With 100% of the votes counted for the National District, the Central Electoral Board (JCE) has now officially announced that David Collado will be the next mayor of the capital city of the Dominican Republic. The PRM and PRSC candidate David Collado received 56.69% of the vote, compared to three-time mayor Roberto Salcedo, who lost his bid for a fourth term on the PLD ticket. Collado received 277,412 votes compared to 181,576 for Roberto Salcedo.
Diario Libre reports that the number of votes for David Collado gives him 23 of the 37 council seats compared to 14 won by the PLD, meaning that he will hold the majority for decisions in the city hall. This is 9 of 13 councilors in the Circumscription No. 1, six of 10 in the No. 2 and 8 of 14 in the No. 3.
The votes for Collado were: PRM 197,966 (40.62%), PRSC 56,485 votes (11.59), PHD 6,523 votes (1.34%), DxC 10,403 votes (2.13%) and Frente Amplio 5,072 votes (1.04%).
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