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EL FACTOR — Municipal council

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Dominican Republic · EL FACTOR / MARIA TRINIDAD SANCHEZ · municipal · Municipal councilDO-C-EL-FACTOR

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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
EL FACTOR / MARIA TRINIDAD SANCHEZ
Next election
2028-02-20
Linked upcoming event
next-f32139014f04d8d64ba84608
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 ALIADOS50.2%
  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS34.5%
  • PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOS9.6%
  • PARTIDO PAIS POSIBLE4.5%
  • PARTIDO JUSTICIA SOCIAL Y ALIADOS0.7%
  • PARTIDO GENERACION DE SERVIDORES0.4%
Results for event-1345b3d06670d76e8fddd0b6
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSPRMdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20243,66950.2%4Recorded
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSPLDdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20242,52734.5%3Recorded
PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOSFPdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20247049.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO PAIS POSIBLEPPdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20243324.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO JUSTICIA SOCIAL Y ALIADOSJSdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/2024540.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO GENERACION DE SERVIDORESGENSdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/2024300.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-03-15

Repeated / replacement · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS48.9%
  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOS48.6%
  • PARTIDO HUMANISTA DOMINICANO Y ALIADOS1.4%
  • PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.0%
  • PARTIDO PAIS POSIBLE0.1%
Results for event-6be6e550f040fdee138609e3
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20203,22448.9%4Recorded
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20203,20548.6%3Recorded
PARTIDO HUMANISTA DOMINICANO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/2020931.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANOdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/2020641%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO PAIS POSIBLEdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/202080.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-05-15

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS62.3%
  • PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANO Y ALIADOS37.2%
  • ALIANZA POR LA DEMOCRACIA Y ALIADOS0.2%
  • FUERZA NACIONAL PROGRESISTA0.1%
  • PARTIDO UNION DEMOCRATA CRISTIANA0.1%
  • PARTIDO QUISQUEYANO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANO0.1%
Results for event-82a6ff116a4946b859bc6f6d
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20168,06262.3%5Recorded
PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20164,81337.2%2Recorded
ALIANZA POR LA DEMOCRACIA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/2016270.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FUERZA NACIONAL PROGRESISTAdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/2016130.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO UNION DEMOCRATA CRISTIANAdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/2016120.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO QUISQUEYANO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANOdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/201670.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

40.180–100 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=15.609622744669217, oldest_gap=25.119839183547242, previous_gap=0.28814073400060636

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?
BERLYN JOSE GERALDINO PAREDESREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
DIOSENDY MARIEL GORIS PAULINOREGIDOR2024PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANAunknown
LUIS RAMON GONZALEZ RODRIGUEZREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
WILMAN ALBERT CASTILLO TEJADAREGIDOR2024PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANAunknown
ZENEIDA DE JESUS FERMINREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
ELIZABETH PAULINO CORNIELREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
FRANCISCO ANTONIO BURGO BONILLAREGIDOR2024PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANAunknown

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