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EL LLANO — Municipal council

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Dominican Republic · EL LLANO / ELIAS PIÑA · municipal · Municipal councilDO-C-EL-LLANO

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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 LLANO / ELIAS PIÑA
Next election
2028-02-20
Linked upcoming event
next-666a5a8556ce30cc098c4540
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 ALIADOS60.4%
  • PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOS18.2%
  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA17.4%
  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO DOMINICANO1.8%
  • PARTIDO PAIS POSIBLE1.7%
  • PARTIDO ALIANZA PAIS Y ALIADOS0.4%
Results for event-96e260b69a9a1dbe6b107d78
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSPRMdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20241,53760.4%3Recorded
PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOSFPdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/202446318.2%1Recorded
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANAPLDdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/202444317.4%1Recorded
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO DOMINICANOPRDdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/2024451.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO PAIS POSIBLEPPdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/2024441.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO ALIANZA PAIS Y ALIADOSALPAISdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/2024110.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-03-15

Repeated / replacement · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANO Y ALIADOS55.0%
  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS42.1%
  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO DOMINICANO2.8%
  • PARTIDO VERDE DOMINICANO0.0%
Results for event-eff5eefefde33ef5deeffac1
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20201,45855%3Recorded
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20201,11642.1%2Recorded
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO DOMINICANOdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/2020752.8%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 ALIADOS60.8%
  • PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANO Y ALIADOS38.5%
  • PARTIDO QUISQUEYANO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANO0.4%
  • PARTIDO UNION DEMOCRATA CRISTIANA0.3%
Results for event-0ade9e19675fe939e4ad6073
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20162,57260.8%3Recorded
PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20161,63138.5%2Recorded
PARTIDO QUISQUEYANO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANOdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/2016160.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO UNION DEMOCRATA CRISTIANAdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/2016120.3%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=42.23358238301219, oldest_gap=22.24060505790593, previous_gap=12.905660377358487

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?
MARIO NILO FORTUNA BENITEZREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
MARINO ENCARNACION DE LA ROSAREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
ERDLIN GARIBARDI BAUTISTA BAEZREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
JORLLY HERNANDEZ MATEOREGIDOR2024PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLOunknown
FRANCISCO ALBERTO DIAZ PEREZREGIDOR2024PARTIDO 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 LLANO — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/DO-C-EL-LLANO. 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.