1990 Dominican Republic general election

1990 Dominican Republic general election
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Presidential election
 
Nominee Joaquín Balaguer Juan Bosch
Party PSRC PLD
Popular vote 678,065 653,595
Percentage 35.05% 33.79%
 
Nominee José Francisco Peña Gómez Jacobo Majluta Azar
Party PRD PRI
Popular vote 449,399 135,659
Percentage 23.23% 7.01%
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President before election

Joaquín Balaguer
PSRC

Elected President

Joaquín Balaguer
PSRC

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General elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 1990.[1] Following a long vote count, Joaquín Balaguer of the Social Christian Reformist Party (PSRC) was declared winner of the presidential election,[2] whilst in the Congressional elections the PSRC received the most votes and won a majority in the Senate, although the Dominican Liberation Party won the most seats in the House of Representatives.

Balaguer's victory prompted protests and accusations of fraud.[3] This led the Central Elections Authority to introduce several reforms to the electoral law in 1992, including an increase in the number of members of the Authority and the production of a new electoral roll.[3]

Results

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Joaquín BalaguerSocial Christian Reformist Party678,06535.05
Juan BoschDominican Liberation Party653,59533.79
José Francisco Peña GómezDominican Revolutionary Party449,39923.23
Jacobo MajlutaIndependent Revolutionary Party135,6597.01
Vincho CastilloNational Progressive Force6,0630.31
José Rafael AbinaderConstitutional Action Party4,9260.25
Roberto Bernardo Saladín SelínChristian People's Party4,3380.22
Luis MontásDominican Communist Party1,8860.10
Rafael AlburquerqueParty of the Dominican People6020.03
Total1,934,533100.00
Valid votes1,934,53397.56
Invalid/blank votes48,3562.44
Total votes1,982,889100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,275,57060.54
Source: Nohlen, Grullón,[4] Ramírez Morillo[5]

Congress

PartyVotes%Seats
House+/–Senate+/–
Social Christian Reformist Party and allies[a]663,12734.6441–16–
Dominican Liberation Party–Democratic Unity625,92932.7044–12–
PRD–BS–PTD447,60523.3833–2–
Independent Revolutionary Party139,7697.302New0New
PPC–MIM8,0810.420–0–
National Progressive Force18,5390.970New0New
Constitutional Action Party0New0New
Dominican Communist Party0New0New
Party of the Dominican People0New0New
Movement for Independence, Unity and Change11,0520.580New0New
MAR0New0New
MIGRELU0New0New
MFP0New0New
MIS0New0New
Total1,914,102100.001200300
Valid votes1,914,10297.54
Invalid/blank votes48,3562.46
Total votes1,962,458100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,275,57059.91
Source: Nohlen
  1. ^ PRSC allies included the Democratic Quisqueyano Party, La Estructura, the Institutional Democratic Party, the National Civic Veterans Party, MOFEI, Frente Amplio de Organizaciones Comunnales-Futuro Verde, MSDO, FDE, MAIS and Morepma

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p247 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ^ Nohlen, p241
  3. ^ a b Nohlen, p242
  4. ^ Sandino Grullón (2006) Historia electoral dominicana : siglo XX 1900-2004, p282
  5. ^ Belarminio Ramírez Morillo (1993) Las elecciones dominicanas: del populismo al marketing político, p95