Dominican Republic general election, 1982
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General elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 1982.[1] Salvador Jorge Blanco of the Dominican Revolutionary Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary elections. Voter turnout was 71.6%.[2]
Results
President
Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|
Salvador Jorge Blanco | Dominican Revolutionary Party | 854,868 | 46.7 |
Joaquín Balaguer | Reformist Party | 706,951 | 38.6 |
Juan Bosch | Dominican Liberation Party | 179,849 | 9.8 |
Elías Wessin y Wessin | Quisqueyano Democratic Party | 35,355 | 1.9 |
Narciso Isa Conde | Dominican Communist Party | 18,581 | 1.0 |
Rafael Taveras | Anti-Imperialist Patriotic Union | 15,250 | 0.8 |
José Rafael Abinader | Social Democratic Alliance | 9,208 | 0.5 |
Two other candidates | 10,768 | 0.6 | |
Invalid/blank votes | 56,039 | 3.0 | |
Total | 1,886,769 | 100 | |
Source: Nohlen |
Congress
Party | Votes | % | House | Senate | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Seats | +/- | Seats | +/- | |||
Dominican Revolutionary Party | 825,005 | 45.7 | 62 | +14 | 17 | +6 |
Reformist Party | 656,904 | 36.4 | 50 | +7 | 10 | -6 |
Dominican Liberation Party | 174,464 | 9.7 | 7 | +1 | 0 | 0 |
Quisqueyano Democratic Party | 35,185 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
National Civic Veterans Party | 28,354 | 1.6 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
Constitutional Action Party | 18,360 | 1.6 | 1 | New | 0 | New |
UPA | 12,979 | 0.7 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
Dominican Communist Party | 12,101 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social Democratic Alliance | 8,578 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Socialist Bloc | 7,917 | 0.4 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
National Civic Union | 7,896 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Movement for Socialism | 7,193 | 0.4 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
Movement of Democratic Integration | 6,886 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
National Action Party | 3,522 | 0.2 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
Other parties | 1,483 | 0.1 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
Invalid/blank votes | 56,039 | 3.0 | - | - | - | - |
Total | 1,862,866 | 100 | 120 | +29 | 27 | 0 |
Source: Nohlen |
References
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