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GUANANICO — Municipal council

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Dominican Republic · GUANANICO / PUERTO PLATA · municipal · Municipal councilDO-C-GUANANICO

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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
GUANANICO / PUERTO PLATA
Next election
2028-02-20
Linked upcoming event
next-1c81263719b75e4c4844cb7c
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 ALIADOS53.6%
  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS39.0%
  • PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOS6.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO0.7%
Results for event-68a79959cc803f2e09d527ac
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSPRMdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20242,59853.6%3Recorded
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSPLDdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20241,88939%2Recorded
PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOSFPdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20243266.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOFAMPdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/2024350.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-03-15

Repeated / replacement · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOS54.8%
  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS45.2%
  • PARTIDO ALIANZA PAIS Y ALIADOS0.0%
Results for event-aa5cf83bfa3bff8fd2b4fbb6
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20202,61754.8%3Recorded
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20202,15645.2%2Recorded
PARTIDO ALIANZA PAIS Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/202020%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-05-15

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS58.5%
  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOS40.9%
  • PARTIDO ALIANZA PAIS0.3%
  • ALIANZA POR LA DEMOCRACIA Y ALIADOS0.3%
  • PARTIDO UNION DEMOCRATA CRISTIANA0.1%
Results for event-30ea45778ee742e1c210af8d
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20162,99558.5%3Recorded
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20162,09240.9%2Recorded
PARTIDO ALIANZA PAISdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/2016150.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA POR LA DEMOCRACIA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/2016140.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO UNION DEMOCRATA CRISTIANAdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/201650.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

32.830–100 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=14.624587458745879, oldest_gap=17.63327475102519, previous_gap=9.654450261780106

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?
PATRICIO MERCADOREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
LENNY YODEL FRANCISCO ULLOAREGIDOR2024PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANAunknown
DEMETRIO ULLOA LAGUAREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
YOHANNY ULLOA CASTILLOREGIDOR2024PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANAunknown
JUANIBEL FRANCISCO ULLOAREGIDOR2024PARTIDO 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. “GUANANICO — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/DO-C-GUANANICO. 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.