Election in the Dominican Republic
Parliamentary elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 2002.[1] The result was a victory for the opposition Dominican Revolutionary Party -led alliance, which won 73 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives. Voter turnout was 51.0%.[2]
Results [ edit ]
Party Votes % Seats House +/– Senate +/– PRD –UD –ASD –PRN 963,735 42.21 73 – 29 – PLD –BIS –APD 657,658 28.80 41 – 1 – PRSC –PPC 556,431 24.37 36 – 2 – Independent Revolutionary Party 35,859 1.57 0 New 0 New Democratic Quisqueyano Party 29,969 1.31 0 – 0 – FR –MIUCA –PNA 14,148 0.62 0 New 0 New National Civic Veterans Party 12,310 0.54 0 New 0 New Christian Democratic Union 4,946 0.22 0 New 0 New Dominican Workers' Party and allies2,792 0.12 0 New 0 New MIUCA –PRN 5,561 0.24 0 0 0 0 National Unity Party 0 New 0 New MISAR 0 New 0 New Total 2,283,409 100.00 150 +1 32 +2 Valid votes 2,283,409 96.28 Invalid/blank votes 88,182 3.72 Total votes 2,371,591 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 4,647,839 51.03 Source: Nohlen
References [ edit ]
^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I , p247 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
^ Nohlen, p248