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MELLA — Municipal council

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Dominican Republic · MELLA / INDEPENDENCIA · municipal · Municipal councilDO-C-MELLA

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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
MELLA / INDEPENDENCIA
Next election
2028-02-20
Linked upcoming event
next-7456a1d0091b415174a21611
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 ALIADOS50.6%
  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS24.9%
  • PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOS14.4%
  • PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANO9.3%
  • PARTIDO GENERACION DE SERVIDORES0.7%
Results for event-e37b319908eed23c50e6fae6
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSPRMdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/202492850.6%3Recorded
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSPLDdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/202445724.9%1Recorded
PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOSFPdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/202426414.4%1Recorded
PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANOPRSCdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20241719.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO GENERACION DE SERVIDORESGENSdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/2024130.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-03-15

Repeated / replacement · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS74.0%
  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOS23.6%
  • PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANO Y ALIADOS2.4%
Results for event-ce8660799e03f14cd2a68158
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20201,25574%4Recorded
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/202040023.6%1Recorded
PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/2020402.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-05-15

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS75.5%
  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOS24.5%
  • PARTIDO QUISQUEYANO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANO0.0%
Results for event-b7ba5eda0d17de3762101017
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20161,91075.5%4Recorded
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/201662024.5%1Recorded
PARTIDO QUISQUEYANO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANOdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20160 (recorded zero)0% (recorded zero)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=25.69558101472995, oldest_gap=50.988142292490124, previous_gap=50.442477876106196

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?
JUAN MERCEDES URBAEZREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
CHEIFI MARMOLEJOSREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
RIQUER JULIAN PEREZ MANCEBOREGIDOR2024PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANAunknown
ANA MERCEDES VARGAS ROCHAREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
CESAR DARIO PEREZ ALGARROBAREGIDOR2024PARTIDO 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. “MELLA — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/DO-C-MELLA. 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.