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General elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 1982. [1] Salvador Jorge Blanco of the Dominican Revolutionary Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary elections. Voter turnout was 73% in the presidential election and 72% in the parliamentary election. [2] The elections were democratic, although there were incidents. [3]
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvador Jorge Blanco | Dominican Revolutionary Party | 854,868 | 46.70 | |
| Joaquín Balaguer | Reformist Party | 706,951 | 38.62 | |
| Juan Bosch | Dominican Liberation Party | 179,849 | 9.82 | |
| Elías Wessin y Wessin | Democratic Quisqueyano Party | 35,355 | 1.93 | |
| Narciso Isa Conde | Dominican Communist Party | 18,481 | 1.01 | |
| Rafael Taveras | Anti-Imperialist Patriotic Union | 15,250 | 0.83 | |
| José Rafael Abinader | Social Democratic Alliance | 9,208 | 0.50 | |
| Two other candidates | 10,768 | 0.59 | ||
| Total | 1,830,730 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 1,830,730 | 97.03 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 56,039 | 2.97 | ||
| Total votes | 1,886,769 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,601,684 | 72.52 | ||
| Source: Nohlen | ||||
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
| House | +/– | Senate | +/– | |||||
| Dominican Revolutionary Party | 825,005 | 45.66 | 62 | +14 | 17 | +6 | ||
| Reformist Party | 656,904 | 36.36 | 50 | +7 | 10 | –6 | ||
| Dominican Liberation Party | 174,464 | 9.66 | 7 | +1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Democratic Quisqueyano Party | 35,185 | 1.95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| National Civic Veterans Party | 28,354 | 1.57 | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Constitutional Action Party | 18,360 | 1.02 | 1 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Anti-Imperialist Patriotic Union | 12,979 | 0.72 | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Dominican Communist Party | 12,101 | 0.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Social Democratic Alliance | 8,578 | 0.47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Socialist Bloc | 7,917 | 0.44 | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| National Civic Union | 7,896 | 0.44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Movement for Socialism | 7,193 | 0.40 | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Movement of Democratic Integration | 6,886 | 0.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| National Action Party | 3,522 | 0.19 | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Other parties | 1,483 | 0.08 | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||
| Total | 1,806,827 | 100.00 | 120 | +29 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Valid votes | 1,806,827 | 96.99 | ||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 56,039 | 3.01 | ||||||
| Total votes | 1,862,866 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,601,684 | 71.60 | ||||||
| Source: Nohlen | ||||||||
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