1982 Dominican Republic general election

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 73% in the presidential election and 72% in the parliamentary election.[2]

1982 Dominican Republic general election

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Presidential election
 
Nominee Salvador Jorge Blanco Joaquín Balaguer Juan Bosch
Party PRD PR PLD
Popular vote 854,868 706,951 179,849
Percentage 46.70% 38.62% 9.82%

Results by department

President before election

Antonio Guzmán
PRD

Elected President

Salvador Jorge Blanco
PRD

Results

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President

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Salvador Jorge BlancoDominican Revolutionary Party854,86846.70
Joaquín BalaguerReformist Party706,95138.62
Juan BoschDominican Liberation Party179,8499.82
Elías Wessin y WessinDemocratic Quisqueyano Party35,3551.93
Narciso Isa Conde [es]Dominican Communist Party18,4811.01
Rafael TaverasAnti-Imperialist Patriotic Union15,2500.83
José Rafael AbinaderSocial Democratic Alliance9,2080.50
Two other candidates10,7680.59
Total1,830,730100.00
Valid votes1,830,73097.03
Invalid/blank votes56,0392.97
Total votes1,886,769100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,601,68472.52
Source: Nohlen

Congress

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PartyVotes%Seats
House+/–Senate+/–
Dominican Revolutionary Party825,00545.6662+1417+6
Reformist Party656,90436.3650+710–6
Dominican Liberation Party174,4649.667+100
Democratic Quisqueyano Party35,1851.950000
National Civic Veterans Party28,3541.570New0New
Constitutional Action Party18,3601.021New0New
Anti-Imperialist Patriotic Union12,9790.720New0New
Dominican Communist Party12,1010.670000
Social Democratic Alliance8,5780.470000
Socialist Bloc7,9170.440New0New
National Civic Union [es]7,8960.440000
Movement for Socialism7,1930.400New0New
Movement of Democratic Integration6,8860.380000
National Action Party3,5220.190New0New
Other parties1,4830.0800
Total1,806,827100.00120+29270
Valid votes1,806,82796.99
Invalid/blank votes56,0393.01
Total votes1,862,866100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,601,68471.60
Source: Nohlen

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p247 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ^ Nohlen, p248