Dominican Republic parliamentary election, 1998
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Parliamentary elections were held in the Dominican Republic
on 16 May 1998. The result was a victory for the opposition Dominican Revolutionary Party
-led alliance, which won 83 of the 149 seats in the House of Representatives. Voter turnout was 52.9%.
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 1998. The result was a victory for the opposition 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....
-led alliance, which won 83 of the 149 seats in the House of Representatives. Voter turnout was 52.9%.
Results
| Party | Votes | % | House | Senate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seats | +/- | Seats | +/- | |||
| PRD 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.... -UD-PPC Christian People's Party (Dominican Republic) The Christian People's Party is a minor political party in the Dominican Republic. It first contested national elections in 1986, when it was part of the Dominican Revolutionary Party-led alliance which lost to the Social Christian Reformist Party coalition. In the 1990 elections it formed an... -BIS Institutional Social Democratic Bloc The Institutional Social Democratic Bloc is a left-wing and social democratic political party of the Dominican Republic. It first contested national elections in 1994 when it was part of a Dominican Revolutionary Party-led alliance that won the Congressional elections... |
1,075,306 | 51.4 | 83 | |||
| 24 | ||||||
| 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... |
654,713 | 31.3 | 49 | 4 | ||
| PRSC 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... -PQD |
351,347 | 16.8 | 17 | |||
| 2 | ||||||
| Institutional Democratic Party | 13,320 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Movement of National Reconciliation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Party of the Dominican People | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| National Renaissance Party National Renaissance Party (Dominican Republic) The National Renaissance Party is a minor political party in the Dominican Republic. It first contested national elections in 1994, when it failed to win a seat. They again failed to win a seat in 1998, whilst their candidate received less than 1% of the vote in the 2000 presidential elections... |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 90,021 | |||||
| Total | 2,183,707 | 100 | 149 | +29 | 30 | 0 |
| Source: Nohlen | ||||||