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LAGUNA SALADA — Municipal council

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Dominican Republic · LAGUNA SALADA / VALVERDE · municipal · Municipal councilDO-C-LAGUNA-SALADA

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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
LAGUNA SALADA / VALVERDE
Next election
2028-02-20
Linked upcoming event
next-ff29189d929539ba39b421b2
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 ALIADOS70.7%
  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS24.5%
  • PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOS4.8%
Results for event-b75bb5d362b18ef24b6ec6e5
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSPRMdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20243,03270.7%4Recorded
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSPLDdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20241,04924.5%1Recorded
PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOSFPdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20242054.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-03-15

Repeated / replacement · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS48.0%
  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOS44.2%
  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO DOMINICANO7.7%
  • PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANO Y ALIADOS0.2%
  • PARTIDO VERDE DOMINICANO0.0%
Results for event-2c2ba25fe2c2389ce94fd447
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20202,10648%3Recorded
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20201,93844.2%2Recorded
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO DOMINICANOdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20203367.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/202070.2%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 REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOS53.4%
  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS46.2%
  • PARTIDO QUISQUEYANO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANO0.2%
  • PARTIDO UNION DEMOCRATA CRISTIANA0.1%
Results for event-59a5571cd294c154663b7439
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20166,09053.4%3Recorded
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20165,27146.2%2Recorded
PARTIDO QUISQUEYANO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANOdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/2016280.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO UNION DEMOCRATA CRISTIANAdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/2016100.1%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=46.26691553896407, oldest_gap=7.184840775506622, previous_gap=3.82862351868733

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?
LUIS CARLOS ACOSTA GARCIAREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
QUIRINO ALFREDO ROSARIO ACOSTAREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
MANUEL DE JESUS PEÑA UREÑAREGIDOR2024PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANAunknown
VICTOR DE JESUS ACOSTAREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
MARIA LUISA PEREZ NOVOREGIDOR2024PARTIDO 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. “LAGUNA SALADA — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/DO-C-LAGUNA-SALADA. 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.