Dominican Republic parliamentary election, 2002
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Parliamentary elections were held in the Dominican Republic
on 16 May 2002. 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%.
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
on 16 May 2002. The result was a victory for the opposition Dominican Revolutionary Party
Dominican Revolutionary Party
The Dominican Revolutionary Party is one of the main political parties of the Dominican Republic. It has a moderate centrist position, social democratic in name. The party's distinctive color is white....
-led alliance, which won 73 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives. Voter turnout was 51.0%.
Results
| Party | Votes | % | House | Senate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seats | +/- | Seats | +/- | |||
| PRD Dominican Revolutionary Party The Dominican Revolutionary Party is one of the main political parties of the Dominican Republic. It has a moderate centrist position, social democratic in name. The party's distinctive color is white.... -UD-ASD-PRN National Renaissance Party (Dominican Republic) The National Renaissance Party is a minor political party in the Dominican Republic. It first contested national elections in 1994, when it failed to win a seat. They again failed to win a seat in 1998, whilst their candidate received less than 1% of the vote in the 2000 presidential elections... |
963,735 | 42.2 | 73 | |||
| 29 | ||||||
| PLD Dominican Liberation Party The Dominican Liberation Party is one of the main political parties of the Dominican Republic, and has a centrist position.The party has been elected into office thrice now with Leonel Fernández as President of the Dominican Republic in the 1996, 2004 and 2008 elections, though losing in 2000... -BIS Institutional Social Democratic Bloc The Institutional Social Democratic Bloc is a left-wing and social democratic political party of the Dominican Republic. It first contested national elections in 1994 when it was part of a Dominican Revolutionary Party-led alliance that won the Congressional elections... -APD Alliance for Democracy (Dominican Republic) The Alliance for Democracy is a political party in the Dominican Republic. It first contested national elections in 2002, when it was part of the defeated Dominican Liberation Party-led alliance. In the 2006 elections it was part of the victorious Progressive Bloc.-References:... |
657,658 | 28.8 | 41 | |||
| 1 | ||||||
| PRSC Social Christian Reformist Party The Social Christian Reformist Party is a conservative, christian democratic, economic liberal and a populist party in the Dominican Republic formed by the union of the Partido Reformista and the Partido Revolucionario Social Cristiano... -PPC Christian People's Party (Dominican Republic) The Christian People's Party is a minor political party in the Dominican Republic. It first contested national elections in 1986, when it was part of the Dominican Revolutionary Party-led alliance which lost to the Social Christian Reformist Party coalition. In the 1990 elections it formed an... |
556,431 | 24.4 | 36 | |||
| 2 | ||||||
| Independent Revolutionary Party Independent Revolutionary Party The Independent Revolutionary Party is a minor social democratic political party of the Dominican Republic, without parliamentary representation after the 16 May 2006 election.-References:*: Leftist Parties of the World, Dominican Republic. April 25, 2005.... |
35,859 | 1.6 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| Democratic Quisqueyano Party | 29,969 | 1.3 | 0 | |||
| 0 | ||||||
| FR-MIUCA Movement for Independence, Unity and Change The Movement for Independence, Unity and Change is a political formation in the Dominican Republic with a leftist-progressive platform. On the May 16th, 2006 parliamentary election it got 9,735 votes , but no seat. In the municipal elections held simulatenously, MIUCA had its best performance in... -PNA |
14,148 | 0.6 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| National Civic Veterans Party National Civic Veterans Party The National Civic Veterans Party is a minor political party in the Dominican Republic. It first contested national elections in 1982 when it won 1.6% of the vote, but failed to win a seat. For the 1986 and 1990 elections it was part of the victorious Social Christian Reformist Party-led coalition... |
12,310 | 0.5 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| Christian Democratic Union Christian Democratic Union (Dominican Republic) The Christian Democratic Union is a Christian Democratic political parties of the Dominican Republic. It first contested national elections in 2002, when it received 0.2% of the vote in the parliamentary elections that year, failing to win a seat. In the 2006 elections it was part of the... |
4,946 | 0.2 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| Dominican Workers' Party and allies | 2,792 | 0.1 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| MIUCA Movement for Independence, Unity and Change The Movement for Independence, Unity and Change is a political formation in the Dominican Republic with a leftist-progressive platform. On the May 16th, 2006 parliamentary election it got 9,735 votes , but no seat. In the municipal elections held simulatenously, MIUCA had its best performance in... -PRN National Renaissance Party (Dominican Republic) The National Renaissance Party is a minor political party in the Dominican Republic. It first contested national elections in 1994, when it failed to win a seat. They again failed to win a seat in 1998, whilst their candidate received less than 1% of the vote in the 2000 presidential elections... |
5,561 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| National Unity Party National Unity Party (Dominican Republic) The National Unity Party is a minor political party in the Dominican Republic. It first contested national elections in 2002, when it received less than 1% of the vote and failed to win a seat. For the 2006 elections it was part of the defeated Grand National Alliance.-References:... |
0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| MISAR | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 88,182 | |||||
| Total | 2,371,591 | 100 | 150 | +1 | 32 | +2 |
| Source: Nohlen | ||||||