1970 Dominican Republic general election
General elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 1970.[1] The main opposition party, the Dominican Revolutionary Party, did not contest the election, leaving only the ruling Reformist Party and some right-wing and centre-right parties.[2] Incumbent Joaquín Balaguer won the presidential election, whilst his Reformist Party won the Congressional elections. Voter turnout was 63.5%.[3]
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
|---|
| This article is part of a series on the politics and government of the Dominican Republic |
|
|
Legislature |
|
|
|
Administrative divisions |
|
|
|
Results
President
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joaquín Balaguer | Reformist Party | 707,136 | 57.2 |
| Francisco Lora | Movement of Democratic Integration | 252,760 | 20.4 |
| Elías Wessin y Wessin | Democratic Quisqueyano Party | 168,751 | 13.6 |
| Alfonso Moreno Martínez | Social Christian Revolutionary Party | 63,797 | 5.1 |
| Jaime Manuel Fernández | Movement of National Reconciliation | 45,861 | 3.7 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 59,638 | – | |
| Total | 1,297,843 | 100 | |
| Source: Nohlen | |||
Congress
.svg.png) .svg.png) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | % | House | Senate | ||||
| Seats | +/– | Seats | +/– | |||||
| Reformist Party | 653,565 | 52.8 | 45 | –3 | 21 | –1 | ||
| Movement of Democratic Integration | 252,760 | 20.4 | 11 | New | 1 | New | ||
| Democratic Quisqueyano Party | 168,751 | 13.6 | 3 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Social Christian Revolutionary Party | 63,697 | 5.1 | 0 | –1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| National Youth Movement | 53,571 | 4.3 | 15 | New | 5 | New | ||
| Movement of National Reconciliation | 45,861 | 3.7 | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 59,638 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Total | 1,297,843 | 100 | 74 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Source: Nohlen | ||||||||
References
- Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p247 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- Nohlen, p241
- Nohlen, p248
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.