1990 Dominican Republic general election
General elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 1990.[1] Following a long vote count, Joaquín Balaguer of the Social Christian Reformist Party (PSRC) was declared winner of the presidential election,[2] whilst in the Congressional elections the PSRC received the most votes and won a majority in the Senate, although the Dominican Liberation Party won the most seats in the House of Representatives.
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Balaguer's victory prompted protests and accusations of fraud.[3] This led the Central Elections Authority to introduce several reforms to the electoral law in 1992, including an increase in the number of members of the Authority and the production of a new electoral roll.[3]
Results
President
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joaquín Balaguer | Social Christian Reformist Party | 678,065 | 35.35 |
| Juan Bosch | Dominican Liberation Party | 653,595 | 33.79 |
| José Francisco Peña Gómez | Dominican Revolutionary Party | 449,399 | 23.23 |
| Jacobo Majluta | Independent Revolutionary Party | 135,649 | 7.01 |
| Vincho Castillo | National Progressive Force | 6,063 | 0.31 |
| José Rafael Abinader | Action Constitutional Party | 4,926 | 0.26 |
| Roberto Bernardo Saladín Selín | Christian People's Party | 4,338 | 0.22 |
| Luis Montás | Communist Party of the Dominican Republic | 1,886 | 0.10 |
| Rafael Alburquerque | Dominican Party People | 602 | 0.03 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 48,356 | – | |
| Total | 1,982,889 | 100 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,275,570 | 60.53 | |
| Source: Nohlen | |||
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Results of the Dominican Republic presidential election, May 16th, 1990, by province (candidate in first position)
Congress
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| Party | Votes | % | House | Senate | ||||
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| Seats | +/– | Seats | +/– | |||||
| PRSC and allies[lower-alpha 1] | 663,127 | 34.6 | 41 | – | 16 | – | ||
| PLD–UD | 625,929 | 32.7 | 44 | – | 12 | – | ||
| PRD–BS–PTD | 447,605 | 23.4 | 33 | – | 2 | – | ||
| Independent Revolutionary Party | 139,769 | 7.3 | 2 | New | 0 | New | ||
| PPC–MIM | 8,081 | 0.4 | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||
| National Progressive Force | 18,539 | 1.0 | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Constitutional Action Party | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||
| Communist Party of the Dominican Republic | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||
| Party of the Dominican People | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||
| Muica | 11,052 | 0.6 | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| MAR | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||
| Migrelu | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||
| MFP | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||
| MIS | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||
| Movimiento Independient Meta | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 48,356 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Total | 1,962,458 | 100 | 120 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,275,570 | 59.9 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Source: Nohlen | ||||||||
- PRSC allies included the Quisqueyano Democratic Party, La Estructura, the Institutional Democratic Party, the National Civic Veterans Party, MOFEI, Frente Amplio de Organizaciones Comunnales-Futuro Verde, MSDO, FDE, MAIS and Morepma
References
- Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p247 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- Nohlen, p241
- Nohlen, p242
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