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Parliamentary elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 1998. [1] 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%. [2]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| House | +/– | Senate | +/– | |||||
| PRD–UD–PPC–BIS | 1,075,306 | 51.36 | 83 | – | 24 | – | ||
| Dominican Liberation Party | 654,713 | 31.27 | 49 | +36 | 4 | +3 | ||
| PRSC–PQD | 351,347 | 16.78 | 17 | – | 2 | – | ||
| Institutional Democratic Party | 12,320 | 0.59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Movement of National Reconciliation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Party of the Dominican People | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| National Renaissance Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 2,093,686 | 100.00 | 149 | +29 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Valid votes | 2,093,686 | 95.88 | ||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 90,021 | 4.12 | ||||||
| Total votes | 2,183,707 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,129,554 | 52.88 | ||||||
| Source: Nohlen | ||||||||
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