Broad Front (Dominican Republic)

Broad Front

Frente Amplio
Broad Front Frente Amplio
President	Juan Dionicio Rodríguez Restituyo
Secretary-General	Heidy Adón Vargas
Founded	June 14, 1992
Ideology	Socialism; Progressivism
Political position	Left-wing
Chamber of Deputies	0 / 190
Senate	0 / 32
Website
	soyfrenteamplio.com
	Politics of the Dominican Republic; Political parties; Elections;

The Broad Front (Spanish: Frente Amplio), previously named the Movement for Independence, Unity and Change (Spanish: Movimiento Independencia, Unidad y Cambio), is a political formation in the Dominican Republic with a leftist-progressive platform. On the May 16th, 2006 parliamentary election it got 9,735 votes (0.32%), but no seats.^[1] In the municipal elections held simultaneously, the group had its best performance in Peralvillo (1,271 votes, 16.36%) and Bayaguana (1,274 votes, 10.27%). Virtudes Álvarez has been its leader for some time.

Election results

Presidential elections

Election	Candidate	First Round		Second Round		Result
Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Votes	%	Result
1994	Antonio Reynoso	22,548	0.75%	—	—	Lost N
1996	Did not contest
2000	Did not contest
2004	Did not contest
2008	Guillermo Moreno García	6,118	0.15%	—	—	Lost N
2012	Julián Serulle	6,553	0.14%	—	—	Lost N
2016	Elías Wessin	20,423	%0.44	—	—	Lost N
2020	Did not contest
2024	María Teresa Cabrera	6,255	0.14%	—	—	Lost N

References

^ www.jce.do/stor/Boletines/2006/19/PDF/B19_A_SA.pdf Archived August 22, 2006, at the Wayback Machine

External links

Leftist Parties of the World, Dominican Republic. April 25, 2005.

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[1] www.jce.do/stor/Boletines/2006/19/PDF/B19_A_SA.pdf Archived August 22, 2006, at the Wayback Machine

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