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LAS GUARANAS — Municipal council

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Dominican Republic · LAS GUARANAS / DUARTE · municipal · Municipal councilDO-C-LAS-GUARANAS

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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
LAS GUARANAS / DUARTE
Next election
2028-02-20
Linked upcoming event
next-aab542b74dc171a747b9f1b2
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 FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOS43.3%
  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOS40.1%
  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA16.1%
  • PARTIDO ESPERANZA DEMOCRATICA0.4%
Results for event-fe6b5bd0a70ab9ebdae0ab88
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOSFPdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20242,59343.3%2Recorded
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSPRMdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20242,40140.1%2Recorded
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANAPLDdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/202496416.1%1Recorded
PARTIDO ESPERANZA DEMOCRATICAPEDdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/2024250.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-03-15

Repeated / replacement · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS34.4%
  • PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANO Y ALIADOS33.8%
  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOS30.5%
  • PARTIDO HUMANISTA DOMINICANO1.2%
  • PARTIDO ALIANZA PAIS0.0%
Results for event-d3d91a5c7894970dff0663ce
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20202,10834.4%2Recorded
PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20202,07433.8%2Recorded
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20201,86930.5%1Recorded
PARTIDO HUMANISTA DOMINICANOdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/2020761.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO ALIANZA PAISdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/202030%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-05-15

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOS56.1%
  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS43.7%
  • PARTIDO UNION DEMOCRATA CRISTIANA0.2%
Results for event-b33bc0fb5c7713bab1333742
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20163,85356.1%3Recorded
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20163,00043.7%2Recorded
PARTIDO UNION DEMOCRATA CRISTIANAdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/2016150.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

83.330–100 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=3.2090924285475495, oldest_gap=12.419918462434481, previous_gap=0.5546492659053825

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?
WENDY DANILSA MARTE MAYIREGIDOR2024PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLOunknown
MELBA FRANCISCA PEGUERO PAYANOREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
JUAN PABLO ANTONIO ROSARIOREGIDOR2024PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLOunknown
FLORENCIO HERNANDEZREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
KATY ALTAGRACIA RODRIGUEZ DE LA CRUZREGIDOR2024PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANAunknown

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. “LAS GUARANAS — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/DO-C-LAS-GUARANAS. 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.