER LEDESMA MOQUETEREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
DIONICIO AMAURIS PEREZ SENAREGIDOR2024PARTIDO 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. “DUVERGE — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/DO-C-DUVERGE. 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.