Dominican Republic general election, 1982

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General elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 1982.^[1] Salvador Jorge Blanco of the Dominican Revolutionary Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary elections. Voter turnout was 71.6%.^[2]

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Salvador Jorge Blanco	Dominican Revolutionary Party	854,868	46.7
Joaquín Balaguer	Reformist Party	706,951	38.6
Juan Bosch	Dominican Liberation Party	179,849	9.8
Elías Wessin y Wessin	Quisqueyano Democratic Party	35,355	1.9
Narciso Isa Conde	Dominican Communist Party	18,581	1.0
Rafael Taveras	Anti-Imperialist Patriotic Union	15,250	0.8
José Rafael Abinader	Social Democratic Alliance	9,208	0.5
Two other candidates		10,768	0.6
Invalid/blank votes		56,039	3.0
Total		1,886,769	100
Source: Nohlen

Party	Votes	%	House		Senate
Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-	Seats	+/-
Dominican Revolutionary Party	825,005	45.7	62	+14	17	+6
Reformist Party	656,904	36.4	50	+7	10	-6
Dominican Liberation Party	174,464	9.7	7	+1	0	0
Quisqueyano Democratic Party	35,185	1.9	0	0	0	0
National Civic Veterans Party	28,354	1.6	0	New	0	New
Constitutional Action Party	18,360	1.6	1	New	0	New
UPA	12,979	0.7	0	New	0	New
Dominican Communist Party	12,101	0.7	0	0	0	0
Social Democratic Alliance	8,578	0.5	0	0	0	0
Socialist Bloc	7,917	0.4	0	New	0	New
National Civic Union	7,896	0.4	0	0	0	0
Movement for Socialism	7,193	0.4	0	New	0	New
Movement of Democratic Integration	6,886	0.4	0	0	0	0
National Action Party	3,522	0.2	0	New	0	New
Other parties	1,483	0.1	0	-	0	-
Invalid/blank votes	56,039	3.0	-	-	-	-
Total	1,862,866	100	120	+29	27	0
Source: Nohlen

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p247 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
↑ Nohlen, p248

Elections in the Dominican Republic

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Municipal elections	2016

Referendums	1870 1873 1895

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