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EL PEÑON — Municipal council

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Dominican Republic · EL PEÑON / BARAHONA · municipal · Municipal councilDO-C-EL-PENON

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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 PEÑON / BARAHONA
Next election
2028-02-20
Linked upcoming event
next-52b010898f08a81cdd2e66dd
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 ALIADOS46.8%
  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS27.3%
  • PARTIDO PAIS POSIBLE19.7%
  • PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOS6.2%
Results for event-02ddcc21f09c6a5c3efb76de
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSPRMdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20241,25246.8%3Recorded
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSPLDdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/202473027.3%1Recorded
PARTIDO PAIS POSIBLEPPdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/202452619.7%1Recorded
PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOSFPdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20241676.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-03-15

Repeated / replacement · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS53.1%
  • PARTIDO UNION DEMOCRATA CRISTIANA43.9%
  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO2.4%
  • PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANO0.4%
  • PARTIDO CIVICO RENOVADOR0.1%
  • PARTIDO DOMINICANOS POR EL CAMBIO Y ALIADOS0.1%
  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO INDEPENDIENTE0.1%
  • PARTIDO VERDE DOMINICANO0.0%
Results for event-3293ecd93c8f31383d693d7f
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20201,42353.1%3Recorded
PARTIDO UNION DEMOCRATA CRISTIANAdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20201,17743.9%2Recorded
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/2020642.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANOdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/2020100.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO CIVICO RENOVADORdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/202020.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO DOMINICANOS POR EL CAMBIO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/202020.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO INDEPENDIENTEdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/202020.1%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 UNION DEMOCRATA CRISTIANA49.7%
  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS49.2%
  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOS0.8%
  • FUERZA NACIONAL PROGRESISTA0.4%
  • PARTIDO QUISQUEYANO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANO0.0%
Results for event-0cc573da53e2664d488be1aa
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO UNION DEMOCRATA CRISTIANAdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20161,36349.7%3Recorded
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20161,35149.2%2Recorded
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/2016210.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FUERZA NACIONAL PROGRESISTAdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/2016100.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO QUISQUEYANO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANOdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20160 (recorded zero)0% (recorded zero)0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

27.480–100 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=19.514018691588785, oldest_gap=0.4371584699453521, previous_gap=9.175680716150694

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?
JAIRON PEÑA SEGURAREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
PATERSON YOSIRIS ESPINOSA ESPINOSAREGIDOR2024PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANAunknown
EDWARD JOARI LOPEZ TAVAREZREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
JOSE DEL CARMEN FELIZ SEGURAREGIDOR2024PARTIDO PAIS POSIBLEunknown
MILDRED BEATRIZ SEGURA FERRERASREGIDOR2024PARTIDO 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. “EL PEÑON — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/DO-C-EL-PENON. 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.