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LAS YAYAS DE VIAJAMA — Municipal council

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Dominican Republic · LAS YAYAS DE VIAJAMA / AZUA · municipal · Municipal councilDO-C-LAS-YAYAS-DE-VIAJAMA

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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 YAYAS DE VIAJAMA / AZUA
Next election
2028-02-20
Linked upcoming event
next-7dd51f25b00ab390915bcef3
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 ALIADOS49.4%
  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS36.7%
  • PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOS10.3%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO Y ALIADOS2.4%
  • PARTIDO PRIMERO LA GENTE Y ALIADOS0.9%
  • PARTIDO PAIS POSIBLE0.3%
Results for event-152d0e64ba2a9aaf160738c5
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSPRMdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20241,99949.4%3Recorded
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSPLDdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20241,48336.7%2Recorded
PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOSFPdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/202441710.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIO Y ALIADOSFAMPdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/2024972.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO PRIMERO LA GENTE Y ALIADOSPPGdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/2024370.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO PAIS POSIBLEPPdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/2024110.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-03-15

Repeated / replacement · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOS51.1%
  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS47.9%
  • PARTIDO HUMANISTA DOMINICANO1.0%
Results for event-4734c9bc6ff6333bc201c218
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20202,04551.1%3Recorded
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20201,91747.9%2Recorded
PARTIDO HUMANISTA DOMINICANOdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/2020391%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-05-15

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS46.7%
  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOS45.1%
  • PARTIDO ALIANZA PAIS7.8%
  • PARTIDO UNION DEMOCRATA CRISTIANA0.3%
  • PARTIDO QUISQUEYANO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANO0.1%
Results for event-d9dcf29c24eb0e8eaa0a3338
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20164,56046.7%3Recorded
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20164,41045.1%2Recorded
PARTIDO ALIANZA PAISdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20167597.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO UNION DEMOCRATA CRISTIANAdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/2016310.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO QUISQUEYANO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANOdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/2016120.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

56.150–100 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=12.759643916913952, oldest_gap=1.5349979533360667, previous_gap=3.1992001999500133

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?
AUGUSTO RAFAEL MENDEZ MEJIAREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
HENRY EMILIO RAMIREZ DE LOS SANTOSREGIDOR2024PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANAunknown
NAIROBY URIBE VELOZREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
JANER RAMIREZ BELTREREGIDOR2024PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANAunknown
ANDREA YLUMINADA BELTRE OGANDOREGIDOR2024PARTIDO 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. “LAS YAYAS DE VIAJAMA — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/DO-C-LAS-YAYAS-DE-VIAJAMA. 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.