Dominican Revolutionary Party

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Dominican Revolutionary Party
Partido Revolucionario Dominicano
AbbreviationPRD
President Miguel Vargas
General SecretaryTony Peña Guaba (2014–present)
Spokesperson Ruddy González (2014–present) [1]
Founder Juan Bosch
FoundedJanuary 21, 1939;86 years ago (1939-01-21)
HeadquartersAvenida Jiménez Moya, Santo Domingo
Youth wing Juventud Revolucionaria Dominicana
Membership (2023)280,000 [2]
Ideology Populism
Factions:
Third Way
Political position Centre to centre-left [3] [4]
Regional affiliation Center-Democratic Integration Group
Continental affiliation COPPPAL
São Paulo Forum
International affiliation Socialist International
Colours  White
  Light blue (customary)
SloganSoberania Nacional, Libertad, Democracia y Justicia Social (National Sovereignty, Freedom, Democracy and Social Justice)
Anthem
"Himno del Partido Revolucionario Dominicano"
"Hymn of Dominican Revolutionary Party"
Chamber of Deputies [5]
4 / 190
Senate [6]
0 / 32
Mayors [6]
3 / 158
Central American Parliament [6]
0 / 20
Website
www.miprd.org

The Dominican Revolutionary Party (Spanish: Partido Revolucionario Dominicano, PRD) is a political party in the Dominican Republic. Traditionally a left-of-centre party and social democratic in nature, the party has shifted since the 2000s toward the political centre. [3] [4] The party's distinctive color is white. Traditionally, the party has two presidents: the "Titular President" and the "Acting President" (and actually, a sort of Vice-President); until 2010 the presidents and the Secretary-General were proscribed to run for any elected office. [7]

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The party was founded in 1939 by several Dominican expatriated exiles living in Havana, Cuba, led by Juan Bosch. It was then established in the Dominican Republic on 5 July 1961. It was the first Dominican party based on populist and democratic leftist principles and an organization based on mass membership. Bosch was elected president in 1962 in what is generally believed to be the first honest election in the country's history. Bosch later left the party in a dispute over its ideological direction and founded the Dominican Liberation Party on 16 December 1973.[ clarification needed ]

The PRD has won the presidency three other times—in 1978 (Antonio Guzmán), 1982 (Salvador Jorge Blanco) and 2000 (Hipólito Mejía).

At the legislative elections, on 16 May 2002, the party won 41.9% of the popular vote and 73 out of 150 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 29 out of 31 seats in the Senate of the Dominican Republic. Its candidate at the presidential election on 16 May 2004, Hipólito Mejía, won 33.6% of the votes, failing to win a second term.

In the 16 May 2006 legislative elections, the party formed together with its traditional opponent, the Social Christian Reformist Party, and others the Grand National Alliance, that won 82 out of 178 deputies and 10 out of 32 senators. The Dominican Revolutionary Party led the alliance, however, winning about 60 seats in the chamber of deputies and 6 in the Senate.[ clarification needed ]

The party has been criticized for involvement in corruption, allowing right-wing paramilitary groups to operate from its soil for attacks launched into Haiti, and for becoming an increasingly conservative party serving the interests of transnational capital over the poor majority. The last PRD president, Hipólito Mejía, has been especially criticized for supporting the Iraq War. [8]

Election history

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Party logo until 2023 rebranding

Presidential elections

ElectionParty candidateFirst roundSecond roundResult
Votes%Votes%
1962 Juan Bosch 628,04459.5%ElectedGreen check.svg
1966 525,23039.0%LostRed x.svg
1970 Did not contest election
1974
1978 Antonio Guzmán Fernández 866,91252.4%ElectedGreen check.svg
1982 Salvador Jorge Blanco 854,86846.7%ElectedGreen check.svg
1986 Jacobo Majluta 828,20939.2%LostRed x.svg
1990 José Francisco Peña Gómez 449,39923.33%LostRed x.svg
1994 1,253,17941.6%LostRed x.svg
1996 1,130,52338.9%1,394,64148.7%LostRed x.svg
2000 Hipólito Mejía 1,593,23149.87%ElectedGreen check.svg
2004 1,215,92833.7%LostRed x.svg
2008 Miguel Vargas 1,654,06640.48%LostRed x.svg
2012 Hipólito Mejía 2,130,18946.95%LostRed x.svg
2016 Endorsed Danilo Medina (PLD)2,847,43861.74%ElectedGreen check.svg
2020 Endorsed Gonzalo Castillo (PLD)1,536,98937.46%LostRed x.svg
2024 Miguel Vargas 19,7900.45%LostRed x.svg

Congressional elections

ElectionVotes%Chamber seats+/–PositionSenate seats+/–Position
1962 592,08856.5%
49 / 74
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22 / 27
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1966 494,57036.8%
26 / 91
Decrease2.svg 23Decrease2.svg 2nd
5 / 91
Decrease2.svg 17Decrease2.svg 2nd
1970 Did not contest election
0 / 91
Decrease2.svg 26N/A
0 / 27
Decrease2.svg 5N/A
1974
0 / 91
N/A
0 / 27
N/A
1978 838,97350.1%
48 / 91
Increase2.svg 48Increase2.svg 1st
16 / 27
Increase2.svg 16Increase2.svg 1st
1982 825,00545.7%
62 / 120
Increase2.svg 14Steady2.svg 1st
17 / 27
Increase2.svg 1Steady2.svg 1st
1986 828,20939.2%

in alliance with PPC, MCN, UD, LE

48 / 120
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7 / 30
Decrease2.svg 10Decrease2.svg 2nd
1990 447,60523.4%

in alliance with BS and PTD

33 / 120
Decrease2.svg 15Decrease2.svg 3rd
2 / 30
Decrease2.svg 5Decrease2.svg 3rd
1994 1,244,44141.9%

in alliance with UD, PRI, BIS, PQD, ASD, PNVC,

57 / 120
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15 / 30
Increase2.svg 13Increase2.svg 1st
1998 1,075,30651.4%

in alliance with UD, MCN, PPC, BIS

83 / 149
Increase2.svg 26Steady2.svg 1st
24 / 30
Increase2.svg 9Steady2.svg 1st
2002 963,73542.2%

in alliance with UD, ASD, PRN

73 / 150
Decrease2.svg 10Steady2.svg 1st
29 / 30
Increase2.svg 5Steady2.svg 1st
2006 931,15131.13%

as part of the GNA

60 / 178
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7 / 32
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2010 1,272,53638.44%
73 / 183
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0 / 32
Decrease2.svg 7
2016 336,2017.83%
16 / 190
Decrease2.svg 61Decrease2.svg 4th
1 / 32
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2020 220,9395.52%
4 / 190
Decrease2.svg 12Steady2.svg 4th
0 / 32
Decrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 5th
2024 92,4412.17
1 / 190
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0 / 32
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References

  1. "Ruddy González es el nuevo vocero diputados PRD". Proceso. 23 July 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  2. "¿Realidad o exageración? Padrones del PRM, PLD, FP y PRD superan en total los 7 millones de militantes". 21 August 2023.
  3. 1 2 Guzmán Then, Abel (13 June 2014). "El PRD requiere de una seria reorientación ideológica hacia la izquierda democrática". Diario Libre. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Ramón Alburquerque: El PRD parece un partido neoliberal a la derecha del PLD". elbarahonero.com. November 2010. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  5. "Busque sus Diputados" (in Spanish). Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 "Oficialismo dominicano gana mayoría legislativa y municipales (Dominican ruling party wins legislative and municipal majority)" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 August 2014.
  7. "PRD deroga de estatutos el artículo 185, que impedía a Vargas postularse a la Presidencia" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Listín Diario. 28 February 2010. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  8. Sprague, 2013