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LOS HIDALGOS — Municipal council

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Dominican Republic · LOS HIDALGOS / PUERTO PLATA · municipal · Municipal councilDO-C-LOS-HIDALGOS

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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 HIDALGOS / PUERTO PLATA
Next election
2028-02-20
Linked upcoming event
next-ce8ef29a2cbf03c87b7c9bfa
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 ALIADOS59.0%
  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA23.3%
  • PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOS17.7%
Results for event-dcf5fc45b0f246f829c3cc02
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSPRMdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20242,98159%3Recorded
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANAPLDdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20241,18023.3%1Recorded
PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOSFPdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/202489417.7%1Recorded

2020-03-15

Repeated / replacement · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOS54.3%
  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS45.2%
  • PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANO0.5%
Results for event-cf4d61b90298434e4bb97a4e
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20202,77754.3%3Recorded
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20202,31545.2%2Recorded
PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANOdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/2020250.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-05-15

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS55.0%
  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOS43.3%
  • BLOQUE INSTITUCIONAL SOCIAL DEMOCRATA0.8%
  • PARTIDO ALIANZA PAIS0.5%
  • PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANO0.3%
  • ALIANZA POR LA DEMOCRACIA Y ALIADOS0.1%
  • PARTIDO UNION DEMOCRATA CRISTIANA0.0%
Results for event-0ead87f0f0d60da0c26cb333
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20164,22555%3Recorded
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20163,32743.3%2Recorded
BLOQUE INSTITUCIONAL SOCIAL DEMOCRATAdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/2016590.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO ALIANZA PAISdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/2016370.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANOdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/2016260.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA POR LA DEMOCRACIA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/201690.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO UNION DEMOCRATA CRISTIANAdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/201610%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=35.62809099901088, oldest_gap=11.68662155127538, previous_gap=9.028727770177838

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?
JOSE MIGUEL DE LEON CRESPOREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
JHOANNY ESTELA CURIEL HERNANDEZREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
JULIO CESAR ACOSTA NUÑEZREGIDOR2024PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANAunknown
HECTOR MINAYA NUÑEZREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
EDERLIN LIZBETH MARTINEZ FRANCISCOREGIDOR2024PARTIDO 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 HIDALGOS — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/DO-C-LOS-HIDALGOS. 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.