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Office briefing

LOS CACAOS — Municipal council

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Dominican Republic · LOS CACAOS / SAN CRISTOBAL · municipal · Municipal councilDO-C-LOS-CACAOS

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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
LOS CACAOS / SAN CRISTOBAL
Next election
2028-02-20
Linked upcoming event
next-edff8d0d35c546d81d64cb5a
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 ALIADOS67.9%
  • PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOS14.2%
  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA14.0%
  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO DOMINICANO2.6%
  • PARTIDO PAIS POSIBLE1.3%
Results for event-9229dd49fb5024d4c7c1fd92
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSPRMdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20242,51867.9%4Recorded
PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOSFPdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/202452714.2%1Recorded
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANAPLDdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/202452014%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO DOMINICANOPRDdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/2024972.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO PAIS POSIBLEPPdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/2024491.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-03-15

Repeated / replacement · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOS54.7%
  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS45.3%
Results for event-7dea2056084ff8c7a95165e6
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20202,02654.7%3Recorded
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20201,67545.3%2Recorded

2016-05-15

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS53.2%
  • PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANO Y ALIADOS36.1%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO Y ALIADOS10.3%
  • PARTIDO UNION DEMOCRATA CRISTIANA0.3%
  • PARTIDO QUISQUEYANO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANO0.2%
Results for event-88d1864b2cae3a2c8929d2ef
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20161,98353.2%3Recorded
PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20161,34636.1%2Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/201638310.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO UNION DEMOCRATA CRISTIANAdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/2016100.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO QUISQUEYANO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANOdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/201670.2%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=53.65130692535704, oldest_gap=17.08232770179672, previous_gap=9.483923263982703

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?
WILSON GARABITOS ROSARIOREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
EGLIS FLORES RAMIREZ BRITOREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
MARIA YAQUIRA LARA GROSSREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
JUAN DE LA CRUZ ARIAS CABRERAREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
OSCAR ROBLES ALCANTARAREGIDOR2024PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLOunknown

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