Election in the Dominican Republic
Parliamentary elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 2006.[1] 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.
Results
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Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats |
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House | Senate |
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| Progressive Bloc | | Dominican Liberation Party | 1,394,834 | 46.45 | 96 | 22 |
| Social Democratic Institutional Bloc | 76,044 | 2.53 | 0 | 0 |
| Alliance for Democracy | 46,671 | 1.55 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Democratic Union | 24,841 | 0.83 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominican Workers' Party | 16,733 | 0.56 | 0 | 0 |
| Liberal Party of the Dominican Republic | 14,224 | 0.47 | 0 | 0 |
| Grand National Alliance | | Dominican Revolutionary Party | 934,500 | 31.12 | 60 | 7 |
| Social Christian Reformist Party | 328,542 | 10.94 | 22 | 3 |
| National Unity Party | 34,828 | 1.16 | 0 | 0 |
| Quisqueyano Christian Democratic Party | 23,933 | 0.80 | 0 | 0 |
| Green Party of Democratic Unity | 14,690 | 0.49 | 0 | 0 |
| National Civic Veterans Party | 12,055 | 0.40 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominican Social Alliance | 6,038 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 |
| People's Democratic Party | 5,431 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian People's Party | 4,786 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 |
| Revolutionary Social Democratic Party | 45,487 | 1.51 | 0 | 0 |
| Movement for Independence, Unity and Change | 8,552 | 0.28 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent Revolutionary Party | 5,345 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 |
| National Renaissance Party | 2,813 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominican Humanist Party | 2,360 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 3,002,707 | 100.00 | 178 | 32 |
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Valid votes | 3,003,001 | 96.20 | |
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Invalid/blank votes | 118,664 | 3.80 | |
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Total votes | 3,121,665 | 100.00 | |
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Registered voters/turnout | 5,276,419 | 59.16 | |
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Source: Election Passport, IPU |
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