Presidential elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 2008. The result was a victory for incumbent President Leonel Fernández of the Dominican Liberation Party.[1]
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| Turnout | 71.36% ( 1.48pp) | ||||||||||||||||
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.svg) Results by province | |||||||||||||||||
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Opinion polls
edit| Pollster | Date | Sample | Fernández | Vargas | Aristy | Estrella |
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| Noxa-Cies | 21–26 April 2008 | 1,600 | 54% | 36% | 9% | 1% |
| Noxa-Cies | March 2008 | 54% | 30% | 8% | 1% | |
| Noxa-Cies | February 2008 | 45% | 31% | 13% | 2% | |
| Noxa-Cies | 20–25 October 2007 | 1,600 | 42% | 30% | 17% | – |
Results
edit| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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| Leonel Fernández | Dominican Liberation Party | 2,199,734 | 53.83 | |
| Miguel Vargas | Dominican Revolutionary Party | 1,654,066 | 40.48 | |
| Amable Aristy | Social Christian Reformist Party | 187,645 | 4.59 | |
| Eduardo Estrella | Revolutionary Social Democratic Party | 19,309 | 0.47 | |
| Guillermo Moreno García | Movement for Independence, Unity and Change | 18,136 | 0.44 | |
| Pedro de Jesús Candelier | Popular Alliance Party | 6,118 | 0.15 | |
| Trajano Santana | Independent Revolutionary Party | 1,533 | 0.04 | |
| Total | 4,086,541 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 4,086,541 | 99.34 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 27,103 | 0.66 | ||
| Total votes | 4,113,644 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 5,764,387 | 71.36 | ||
| Source: IFES | ||||
References
edit- ^ Dominican Republic president declares re-election victory with 54 percent of vote Associated Press, 17 May 2008