Parliamentary elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 2002.[1] The result was a victory for the opposition Dominican Revolutionary Party-led alliance, which won 73 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives. Voter turnout was 51.0%.[2]
Results
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| House | +/– | Senate | +/– | |||||
| PRD–UD–ASD–PRN | 963,735 | 42.21 | 73 | – | 29 | – | ||
| PLD–BIS–APD | 657,658 | 28.80 | 41 | – | 1 | – | ||
| PRSC–PPC | 556,431 | 24.37 | 36 | – | 2 | – | ||
| Independent Revolutionary Party | 35,859 | 1.57 | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Democratic Quisqueyano Party | 29,969 | 1.31 | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||
| FR–MIUCA–PNA | 14,148 | 0.62 | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| National Civic Veterans Party | 12,310 | 0.54 | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Christian Democratic Union | 4,946 | 0.22 | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Dominican Workers' Party and allies | 2,792 | 0.12 | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| MIUCA–PRN | 5,561 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| National Unity Party | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||
| MISAR | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||
| Total | 2,283,409 | 100.00 | 150 | +1 | 32 | +2 | ||
| Valid votes | 2,283,409 | 96.28 | ||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 88,182 | 3.72 | ||||||
| Total votes | 2,371,591 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,647,839 | 51.03 | ||||||
| Source: Nohlen | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p247 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ Nohlen, p248