{"id":136384,"date":"2020-02-13T13:23:18","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T13:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ny1.dr1.com.do\/wordpress\/?p=136384"},"modified":"2020-02-13T16:26:03","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T16:26:03","slug":"the-20-top-municipal-elections-in-the-dominican-republic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2020\/02\/13\/the-20-top-municipal-elections-in-the-dominican-republic\/","title":{"rendered":"The 20 top municipal elections in the Dominican Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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158 municipalities are electing their mayor and city councilors and other officers this Sunday, 16 February 2020. Of these, 20 concentrate 64.6% of the voting population. Around 7.4 million Dominicans are eligible to vote in the election. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greater Santo Domingo is the largest voting district in the country. It is made up by the National District, Santo Domingo East, Santo Domingo North, Santo Domingo West and Los Alcarrizos, with a total of 2,363,071 persons on the voter roll. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

See the breakdown of the top 20 municipalities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1- National District: 858,890 voters
\nElectronic voting
\nIncumbent mayor: David Collado (PRM) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2- Santo Domingo East: 715,174 voters
\nElectronic voting
\nIncumbent mayor: Alfredo Martinez (PLD)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3- Santiago de los Caballeros: 591,545
\nElectronic voting
\nIncumbent mayor: Abel Mart\u00ednez (running for re-election for the PLD) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

4- Santo Domingo North: 350,601 voters
\nElectronic voting
\nIncumbent mayor: Ren\u00e9 Polanco (PLD)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5- Santo Domingo West: 271,943 voters
\nElectronic voting
\nIncumbent mayor: Francisco Pe\u00f1a (running for re-election for the PRD-PLD)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6-La Vega: 213,211 voters
\nElectronic voting
\nIncumbent mayor: Kelvin Antonio Cruz C\u00e1ceres (PLD)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7-San Crist\u00f3bal: 186,112 voters
\nElectronic voting
\nIncumbent mayor: Nelson Guill\u00e9n (running for re-election for the PLD)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8-San Francisco de Macor\u00eds: 173,266 voters
\nElectronic voting
\nIncumbent mayor: Antonio D\u00edaz Paulino (PLD)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9-Los Alcarrizos: 166,463 voters
\nElectronic voting
\nIncumbent mayor: Junior Santos (running for re-election for the PRD)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10- Hig\u00fcey: 160,395 voters
\nElectronic voting
\nIncumbent mayor: Karina Aristy (running for re-election for the Partido Liberal Reformista (PLR)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11-San Pedro de Macor\u00eds: 159,251 voters
\nElectronic voting
\nIncumbent mayor: Ram\u00f3n Antonio Echavarr\u00eda Peguero (PRD-PLD)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12-Moca: 137,594 voters
\nElectronic voting
\nIncumbent mayor: \u00c1ngel De Jes\u00fas L\u00f3pez Rodr\u00edguez (running for re-election for the PRM)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13-La Romana: 133,148 voters
\nElectronic voting
\nIncumbent mayor: Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00f3n Reyes Reyes (PLD) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

14-Puerto Plata: 125,722 voters
\nElectronic voting
\nIncumbent mayor: Walter Rafael Musa Meyreles (running for re-election for the PRD-PLD) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

15-Ban\u00ed: 118,944 voters
\nElectronic voting
\nIncumbent mayor: Nelson Landestoy (PRD)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

16-Bonao: 115,270 voters
\nElectronic voting
\nIncumbent mayor: Jos\u00e9 Dar\u00edo Rodr\u00edguez Espinal (PRM) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

17-San Juan de la Maguana: 104,349 voters
\nElectronic voting
\nIncumbent mayor: Hanoi S\u00e1nchez (running for re-election for the PLD)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

18-Bajos de Haina: 91,501 voters
\nElectronic voting
\nIncumbent mayor: Osvaldo Rodr\u00edguez (PRM)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

19-Boca Chica: 89,895 voters
\nManual voting
\nIncumbent mayor: Dismeris Carolina Denis Natera (PLD)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

20-Azua: 75,118 voters
\nManual voting
\nIncumbent mayor: Rafael Hidalgo (running for re-election for the PLD) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more in Spanish:
Listin Diario<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

13 February 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

158 municipalities are electing their mayor and city councilors and other officers this Sunday, 16 February 2020. Of these, 20 concentrate 64.6% of the voting population. Around 7.4 million Dominicans are eligible to vote in the election. Greater Santo Domingo is the largest voting district in the country. It is made up by the National … <\/p>\n

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