1990 Dominican Republic general election

General elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 1990.[1] Following a long vote count, Joaquín Balaguer of the Social Christian Reformist Party (PSRC) was declared winner of the presidential election,[2] whilst in the Congressional elections the PSRC received the most votes and won a majority in the Senate, although the Dominican Liberation Party won the most seats in the House of Representatives.

1990 Dominican Republic presidential election
16 May 1990 (1990-05-16)
 
Nominee Joaquín Balaguer Juan Bosch
Party PSRC PLD
Popular vote 678,065 653,595
Percentage 35.35% 33.79%
 
Nominee José Francisco Peña Gómez Jacobo Majluta Azar
Party PRD PRI
Popular vote 449,399 135,649
Percentage 23.33% 7.01%
President before election

Joaquín Balaguer
PSRC

 Elected President

Joaquín Balaguer
PSRC

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Balaguer's victory prompted protests and accusations of fraud.[3] This led the Central Elections Authority to introduce several reforms to the electoral law in 1992, including an increase in the number of members of the Authority and the production of a new electoral roll.[3]

Results

President
Candidate Party Votes %
Joaquín BalaguerSocial Christian Reformist Party678,06535.35
Juan BoschDominican Liberation Party653,59533.79
José Francisco Peña GómezDominican Revolutionary Party449,39923.23
Jacobo MajlutaIndependent Revolutionary Party135,6497.01
Vincho CastilloNational Progressive Force6,0630.31
José Rafael AbinaderAction Constitutional Party4,9260.26
Roberto Bernardo Saladín SelínChristian People's Party4,3380.22
Luis MontásCommunist Party of the Dominican Republic1,8860.10
Rafael AlburquerqueDominican Party People6020.03
Invalid/blank votes48,356–
Total1,982,889100
Registered voters/turnout3,275,57060.53
Source: Nohlen
Results of the Dominican Republic presidential election, May 16th, 1990, by province (candidate in first position)
  Joaquín Balaguer
  Juan Bosch

Congress
Party Votes % House Senate
Seats +/– Seats +/–
PRSC and allies[lower-alpha 1]663,12734.641–16–
PLD–UD625,92932.744–12–
PRD–BS–PTD447,60523.433–2–
Independent Revolutionary Party139,7697.32New0New
PPC–MIM8,0810.40–0–
National Progressive Force18,5391.00New0New
Constitutional Action Party0New0New
Communist Party of the Dominican Republic0New0New
Party of the Dominican People0New0New
Muica11,0520.60New0New
MAR0New0New
Migrelu0New0New
MFP0New0New
MIS0New0New
Movimiento Independient Meta0New0New
Invalid/blank votes48,356–––––
Total1,962,4581001200300
Registered voters/turnout3,275,57059.9––––
Source: Nohlen
  1. PRSC allies included the Quisqueyano Democratic Party, La Estructura, the Institutional Democratic Party, the National Civic Veterans Party, MOFEI, Frente Amplio de Organizaciones Comunnales-Futuro Verde, MSDO, FDE, MAIS and Morepma
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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, p241
  3. Nohlen, p242
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