At stake
in this election:
- Office of president
of the Dominican Republic
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Description
of government structure:
- Assemblies: The Dominican Republic has
a bicameral National Congress consisting of a 149-member Chamber of
Deputies (Camara de Diputados) and a 30-member Senate (Senado).
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Description
of electoral system:
- The president
is popularly elected for a four-year term.
- All 30 members
of the Senate are elected by simply majority vote in single member constituencies.
- All 149 members
of the Chamber of Deputies are elected by a closed party-list system
with proportional distribution of seats according to the d'Hondt method of seat allocation.
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Results of the election for president:
- Presidential
Candidate: Hipólito MEJÍA
Party: Dominician Revolutionary Party (PRD)
Valid Votes Received: 1,593,231
Percentage of Valid Votes: 49.87%
- Presidential
Candidate: Danilo MEDINA
Party: Domican Liberation Party (PLD)
Valid Votes Received: 796,923
Percentage of Valid Votes: 24.94%
- Presidential
Candidate: Joaquín BALAGUER
Party: Social Christian Reformist Party (PRSC)
Valid Votes Received: 785,926
Percentage of Valid Votes: 24.60%
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When was
the last presidential election?
- Presidential elections
were last held on May 16 & June 30, 1996
- President FERNANDEZ Reyna
received 51.25% of the vote, thereby defeating Jose Francisco PENA Gomez,
his closest competitor with 48.75% of the vote.
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Population
and number of registered voters:
- Population: 8,129,734 (July,
1999 estimate)
- Number of registered voters: 4,251,218
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Of Interest:
- The former President
of the Domican Republic, Joaquín Balaguer, was the candidate for the
Social Christian Reform Party at the age of ninety-three. Balaguer served
seven terms as president off and on between 1961 and 1996.
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| SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES) |
| For additional information:
IFES ElectionGuide Online |
