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Office briefing

PEDRO SANTANA — Municipal council

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Dominican Republic · PEDRO SANTANA / ELIAS PIÑA · municipal · Municipal councilDO-C-PEDRO-SANTANA

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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
PEDRO SANTANA / ELIAS PIÑA
Next election
2028-02-20
Linked upcoming event
next-e3c63096d62191ec7d18332c
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 ALIADOS44.0%
  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS35.4%
  • PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOS17.4%
  • PARTIDO PAIS POSIBLE2.8%
  • PARTIDO SOCIALISTA CRISTIANO0.5%
Results for event-6a5a2d7144cd489cd8257ef9
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSPRMdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/202482444%2Recorded
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSPLDdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/202466335.4%2Recorded
PARTIDO FUERZA DEL PUEBLO Y ALIADOSFPdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/202432517.4%1Recorded
PARTIDO PAIS POSIBLEPPdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/2024522.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIALISTA CRISTIANOPSCdominican-republic/S84db1edb1b/202490.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-03-15

Repeated / replacement · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS66.9%
  • PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANO Y ALIADOS33.1%
Results for event-d72c4ef1921ee96bc762b07f
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/20201,14866.9%4Recorded
PARTIDO REFORMISTA SOCIAL CRISTIANO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/S9e2090ae02/202056833.1%1Recorded

2016-05-15

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOS66.3%
  • PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOS31.3%
  • BLOQUE INSTITUCIONAL SOCIAL DEMOCRATA Y ALIADOS2.0%
  • PARTIDO UNION DEMOCRATA CRISTIANA0.3%
  • PARTIDO QUISQUEYANO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANO0.2%
Results for event-de349b63562d8e4e636739c5
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/20161,97166.3%4Recorded
PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNO Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/201693031.3%1Recorded
BLOQUE INSTITUCIONAL SOCIAL DEMOCRATA Y ALIADOSdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/2016592%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO UNION DEMOCRATA CRISTIANAdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/201690.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO QUISQUEYANO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANOdominican-republic/Se0c865c342/201650.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

6.010–100 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=8.59583555792846, oldest_gap=35.00336247478144, previous_gap=33.799533799533805

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?
LILLIAN EDUVIRGES CONTRERAS ALCANTARAREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
MANUEL ANDRES CONTRERAS PEREZREGIDOR2024PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANAunknown
WILSON ANTONIO MATEO SOSAREGIDOR2024PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO MODERNOunknown
SANTO RAMIREZ CONTRERASREGIDOR2024PARTIDO DE LA LIBERACION DOMINICANAunknown
LUIS RAFAEL MEDINA BAUTISTAREGIDOR2024PARTIDO 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. “PEDRO SANTANA — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/DO-C-PEDRO-SANTANA. 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.