The National Civic Veterans Party (Spanish : Partido Nacional de Veteranos y Civiles or PNVC) is a minor political party in the Dominican Republic. It first contested national elections in 1982 when it won 1.6% of the vote, but failed to win a seat. [1] For the 1986 and 1990 elections it was part of the victorious Social Christian Reformist Party-led coalition. For the 1994 elections it changed its allegiance to the Dominican Revolutionary Party-led coalition that won the Congressional elections but lost the presidential vote. It contested the 2002 elections alone, but failed to win a seat after receiving only 0.5% of the vote. For the 2006 elections it was part of the defeated Grand National Alliance.
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