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PARAISO — Municipal council

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Dominican Republic · PARAISO / BARAHONA · municipal · Municipal councilDO-C-PARAISO

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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
PARAISO / BARAHONA
Next election
2028-02-20
Linked upcoming event
next-f8045b421ba7d4db1f6a7882
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 ALIADOS45.0%
  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS33.2%
  • PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOS11.7%
  • PARTIDO PAIS POSIBLE7.1%
  • PARTIDO DEMOCRATICO ALTERNATIVO2.9%
Results for event-fbd9391e18ac4013baf778ce
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSPRMdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20242,16845%3Recorded
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSPLDdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20241,59933.2%2Recorded
PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOSFPdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/202456411.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO PAIS POSIBLEPPdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20243427.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO DEMOCRATICO ALTERNATIVOMODAdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20241422.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-03-15

Repeated / replacement · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOS50.2%
  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS49.7%
  • PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRATICO ALTERNATIVO0.1%
Results for event-b064b75fa157c1dda21ff623
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20202,21850.2%3Recorded
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20202,19749.7%2Recorded
PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRATICO ALTERNATIVOdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/202040.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-05-15

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS50.8%
  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOS47.0%
  • PARTIDO UNION DEMOCRATA CRISTIANA2.0%
  • ALIANZA POR LA DEMOCRACIA Y ALIADOS0.1%
  • PARTIDO QUISQUEYANO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANO0.0%
Results for event-80daf448f4ba4a5fea57774a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20163,08250.8%3Recorded
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20162,84947%2Recorded
PARTIDO UNION DEMOCRATA CRISTIANAdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20161242%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA POR LA DEMOCRACIA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/201650.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO QUISQUEYANO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANOdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/201610%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

61.910–100 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=11.81723779854621, oldest_gap=3.8442501237419577, previous_gap=0.47522063815343074

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?
MAXIMO DAVID FELIZ PEREZREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
FREDY DE LA PAZ FELIZREGIDOR2024PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANAunknown
CARLOS MOISES MATOS CARRASCOREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
LUIS ANEURYS CASTILLO CARRASCOREGIDOR2024PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANAunknown
GEDALIA CARRASCO MATEOREGIDOR2024PARTIDO 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. “PARAISO — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/DO-C-PARAISO. 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.