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LA CIENAGA — Municipal council

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Dominican Republic · LA CIENAGA / BARAHONA · municipal · Municipal councilDO-C-LA-CIENAGA

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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
LA CIENAGA / BARAHONA
Next election
2028-02-20
Linked upcoming event
next-c7e191883323d9b83d729cb4
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 ALIADOS47.2%
  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA28.5%
  • PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOS20.6%
  • PARTIDO ESPERANZA DEMOCRATICA3.4%
  • PARTIDO SOCIALISTA CRISTIANO0.3%
Results for event-89ad717df02744bf70aa3e05
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSPRMdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20241,30147.2%3Recorded
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANAPLDdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/202478528.5%1Recorded
PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOSFPdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/202456920.6%1Recorded
PARTIDO ESPERANZA DEMOCRATICAPEDdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/2024953.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIALISTA CRISTIANOPSCdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/202480.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-03-15

Repeated / replacement · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOS52.0%
  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS47.0%
  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO INDEPENDIENTE0.4%
  • PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANO0.4%
  • BLOQUE INSTITUCIONAL SOCIAL DEMOCRATA Y ALIADOS0.3%
  • PARTIDO ALIANZA PAIS0.0%
Results for event-cc59ed8456f2243435b28ff5
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20201,28952%3Recorded
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20201,16547%2Recorded
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO INDEPENDIENTEdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/2020100.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANOdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/202090.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
BLOQUE INSTITUCIONAL SOCIAL DEMOCRATA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/202080.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO ALIANZA PAISdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20200 (recorded zero)0% (recorded zero)0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-05-15

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS47.2%
  • FUERZA NACIONAL PROGRESISTA29.0%
  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOS23.6%
  • ALIANZA POR LA DEMOCRACIA Y ALIADOS0.1%
  • PARTIDO QUISQUEYANO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANO0.0%
Results for event-ef5352c4e2f16d52ca5fa3a4
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20162,19147.2%3Recorded
FUERZA NACIONAL PROGRESISTAdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20161,34629%1Recorded
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20161,09323.6%1Recorded
ALIANZA POR LA DEMOCRACIA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/201660.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO QUISQUEYANO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANOdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/201620%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

27.270–100 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=18.709209572153732, oldest_gap=18.21905993962915, previous_gap=4.997984683595327

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?
MARCIO FELIZ FERRERASREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
MICHAEL MORETA REYESREGIDOR2024PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANAunknown
JANEURIS FELIZ GOMEZREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
JOSE ANTONIO MELO BETANCESREGIDOR2024PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLOunknown
YOLDANY GUEVARA FELIZREGIDOR2024PARTIDO 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. “LA CIENAGA — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/DO-C-LA-CIENAGA. 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.