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General election held in the Dominican Republic
General elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 5 July 2020 to elect a president, vice-president, 32 senators and 190 deputies. They had originally been planned for 17 May, but were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.[1][2] They are the second elections since 1994 in which all positions will be elected simultaneously, and the first in Dominican history in which all authorities will be elected simultaneously and directly.[3][4][5][6]
Incumbent President Danilo Medina was ineligible to stand for re-election, having served two consecutive terms since 2012. The governing Dominican Liberation Party's 16-year rule ended after Modern Revolutionary Party candidate Luis Abinader received a majority of the vote.[7] Rival candidates Gonzalo Castillo and Leonel Fernández also conceded defeat.[7] The Modern Revolutionary Party also won a majority of seats in the Senate and a plurality in the Chamber of Deputies. The election was a partial realignment, with the Modern Revolutionary Party entering a status as a major party in the country, replacing the Dominican Revolutionary Party, who saw poor election results for the second election in a row and who obtained its lowest total vote share and seat count in its history. Abinader would be officially sworn in as President on 16 August.[8]
The President of the Dominican Republic is elected using the two-round system; if no candidate receives 50% + 1 vote, or more, of the total votes, a second-round runoff will be held between the two candidates with the highest votes on the first round.
The 32 members of the Senate are elected from the 31 provinces and the Distrito Nacional using first-past-the-post voting.[9]
The 190 members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected in three groups; 178 are elected by proportional representation from 32 multi-member constituencies based on the 31 provinces and the Distrito Nacional, with the number of seats based on the population of each province. A further seven members are elected by proportional representation by Dominican expatriates in 3 overseas constituencies, and five seats are allocated at the national level to parties that received at least 1% of the vote nationally, giving preference to those that did not win any of the 178 constituency seats.[10]
The 20 seats in the Central American Parliament are elected by proportional representation.
Presidential candidates[edit] Party identification and Congress[edit]It was initially reported that representatives of the Organization of American States (OAS) would arrive to the Dominican Republic on 13 February 2020 to monitor the elections.[19][20][21] The general election to elect the President and members of the Dominican Republic parliament, which was postponed from the scheduled 17 May 2020 date due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was later held on 5 July 2020.[22][23]
Local media reported that the elections proceeded smoothly, except for one incident, when a person was shot inside a polling station after an argument erupted between rival party supporters.[24]
Luis Abinader won the presidential election in the first round, receiving over 50% of the vote. During the election count, the ruling Dominican Liberation Party's candidate Gonzalo Castillo conceded defeat, stating that the official count "shows that there is an irreversible trend and that from now on we have a president-elect... Our congratulations to Mr Luis Abinader."[7] Former President Leonel Fernández, who left the ruling party and ran for the presidency as a member of the People's Force party, also conceded defeat.[7] Abinader was sworn in as President of the Dominican Republic on 16 August 2020.[8]
Candidate Party Votes % Luis Abinader Modern Revolutionary Party and allies[a] 2,154,866 52.51 Gonzalo Castillo Dominican Liberation Party and allies[b] 1,537,078 37.46 Leonel Fernández People's Force and allies[c] 365,226 8.90 Guillermo Moreno García Country Alliance 39,458 0.96 Ismael Reyes Cruz [es] Institutional Democratic Party 3,484 0.08 Juan Cohen National Citizen Will Party 3,250 0.08 Total 4,103,362 100.00 Valid votes 4,103,362 98.56 Invalid/blank votes 59,943 1.44 Total votes 4,163,305 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 7,529,932 55.29 Source: JCEThe Modern Revolutionary Party won an absolute majority in the Senate on their own, seeing their seat total increase by 15, while the ruling Dominican Liberation party lost over 75% of their prior seats.
Party Votes % Seats +/– Modern Revolutionary Party 1,768,588 45.24 17 +15 Dominican Liberation Party 1,267,168 32.41 6 –20 People's Force 141,836 3.63 1 New Social Christian Reformist Party 116,353 2.98 6 +5 Dominican Revolutionary Party 111,476 2.85 0 –1 National Unity Party 55,057 1.41 0 0 Country Alliance 54,209 1.39 0 0 Dominicans for Change 48,365 1.24 1 +1 Social Democratic Institutional Bloc 48,124 1.23 1 0 Civic Renovation Party 36,030 0.92 0 0 Alternative Democratic Movement 27,745 0.71 0 0 Liberal Reformist Party 25,276 0.65 0 –1 Broad Front 24,863 0.64 0 0 Revolutionary Social Democratic Party 23,093 0.59 0 0 Alliance for Democracy 20,868 0.53 0 0 Christian People's Party 18,817 0.48 0 0 Quisqueyano Christian Democratic Party 17,125 0.44 0 0 Dominican Humanist Party 15,963 0.41 0 0 Liberal Action Party 14,537 0.37 0 0 National Progressive Force 14,485 0.37 0 0 Christian Democratic Union 12,392 0.32 0 0 Possible Country 11,136 0.28 0 New Independent Revolutionary Party 9,628 0.25 0 0 People's Democratic Party 9,568 0.24 0 0 Institutional Democratic Party 8,971 0.23 0 0 National Citizen Will Party 7,651 0.20 0 0 Total 3,909,324 100.00 32 0 Valid votes 3,909,324 97.01 Invalid/blank votes 120,562 2.99 Total votes 4,029,886 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 6,934,053 58.12 Source: JCE (votes) JCE (seats) Ganadores Elecciones Julio 2020 Chamber of Deputies[edit]The Modern Revolutionary Party won a plurality of votes and seats, seeing their seat count more than double. The ruling Dominican Liberation Party lost nearly 30% of their prior seats. No party has a majority on their own in the Chamber, meaning alliances or coalitions will need to be made to guarantee the passage of bills. A total of 96 seats is needed for a majority.
Party Votes % Seats +/– Modern Revolutionary Party 1,634,860 40.84 86 +44 Dominican Liberation Party 1,261,802 31.52 75 –31 Dominican Revolutionary Party 220,939 5.52 4 –12 People's Force 170,993 4.27 3 New Social Christian Reformist Party 165,800 4.14 6 –12 Country Alliance 71,899 1.80 2 +1 Dominicans for Change 45,162 1.13 2 +2 Dominican Humanist Party 42,597 1.06 1 +1 Civic Renovation Party 39,589 0.99 1 +1 Social Democratic Institutional Bloc 37,235 0.93 2 +2 Revolutionary Social Democratic Party 33,362 0.83 1 +1 Alternative Democratic Movement 32,723 0.82 0 –1 Broad Front 30,429 0.76 3 +2 National Unity Party 27,600 0.69 0 0 Alliance for Democracy 26,570 0.66 2 +2 Christian People's Party 20,894 0.52 0 –1 Quisqueyano Christian Democratic Party 19,414 0.48 1 0 Christian Democratic Union 18,199 0.45 0 0 Liberal Action Party 17,655 0.44 0 0 Liberal Reformist Party 15,652 0.39 1 –2 Possible Country 15,346 0.38 0 New National Citizen Will Party 12,517 0.31 0 0 Independent Revolutionary Party 12,368 0.31 0 0 National Progressive Force 10,959 0.27 0 0 People's Democratic Party 10,598 0.26 0 0 Institutional Democratic Party 7,997 0.20 0 0 Total 4,003,159 100.00 190 0 Valid votes 4,003,159 96.34 Invalid/blank votes 151,946 3.66 Total votes 4,155,105 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 7,529,932 55.18 Source: JCE, JCERetroSearch is an open source project built by @garambo | Open a GitHub Issue
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