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HONDO VALLE — Municipal council

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Dominican Republic · HONDO VALLE / ELIAS PIÑA · municipal · Municipal councilDO-C-HONDO-VALLE

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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
HONDO VALLE / ELIAS PIÑA
Next election
2028-02-20
Linked upcoming event
next-7db61ca9c5ecd9e0ee7a7a79
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 ALIADOS54.7%
  • PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOS26.7%
  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA13.6%
  • PARTIDO PAIS POSIBLE3.4%
  • PARTIDO ESPERANZA DEMOCRATICA1.6%
Results for event-704447273796d8807cbf95f5
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSPRMdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20241,78854.7%4Recorded
PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOSFPdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/202487126.7%1Recorded
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANAPLDdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/202444513.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO PAIS POSIBLEPPdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20241113.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO ESPERANZA DEMOCRATICAPEDdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/2024511.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-03-15

Repeated / replacement · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS54.1%
  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOS44.6%
  • PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANO Y ALIADOS1.3%
  • PARTIDO UNION DEMOCRATA CRISTIANA0.1%
Results for event-8dc4becdee06649c43c99264
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20201,79254.1%3Recorded
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20201,47744.6%2Recorded
PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/2020421.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO UNION DEMOCRATA CRISTIANAdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/202020.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-05-15

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS57.1%
  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOS40.0%
  • PARTIDO UNION DEMOCRATA CRISTIANA2.5%
  • PARTIDO QUISQUEYANO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANO0.5%
Results for event-d5423c088f6a40a75183197c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20162,73857.1%3Recorded
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20161,91840%2Recorded
PARTIDO UNION DEMOCRATA CRISTIANAdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20161202.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO QUISQUEYANO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANOdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/2016220.5%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=28.077158603796693, oldest_gap=17.090454355981656, previous_gap=9.507998792635078

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?
MERVIN ENCARNACION VALLEJOREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
CARLOS LISANDRES VICENTE DE OLEOREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
JORGE MARIA ENCARNACION ENCARNACIONREGIDOR2024PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLOunknown
CARMELA GUZMAN ENCARNACIONREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
SENEIDO ENCARNACION ENCARNACIONREGIDOR2024PARTIDO 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. “HONDO VALLE — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/DO-C-HONDO-VALLE. 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.