2006 Dominican Republic parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 2006. ^[1] They were won by the Progressive Bloc led by the Dominican Liberation Party, which took 96 of the 178 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 22 of the 32 Senate seats.

Results

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats
						House	Senate
	Progressive Bloc		Dominican Liberation Party	1,394,834	46.45	96	22
			Social Democratic Institutional Bloc	76,044	2.53	0	0
			Alliance for Democracy	46,671	1.55	0	0
			Christian Democratic Union	24,841	0.83	0	0
			Dominican Workers' Party	16,733	0.56	0	0
			Liberal Party of the Dominican Republic	14,224	0.47	0	0
	Grand National Alliance		Dominican Revolutionary Party	934,500	31.12	60	7
			Social Christian Reformist Party	328,542	10.94	22	3
			National Unity Party	34,828	1.16	0	0
			Quisqueyano Christian Democratic Party	23,933	0.80	0	0
			Green Party of Democratic Unity	14,690	0.49	0	0
			National Civic Veterans Party	12,055	0.40	0	0
			Dominican Social Alliance	6,038	0.20	0	0
			People's Democratic Party	5,431	0.18	0	0
			Christian People's Party	4,786	0.16	0	0
	Revolutionary Social Democratic Party			45,487	1.51	0	0
	Movement for Independence, Unity and Change			8,552	0.28	0	0
	Independent Revolutionary Party			5,345	0.18	0	0
	National Renaissance Party			2,813	0.09	0	0
	Dominican Humanist Party			2,360	0.08	0	0
Total				3,002,707	100.00	178	32
Valid votes				3,003,001	96.20
Invalid/blank votes				118,664	3.80
Total votes				3,121,665	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				5,276,419	59.16
Source: Election Passport, IPU

References

1. Dominican Republic: Cámara de Diputados (Chamber of Deputies) Inter-Parliamentary Union