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Dominican Revolutionary Party

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The Dominican Revolutionary Party (Spanish: Partido Revolucionario Dominicano, PRD) is a political party in the Dominican Republic. Traditionally a left-of-centre party and social democratic in nature, the party has shifted since the 2000s toward the political centre.[3][4] The party's distinctive color is white. Traditionally, the party has two presidents: the "Titular President" and the "Acting President" (and actually, a sort of Vice-President); until 2010 the presidents and the Secretary-General were proscribed to run for any elected office.[7]

Dominican Revolutionary Party
Partido Revolucionario Dominicano
AbbreviationPRD
PresidentMiguel Vargas
General SecretaryTony Peña Guaba (2014–present)
SpokespersonRuddy González (2014–present)[1]
FounderJuan Bosch
FoundedJanuary 21, 1939; 85 years ago (1939-01-21)
HeadquartersAvenida Jiménez Moya, Santo Domingo
Youth wingJuventud Revolucionaria Dominicana
Membership (2023)280,000[2]
IdeologyPopulism
Factions:
Third Way
Political positionCentre to centre-left[3][4]
Regional affiliationCenter-Democratic Integration Group
Continental affiliationCOPPPAL
São Paulo Forum
International affiliationSocialist International
Colours  White
  Light blue (customary)
SloganSoberania Nacional, Libertad, Democracia y Justicia Social (National Sovereignty, Freedom, Democracy and Social Justice)
Anthem
"Himno del Partido Revolucionario Dominicano"
"Hymn of Dominican Revolutionary Party"
Chamber of Deputies[5]
4 / 190
Senate[6]
0 / 32
Mayors[6]
3 / 158
Central American Parliament[6]
0 / 20
Website
www.miprd.org

The party was founded in 1939 by several Dominican expatriated exiles living in Havana, Cuba, led by Juan Bosch. It was then established in the Dominican Republic on 5 July 1961. It was the first Dominican party based on populist and democratic leftist principles and an organization based on mass membership. Bosch was elected president in 1962 in what is generally believed to be the first honest election in the country's history. Bosch later left the party in a dispute over its ideological direction and founded the Dominican Liberation Party on 16 December 1973.[clarification needed]

The PRD has won the presidency three other times—in 1978 (Antonio Guzmán), 1982 (Salvador Jorge Blanco) and 2000 (Hipólito Mejía).

At the legislative elections, on 16 May 2002, the party won 41.9% of the popular vote and 73 out of 150 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 29 out of 31 seats in the Senate of the Dominican Republic. Its candidate at the presidential election on 16 May 2004, Hipólito Mejía, won 33.6% of the votes, failing to win a second term.

In the 16 May 2006 legislative elections, the party formed together with its traditional opponent, the Social Christian Reformist Party, and others the Grand National Alliance, that won 82 out of 178 deputies and 10 out of 32 senators. The Dominican Revolutionary Party led the alliance, however, winning about 60 seats in the chamber of deputies and 6 in the Senate.[clarification needed]

The party has been criticized for involvement in corruption, allowing right-wing paramilitary groups to operate from its soil for attacks launched into Haiti, and for becoming an increasingly conservative party serving the interests of transnational capital over the poor majority. The last PRD president, Hipólito Mejía, has been especially criticized for supporting the Iraq War.[8]

Election history

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Party logo until 2023 rebranding

Presidential elections

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Election Party candidate First round Second round Result
Votes % Votes %
1962 Juan Bosch 628,044 59.5% Elected  Y
1966 525,230 39.0% Lost  N
1970 Did not contest election
1974
1978 Antonio Guzmán Fernández 866,912 52.4% Elected  Y
1982 Salvador Jorge Blanco 854,868 46.7% Elected  Y
1986 Jacobo Majluta 828,209 39.2% Lost  N
1990 José Francisco Peña Gómez 449,399 23.33% Lost  N
1994 1,253,179 41.6% Lost  N
1996 1,130,523 38.9% 1,394,641 48.7% Lost  N
2000 Hipólito Mejía 1,593,231 49.87% Elected  Y
2004 1,215,928 33.7% Lost  N
2008 Miguel Vargas 1,654,066 40.48% Lost  N
2012 Hipólito Mejía 2,130,189 46.95% Lost  N
2016 Endorsed Danilo Medina (PLD) 2,847,438 61.74% Elected  Y
2020 Endorsed Gonzalo Castillo (PLD) 1,536,989 37.46% Lost  N
2024 Miguel Vargas 19,790 0.45% Lost  N

Congressional elections

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Election Votes % Chamber seats +/– Position Senate seats +/– Position
1962 592,088 56.5%
49 / 74
   49   1st
22 / 27
   22   1st
1966 494,570 36.8%
26 / 91
   23   2nd
5 / 91
   17   2nd
1970 Did not contest election
0 / 91
   26 N/A
0 / 27
   5 N/A
1974
0 / 91
 N/A
0 / 27
 N/A
1978 838,973 50.1%
48 / 91
   48   1st
16 / 27
   16   1st
1982 825,005 45.7%
62 / 120
   14   1st
17 / 27
   1   1st
1986 828,209 39.2%

in alliance with PPC, MCN, UD, LE

48 / 120
   14   2nd
7 / 30
   10   2nd
1990 447,605 23.4%

in alliance with BS and PTD

33 / 120
   15   3rd
2 / 30
   5   3rd
1994 1,244,441 41.9%

in alliance with UD, PRI, BIS, PQD, ASD, PNVC,

57 / 120
   24   1st
15 / 30
   13   1st
1998 1,075,306 51.4%

in alliance with UD, MCN, PPC, BIS

83 / 149
   26   1st
24 / 30
   9   1st
2002 963,735 42.2%

in alliance with UD, ASD, PRN

73 / 150
   10   1st
29 / 30
   5   1st
2006 931,151 31.13%

as part of the GNA

60 / 178
   10   2nd
7 / 32
   22   2nd
2010 1,272,536 38.44%
73 / 183
   13   2nd
0 / 32
   7
2016 336,201 7.83%
16 / 190
   61   4th
1 / 32
   1   4th
2020 220,939 5.52%
4 / 190
   12   4th
0 / 32
   1   5th
2024 92,441 2.17
1 / 190
   3   4th
0 / 32
   4th

References

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  1. ^ "Ruddy González es el nuevo vocero diputados PRD". Proceso. 23 July 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  2. ^ https://n.com.do/2023/08/21/realidad-o-exageracion-padrones-del-prm-pld-fp-y-prd-superan-en-total-los-7-millones-de-militantes/ [bare URL]
  3. ^ a b Guzmán Then, Abel (13 June 2014). "El PRD requiere de una seria reorientación ideológica hacia la izquierda democrática". Diario Libre. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Ramón Alburquerque: El PRD parece un partido neoliberal a la derecha del PLD". elbarahonero.com. November 2010. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Busque sus Diputados" (in Spanish). Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  6. ^ a b c "Oficialismo dominicano gana mayoría legislativa y municipales (Dominican ruling party wins legislative and municipal majority)" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 August 2014.
  7. ^ "PRD deroga de estatutos el artículo 185, que impedía a Vargas postularse a la Presidencia" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Listín Diario. 28 February 2010. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  8. ^ Sprague, 2013
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