Dominican Republic general election, 2020

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General elections will be held in the Dominican Republic in May 17, 2020. The elections will see a new president and vice president, 32 senators and 190 deputies elected. [1] Incumbent President Danilo Medina is ineligible for re-election, having served two consecutive terms since 2012.

Dominican Republic country in the Caribbean

The Dominican Republic is a country located in the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands, along with Saint Martin, that are shared by two sovereign states. The Dominican Republic is the second-largest Caribbean nation by area at 48,671 square kilometers (18,792 sq mi), and third by population with approximately 10 million people, of which approximately three million live in the metropolitan area of Santo Domingo, the capital city.

Danilo Medina President of the Dominican Republic

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The 32 members of the Senate are elected from the 31 provinces and the Distrito Nacional using first-past-the-post voting. [2]

Senate of the Dominican Republic upper house of the Dominican Republics bicameral National Congress

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The 190 members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected in three groups; 178 are elected by proportional representation from 32 multi-member constituencies based on the 31 provinces and the Distrito Nacional, with the number of seats based on the population of each province. A further seven members are elected by proportional representation by Dominican expatriates in 3 overseas constituencies , and five seats are allocated at the national level to parties that received at least 1% of the vote nationally, giving preference to those that did not win any of the 178 constituency seats. [3]

Provinces of the Dominican Republic first-level administrative divisions of the Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic is divided into thirty–one provincias, while the national capital, Santo Domingo, is contained within its own Distrito Nacional.

Distrito Nacional District in Dominican Republic

The Distrito Nacional (D.N.) is a subdivision of the Dominican Republic enclosing the capital Santo Domingo. It is not in any of the provinces, but in practice, it acts as a province on its own. Before October 16, 2001, the Distrito Nacional was much larger, including what is now known as Santo Domingo Province. Published statistics and maps generally show the former, larger, Distrito Nacional. The Distrito Nacional has no rural or undeveloped areas.

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References

  1. ↑ "Elecciones de 2020 son un reto para la JCE" (in Spanish). El Día. August 2, 2017. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
  2. ↑ Senado (Senate) IPU
  3. ↑ Cámara de Diputados (Chamber of Deputies) IPU
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