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PEDERNALES — Municipal council

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Dominican Republic · PEDERNALES / PEDERNALES · municipal · Municipal councilDO-C-PEDERNALES

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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
PEDERNALES / PEDERNALES
Next election
2028-02-20
Linked upcoming event
next-99744b2d76fdaab29675f3ea
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 ALIADOS68.5%
  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS15.6%
  • PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOS10.6%
  • PARTIDO PAIS POSIBLE2.9%
  • PARTIDO DEMOCRATICO ALTERNATIVO2.2%
  • PARTIDO SOCIALISTA CRISTIANO0.3%
Results for event-7bd1a2dc5a784da9d55ec258
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSPRMdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20244,66468.5%4Recorded
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSPLDdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20241,06515.6%1Recorded
PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOSFPdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/202472110.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO PAIS POSIBLEPPdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20241982.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO DEMOCRATICO ALTERNATIVOMODAdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/20241472.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIALISTA CRISTIANOPSCdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/2024180.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-03-15

Repeated / replacement · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOS48.1%
  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS35.6%
  • PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRATICO ALTERNATIVO11.0%
  • PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANO Y ALIADOS5.2%
  • PARTIDO ALIANZA PAIS0.1%
  • PARTIDO VERDE DOMINICANO0.0%
Results for event-9bc9d4971c50293e4be389b9
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20202,94348.1%3Recorded
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20202,17935.6%2Recorded
PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRATICO ALTERNATIVOdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/202067511%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20203165.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO ALIANZA PAISdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/202060.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO VERDE DOMINICANOdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20200 (recorded zero)0% (recorded zero)0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-05-15

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS39.5%
  • PARTIDO UNION DEMOCRATA CRISTIANA30.6%
  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOS28.9%
  • ALIANZA POR LA DEMOCRACIA Y ALIADOS0.6%
  • PARTIDO ALIANZA PAIS0.3%
  • PARTIDO QUISQUEYANO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANO0.2%
Results for event-719bde9f7585bcdecefc1da6
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20163,44639.5%2Recorded
PARTIDO UNION DEMOCRATA CRISTIANAdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20162,66930.6%2Recorded
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20162,52128.9%1Recorded
ALIANZA POR LA DEMOCRACIA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/2016490.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO ALIANZA PAISdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/2016240.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO QUISQUEYANO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANOdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/2016200.2%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=52.825480698664315, oldest_gap=8.901363271852446, previous_gap=12.485700277823177

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?
WILKIN ALEXANDER PERDOMO PEREZREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
BENITO MATOS TAVERASREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
ALTAGRACIA ELIZABETH MEDRANO SENAREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
CRISTINA YANILYS PULA BATISTAREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
YERSIMAN ALFREDO PEREZ MEDRANOREGIDOR2024PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANAunknown

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