Dominican Republic parliamentary election, 1998
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Parliamentary elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 1998.[1] The result was a victory for the opposition Dominican Revolutionary Party-led alliance, which won 83 of the 149 seats in the House of Representatives. Voter turnout was 52.9%.[2]
Results
Party | Votes | % | House | Senate | ||
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Seats | +/- | Seats | +/- | |||
PRD-UD-PPC-BIS | 1,075,306 | 51.4 | 83 | - | 24 | - |
Dominican Liberation Party | 654,713 | 31.3 | 49 | +36 | 4 | +3 |
PRSC-PQD | 351,347 | 16.8 | 17 | - | 2 | - |
Institutional Democratic Party | 13,320 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Movement of National Reconciliation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Party of the Dominican People | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
National Renaissance Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 90,021 | - | - | - | - | - |
Total | 2,183,707 | 100 | 149 | +29 | 30 | 0 |
Source: Nohlen |
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