Dominican Republic general election, 1978

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General elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 1978.^[1] Following diplomatic pressure from American President Jimmy Carter, the elections were free and competitive and contested by all political parties, unlike the previous elections in the 1970s.^[2] Antonio Guzmán Fernández won the presidential election, whilst his Dominican Revolutionary Party (which had not contested the 1970 and 1974 elections) won the Congressional elections. Voter turnout was 75.8%.^[3]

However, following the election the Army attempted a coup and interrupted the vote count.^[2]^[4] Whilst American pressure allowed Guzmán to assume the presidency, the Central Elections Authority redistributed the uncast votes equally between the PRD and the Reformist Party, diminishing the PRD's majority in Congress.^[2]

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Antonio Guzmán Fernández	Dominican Revolutionary Party	866,912	52.4
Joaquín Balaguer	Reformist Party	711,878	43.0
Francisco Lora	Movement of Democratic Integration	27,095	1.6
Juan Bosch	Dominican Liberation Party	18,375	1.1
Narciso Isa Conde	Dominican Communist Party	9,828	0.6
Alfonso Lockward	Social Christian Revolutionary Party	7,981	0.5
Luis Julián Pérez	National Salvation Movement	7,782	0.5
Luis Homero Lajara Burgos	Popular Democratic Party	5,956	0.4
Invalid/blank votes		85,530	-
Total		1,741,337	100
Source: Nohlen

Congress

Party	Votes	%	House		Senate
Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-	Seats	+/-
Dominican Revolutionary Party	838,973	50.1	48	New	16	New
Reformist Party	692,146	42.1	43	-32	11	-12
Dominican Liberation Party	18,565	1.1	0	New	0	New
Movement of Democratic Integration	13,317	0.8	0	New	0	New
National Civic Union	13,316	0.8	0	New	0	New
Social Democratic Alliance	11,056	0.7	0	New	0	New
Dominican Communist Party	10,751	0.7	0	New	0	New
Movement of National Reconciliation	7,743	0.5	0	New	0	New
National Salvation Movement	7,727	0.5	0	New	0	New
Democratic Quisqueyano Party	5,984	0.4	0	New	0	New
Popular Democratic Party	5,667	0.3	0	-3	0	0
Movimento Popular Justicialista	9,226	0.6	0	New	0	New
Movimento Revolucionario del Pueblo			0	New	0	New
Movimento Municipal del Pueblo			0	-1	0	0
Movimento Restaurador Santuagúes			0	New	0	New
Movimento Unión Provincial Independiente			0	New	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	85,530	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1,731,095	100	91	0	27	0
Source: Nohlen

References

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p247 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
1 2 3 Nohlen, p241
↑ Nohlen, p248
↑ Dominican Republic Inter-Parliamentary Union

Elections in the Dominican Republic

Presidential elections	1866 1874 1876 1878 1880 1882 1884 1886 1888 1892 1896 1899 1903 1904 1908 1912 1914 1924 1930 1934 1938 1942 1947 1952 1957 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Parliamentary elections	1924 1927 1929 1930 1934 1938 1941 1942 1946 1947 1952 1955 1957 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2016

Municipal elections	2016

Referendums	1870 1873 1895

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