Dominican Republic presidential election, 1996

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Dominican Republic presidential election, 1996

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  1994 16 May 1996 (1996-05-16) 2000  

  Leonel Fernandez Reyna.jpg Noimage.png
Nominee Leonel Fernández José Francisco Peña Gómez
Party PLD PRD
Popular vote 1,466,382 1,394,641
Percentage 51.3% 48.7%

President before election

Joaquín Balaguer
PSRC

Elected President

Leonel Fernández
PLD

Presidential elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 1996, with a second round on 30 June. [1] Whilst José Francisco Peña Gómez won the most votes in the first round, he was defeated by Leonel Fernández in the second round, after the Social Christian Reformist Party, whose candidate had lost in the first round, declared their support for Fernández. [2] Voter turnout was 78.6% in the first round and 76.8% in the second. [3]

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.

José Francisco Peña Gómez was a politician from the Dominican Republic. He was the leader of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD), a three-time candidate for president of the Dominican Republic and former Mayor of Santo Domingo. He is considered, along with Joaquín Balaguer and Juan Bosch, as one of the most prominent Dominican political figures of the 20th century. His widow Peggy Cabral is currently one of the two co-Presidents of the PRD.

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.

Results

CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
José Francisco Peña Gómez Dominican Revolutionary Party 1,333,92545.91,394,64148.7
Leonel Fernández Dominican Liberation Party 1,130,52338.91,466,38251.3
Jacinto Peynado Garrigosa Social Christian Reformist Party 435,50415.0
José Rafael Abinader Social Democratic Alliance3,9070.1
Invalid/blank votes45,120-19,402-
Total2,948,9791002,880,425100
Source: Nohlen

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References

  1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p247 ISBN   978-0-19-928357-6
  2. Nohlen, p242
  3. Nohlen, p248