Progressive Bloc

The Progressive Bloc (Spanish: Bloque Progresista) is an electoral alliance in the Dominican Republic. The alliance is led by the Dominican Liberation Party and gained an absolute majority in the 16 May 2006 legislative election.

Electoral strength

In the following table the electoral strength of the Progressive Bloc and its member parties as well as of the opposing parties are listed.

**Summary of the 16 May 2006 Congress of the Dominican Republic election results**
Parties		Votes	%	Deputies	Senators
Progressive Bloc (Bloque Progresista)	Dominican Liberation Party (Partido de la Liberación Dominicana)	1,387,878	46.4	96	22
	Institutional Social Democratic Bloc (Bloque Institucional Socialdemócrata)	75,872	2.54
	Alliance for Democracy (Alianza por la Democracia)	46,573	1.56
	Christian Democratic Union (Unión Demócrata Cristiana)	24,868	0.83
	Dominican Workers' Party (Partido de los Trabajadores Dominicanos)	16,684	0.56
	Liberal Party of the Dominican Republic (Partido Liberal de República Dominicana)	14,456	0.48
Grand National Alliance (Gran Alianza Nacional)	Dominican Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Dominicana)	931,151	31.13	60	7
	Social Christian Reformist Party (Partido Reformista Social Cristiano)	326,893	10.93	22	3
	National Unity Party (Partido de Unidad Nacional)	34,755	1.16
	Quisqueyano Christian Democratic Party (Partido Quisqueyano Demócrata Cristiano)	23,929	0.80
	Green Party of Democratic Unity (Partido Verde de la Unidad Democrática)	14,623	0.49
	National Civic Veterans Party (Partido Nacional de Veteranos y Civiles)	11,984	0.40
	Dominican Social Alliance (Alianza Social Dominicana)	6,033	0.20
	Popular Democratic Party (Partido Demócrata Popular )	5,400	0.18
	Christian People's Party (Partido Popular Cristiano)	4,793	0.16
Others	Revolutionary Social Democratic Party (Partido Revolucionario Social Demócrata)	45,744	1.53	-	-
	Movement for Independence, Unity and Change (Movimiento Independencia, Unidad y Cambio)	8,538	0.29	-	-
	Independent Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Independiente)	5,458	0.19	-	-
	National Renaissance Party (Partido Renacentista Nacional )	2,914	0.10	-	-
	Dominican Humanist Party (Partido Humanista Dominica)	2,485	0.08	-	-
Total (turnout 56.5 %)		2,991,031		178	32
Source: Junta Central Electoral and E-Polityka.pl

Political parties in the Dominican Republic
Parliamentary (Chamber+Senate seats)	Dominican Liberation Party (106+26) Modern Revolutionary Party (42+2) Social Christian Reformist Party (18+1) Dominican Revolutionary Party (16+1) Liberal Reformist Party (3+1) Alternative Democratic Movement (1+0) Broad Front (1+0) Christian People's Party (1+0) Country Alliance (1+0) Quisqueyano Christian Democratic Party (1+0) Social Democratic Institutional Bloc (0+1)
Extraparliamentary	Alliance for Democracy Christian Democratic Union Civic Renovation Party Communist Party of Labour Democratic Choice Dominican Humanist Party Dominican Workers' Party Green Socialist Party Independent Revolutionary Party International Communist Party National Civic Veterans Party National Progressive Force National Renaissance Party National Unity Party People's Democratic Party Revolutionary Social Democratic Party
Defunct	14th of June Movement Anti-Imperialist Patriotic Union Blue Party Dominican Communist Party Dominican Party Evolutionist Liberal Party Red Party
Alliances	Grand National Alliance Progressive Bloc
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