1974 Dominican Republic general election
General elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 1974.[1] The main opposition party, the Dominican Revolutionary Party, did not contest the election, leaving only the ruling Reformist Party and some right-wing and centre-right parties.[2] Incumbent Joaquín Balaguer won the presidential election, whilst his Reformist Party won the Congressional elections in alliance with the National Youth Movement. Voter turnout was 71.7%.[3]
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Results
President
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
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| Joaquín Balaguer | Reformist Party | 942,726 | 84.7 |
| Luis Homero Lajara Burgos | People's Democratic Party | 170,693 | 15.3 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 404,878 | – | |
| Total | 1,518,297 | 100 | |
| Source: Nohlen | |||
Congress
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| Party | Votes | % | House | Senate | ||||
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| Seats | +/– | Seats | +/– | |||||
| PR–MNJ[lower-alpha 1] | 929,112 | 89.8 | 86 | +26 | 27 | +1 | ||
| People's Democratic Party | 62,682 | 6.1 | 3 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Municipal Movement of the People | 42,391 | 4.1 | 1 | New | 0 | New | ||
| People's Will Movement | 1 | New | 0 | New | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 404,878 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Total | 1,439,057 | 100 | 91 | +17 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Source: Nohlen | ||||||||
- The Reformist Party won 75 House seats and 21 Senate seats, whilst the National Youth Movement won 11 House seats and 4 Senate seats.
References
- Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p247 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- Nohlen, p241
- Nohlen, p248
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