1998 Dominican Republic parliamentary election

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Parliamentary elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 1998. The result was a victory for the opposition Dominican Revolutionary Party-led alliance, which won 83 of the 149 seats in the House of Representatives. Voter turnout was 52.9%.

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats
Party		Votes	%	House	+/–	Senate	+/–
	PRD–UD–PPC–BIS	1,075,306	51.36	83	–	24	–
	Dominican Liberation Party	654,713	31.27	49	+36	4	+3
	PRSC–PQD	351,347	16.78	17	–	2	–
	Institutional Democratic Party	12,320	0.59	0	0	0	0
	Movement of National Reconciliation			0	0	0	0
	Party of the Dominican People			0	0	0	0
	National Renaissance Party			0	0	0	0
Total		2,093,686	100.00	149	+29	30	0

Valid votes		2,093,686	95.88
Invalid/blank votes		90,021	4.12
Total votes		2,183,707	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,129,554	52.88
Source: Nohlen

References

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

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