Dominican Republic parliamentary election, 2010

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A parliamentary election was held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 2010 to elect members to the 32 seats in the Senate and 183 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. [1] Polls forecasted a victory for the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) of President Leonel Fernández. Before the election, 96 of the 178 Chamber of Deputies seats and 22 of the 32 Senate seats were controlled by the PLD. [2]

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.

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

The Senate of the Dominican Republic is the upper legislative chamber in the bicameral legislature of the Dominican Republic, and together with the Chamber of Deputies makes up the Congress.

Dominican Liberation Party

The Dominican Liberation Party is the current governing political party in the Dominican Republic. Founded in 1973 by former president Juan Bosch, the party, along with the Dominican Revolutionary Party, have dominated politics in the country since the establishment of democracy.

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Election

The election coincided with 155 municipal elections and elections for 20 seats in the Central American Parliament. [2] The Central American Parliament representatives were being elected for the first time, having previously been appointed to their posts. [3] More than 6 million people were eligible to vote in the election. [3]

Central American Parliament international parliament

The Central American Parliament, also known as PARLACEN, is the political institution and parliamentary body of the Central American Integration System (SICA). Its headquarters are in Guatemala City.

Controversy

The election was conducted amidst sporadic violence with an opposition Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) supporter being killed and three wounded in a clash between government and opposition supporters in San Cristóbal. [4] The dead man was identified as the bodyguard of a PRD mayoral candidate, who was said to have been shot four times with a submachine gun and died in hospital. [3] One of the injured men was the driver for the present mayor. In addition a PLD leader died on 16 May after being surprised whilst purchasing identity documents. [3] A third person had lost their life on 15 May in clashes between PLD and PRD supporters in Samaná. [3]

Dominican Revolutionary Party political party in Dominican Republic

The Dominican Revolutionary Party is one of the main political parties of the Dominican Republic. Traditionally a left of the centre position and social democratic in name, the party has shifted since the 2000s toward the centre-right. The party’s distinctive color is white. Traditionally, the party has two presidents: the "Titular President" and the "Acting President" ; until 2010 the Presidents and the Secretary-General were proscribed to run for any elected office.

San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic Place in San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic

San Cristóbal is a municipality (municipio) and the capital of the San Cristóbal province in the Dominican Republic. Within the municipality there is one municipal district : Hato Damas.

Submachine gun class of automatic firearms

A submachine gun (SMG) is a magazine-fed, automatic carbine designed to fire pistol cartridges. The term "submachine gun" was coined by John T. Thompson, the inventor of the Thompson submachine gun.

Election commission officials and representatives from the PRD and PLD made appeals for calm during the election. [4] President Leonel Fernández said that the violence would not affect the poll results. [4]

Leonel Fernández Dominican Republic politician

Leonel Antonio Fernández Reyna is a Dominican lawyer, academic, and was President of the Dominican Republic from 1996 to 2000 and from 2004 to 2012. Since January 2016, he is the President of the EU–LAC Foundation.

An election monitoring mission from the Organization of American States said that it had received complaints of fake or purchased identity documents being used to vote. Nonetheless, it ratified the election as mostly free and fair. [4]

Organization of American States international organization

The Organization of American States, or the OAS or OEA, is a continental organization that was founded on 30 April 1948, for the purposes of regional solidarity and cooperation among its member states. Headquartered in the United States capital Washington, D.C., the OAS's members are the 35 independent states of the Americas.

Results

e  •  d  Summary of the 16 May 2010 Congress of the Dominican Republic election results
Parties Votes%DeputiesSenators
Dominican Liberation Party (Partido de la Liberación Dominicana) 1,380,60141.719328
Dominican Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Dominicano) 1,272,53638.4473 —
Social Christian Reformist Party (Partido Reformista Social Cristiano)203,7296.15114
Alternative Democratic Movement (Movimiento Democrático Alternativo)46,6301.411 —
Alliance for Democracy (Alianza por la Democracia)46,2501.401 —
Institutional Social Democratic Bloc (Bloque Institucional Social Demócrata)43,6651.321 —
Quisqueyano Christian Democratic Party (Partido Quisqueyano Demócrata Cristiano)37,2831.13 — —
Movement for Independence, Unity and Change (Movimiento Independencia, Unidad y Cambio)31,5840.951 —
Christian Democratic Union (Unión Demócrata Cristiana)30,2670.91 — —
National Progressive Force (Fuerza Nacional Progresista)22,6780.691 —
Revolutionary Social Democratic Party (Partido Revolucionario Social Demócrata)20,8380.63——
Dominican Humanist Party (Partido Humanista Dominicano)18,8360.57——
Dominican Workers’ Party (Partido de los Trabajadores Dominicanos)17,6730.53——
Christian People's Party (Partido Popular Cristiano)16,3400.491—
Dominicans for Change (Dominicanos por el Cambio)16,0450.48——
Popular Democratic Party (Partido Demócrata Popular)15,7840.48——
National Unity Party (Partido de Unidad Nacional)13,9250.42——
National Civic Veterans Party (Partido Nacional de Veteranos y Civiles)13,3080.40——
Liberal Party of the Dominican Republic (Partido Liberal de la República Dominicana)13,2290.40——
Civic Renewal Party (Partido Cívico Renovador)12,2380.37——
Liberal Party of Action (Partido de Acción Liberal)11,4220.35——
Democratic Institutional Party (Partido Demócrata Institucional)9,7410.29——
Independent Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Independiente)8,0830.24——
Green Socialist Party (Partido Socialista Verde)6,5950.20——
Dominican Social Alliance (Alianza Social Dominicana)5600.02——
Green Party of Democratic Unity (Partido Verde de la Unidad Democrática)5420.02 — —
Invalid/blank votes140,986———
Total (turnout 56.43%)3,451,368100.0018332
Source: RESULTADOS 2010 1ra. Parte

In addition to the results presented above the PLD had 91 mayors elected of the 155 positions. The PRD and Social Christian Reformist Party won 58 and the Partido Popular Cristiano and the Christian Democratic Union won one apiece. [5] The PRD blamed the 32 single-seat senate constituencies for their poor showing. The single seats led to a lack of proportionality with them failing to take any despite winning 42% of the vote. [6] The PRD increased its overall vote share to 42% whilst the PRSC saw its vote share slump to 2% from 24% in 2002. [6]

Social Christian Reformist Party

The Social Christian Reformist Party is a Christian democratic right-wing political party in the Dominican Republic formed by the union of the Partido Reformista and the Partido Revolucionario Social Cristiano. Some of the PRSC's founders and leaders were originally business leaders and Roman Catholics who opposed the communist, socialist, democratic socialist and social democratic tendencies of Juan Bosch, of the PRD and PLD, respectively.

The leader of the opposition PRD has alleged fraud and blackmail were carried out by the ruling PLD. [5] It has been alleged that in some constituencies the number of votes cast exceeded the number of registered voters. [5] A press conference in which the PRD were to have presented evidence of fraud was cancelled with no explanation, while leaders of the PRD have called its current party president to step down. [7] The PRD has established a commission to co-ordinate challenges against the results. [7]

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References

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