Dominican Republic general election, 1982
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General elections were held in the Dominican Republic
on 16 May 1982. Salvador Jorge Blanco
of the Dominican Revolutionary Party
won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary elections. Voter turnout was 71.6%.
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
on 16 May 1982. Salvador Jorge Blanco
Salvador Jorge Blanco
José Salvador Omar Jorge Blanco was a politician, lawyer and a writer. He was the 48th President of the Dominican Republic, from 1982 –1986. He was a Senator running for the PRD party...
of the Dominican Revolutionary Party
Dominican Revolutionary Party
The Dominican Revolutionary Party is one of the main political parties of the Dominican Republic. It has a moderate centrist position, social democratic in name. The party's distinctive color is white....
won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary elections. Voter turnout was 71.6%.
President
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salvador Jorge Blanco Salvador Jorge Blanco José Salvador Omar Jorge Blanco was a politician, lawyer and a writer. He was the 48th President of the Dominican Republic, from 1982 –1986. He was a Senator running for the PRD party... |
Dominican Revolutionary Party Dominican Revolutionary Party The Dominican Revolutionary Party is one of the main political parties of the Dominican Republic. It has a moderate centrist position, social democratic in name. The party's distinctive color is white.... |
854,868 | 46.7 |
| Joaquín Balaguer Joaquín Balaguer Joaquín Antonio Balaguer Ricardo was the President of the Dominican Republic from 1960 to 1962, from 1966 to 1978, and again from 1986 to 1996.-Early life and introduction to politics:... |
Reformist Party Social Christian Reformist Party The Social Christian Reformist Party is a conservative, christian democratic, economic liberal and a populist party in the Dominican Republic formed by the union of the Partido Reformista and the Partido Revolucionario Social Cristiano... |
706,951 | 38.6 |
| Juan Bosch Juan Bosch Juan Emilio Bosch Gaviño was a politician, historian, short story writer, essayist, educator, and the first cleanly elected president of the Dominican Republic for a brief time in 1963. Previously, he had been the leader of the Dominican opposition in exile to the dictatorial regime of Rafael... |
Dominican Liberation Party Dominican Liberation Party The Dominican Liberation Party is one of the main political parties of the Dominican Republic, and has a centrist position.The party has been elected into office thrice now with Leonel Fernández as President of the Dominican Republic in the 1996, 2004 and 2008 elections, though losing in 2000... |
179,849 | 9.8 |
| Elías Wessin y Wessin Elías Wessin y Wessin Elías Wessin y Wessin was a Dominican politician and Dominican Air Force general. Wessin led the military coup which ousted the government of Dominican President Juan Bosch in 1963, replacing it with a triumvirate... |
Quisqueyano Democratic Party | 35,355 | 1.9 |
| Narciso Isa Conde | Dominican Communist Party Dominican Communist Party The Dominican Communist Party was a political party in the Dominican Republic. The party was founded in 1944 under the name Dominican Revolutionary Democratic Party. The party worked under the name Dominican Popular Socialist Party 1946-1965. In August 1965 the name was again changed, to Dominican... |
18,581 | 1.0 |
| Rafael Taveras | UPA | 15,250 | 0.8 |
| José Rafael Abinader | Social Democratic Alliance | 9,208 | 0.5 |
| Two other candidates | 10,768 | 0.6 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 56,039 | 3.0 | |
| Total | 1,886,769 | 100 | |
| Source: Nohlen | |||
Congress
| Party | Votes | % | House | Senate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seats | +/- | Seats | +/- | |||
| Dominican Revolutionary Party Dominican Revolutionary Party The Dominican Revolutionary Party is one of the main political parties of the Dominican Republic. It has a moderate centrist position, social democratic in name. The party's distinctive color is white.... |
825,005 | 45.7 | 62 | 17 | ||
| Reformist Party Social Christian Reformist Party The Social Christian Reformist Party is a conservative, christian democratic, economic liberal and a populist party in the Dominican Republic formed by the union of the Partido Reformista and the Partido Revolucionario Social Cristiano... |
656,904 | 36.4 | 50 | 10 | ||
| Dominican Liberation Party Dominican Liberation Party The Dominican Liberation Party is one of the main political parties of the Dominican Republic, and has a centrist position.The party has been elected into office thrice now with Leonel Fernández as President of the Dominican Republic in the 1996, 2004 and 2008 elections, though losing in 2000... |
174,464 | 9.7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Quisqueyano Democratic Party | 35,185 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| National Civic Veterans Party National Civic Veterans Party The National Civic Veterans Party is a minor political party in the Dominican Republic. It first contested national elections in 1982 when it won 1.6% of the vote, but failed to win a seat. For the 1986 and 1990 elections it was part of the victorious Social Christian Reformist Party-led coalition... |
28,354 | 1.6 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| Constitutional Action Party | 18,360 | 1.6 | 1 | New | 0 | New |
| UPA | 12,979 | 0.7 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| Dominican Communist Party Dominican Communist Party The Dominican Communist Party was a political party in the Dominican Republic. The party was founded in 1944 under the name Dominican Revolutionary Democratic Party. The party worked under the name Dominican Popular Socialist Party 1946-1965. In August 1965 the name was again changed, to Dominican... |
12,101 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Social Democratic Alliance | 8,578 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Socialist Bloc | 7,917 | 0.4 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| National Civic Union | 7,896 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Movement for Socialism | 7,193 | 0.4 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| Movement of Democratic Integration | 6,886 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| National Action Party | 3,522 | 0.2 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| Other parties | 1,483 | 0.1 | 0 | |||
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| Invalid/blank votes | 56,039 | 3.0 | ||||
| Total | 1,862,866 | 100 | 120 | +29 | 27 | 0 |
| Source: Nohlen | ||||||