The National Renaissance Party is a minor political party

Political party

A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 in the Dominican Republic

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...

. It first contested national elections in 1994

Dominican Republic general election, 1994

General elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 1994. Joaquín Balaguer of the Social Christian Reformist Party won the presidential election, whilst the Dominican Revolutionary Party-led alliance won the Congressional elections. Voter turnout was 87.6%.Despite reforms after the 1990...

, when it failed to win a seat. They again failed to win a seat in 1998

Dominican Republic parliamentary election, 1998

Parliamentary elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 1998. The result was a victory for the opposition Dominican Revolutionary Party-led alliance, which won 83 of the 149 seats in the House of Representatives. Voter turnout was 52.9%....

, whilst their candidate received less than 1% of the vote in the 2000 presidential elections

Dominican Republic presidential election, 2000

Presidential elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 2000. Hipólito Mejía of the Dominican Revolutionary Party won the election, defeating Danilo Medina of the Dominican Liberation Party and former president Joaquín Balaguer of the Social Christian Reformist Party...

. For the 2002 elections

Dominican Republic parliamentary election, 2002

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%....

 it was part of the victorious 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. It ran alone in the 2006 elections

Dominican Republic parliamentary election, 2006

Parliamentary elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 2006. 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....

, but received only 0.1% of the national vote, failing to win a seat.