Election in the Dominican Republic
Parliamentary elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 2006.[1] They were won by the Progressive Bloc led by the Dominican Liberation Party , which took 96 of the 178 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 22 of the 32 Senate seats.
Results
Party or alliance Votes % Seats House Senate Progressive Bloc Dominican Liberation Party 1,394,834 46.45 96 22 Social Democratic Institutional Bloc 76,044 2.53 0 0 Alliance for Democracy 46,671 1.55 0 0 Christian Democratic Union 24,841 0.83 0 0 Dominican Workers' Party 16,733 0.56 0 0 Liberal Party of the Dominican Republic 14,224 0.47 0 0 Grand National Alliance Dominican Revolutionary Party 934,500 31.12 60 7 Social Christian Reformist Party 328,542 10.94 22 3 National Unity Party 34,828 1.16 0 0 Quisqueyano Christian Democratic Party 23,933 0.80 0 0 Green Party of Democratic Unity 14,690 0.49 0 0 National Civic Veterans Party 12,055 0.40 0 0 Dominican Social Alliance 6,038 0.20 0 0 People's Democratic Party 5,431 0.18 0 0 Christian People's Party 4,786 0.16 0 0 Revolutionary Social Democratic Party 45,487 1.51 0 0 Movement for Independence, Unity and Change 8,552 0.28 0 0 Independent Revolutionary Party 5,345 0.18 0 0 National Renaissance Party 2,813 0.09 0 0 Dominican Humanist Party 2,360 0.08 0 0 Total 3,002,707 100.00 178 32 Valid votes 3,003,001 96.20 Invalid/blank votes 118,664 3.80 Total votes 3,121,665 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 5,276,419 59.16 Source: Election Passport, IPU
References
^ Dominican Republic: Cámara de Diputados (Chamber of Deputies) Inter-Parliamentary Union