2004 Dominican Republic presidential election

none Dominican Republic presidential 2000 Dominican Republic presidential election 2000 16 May 2004 2008 Dominican Republic presidential election 2008 130x130px 72.84% ( 3.30pp) Leonel Fernandez Reyna.jpg Leonel Fernández Dominican Liberation Party 2,063,871 57.11% Hipolito mejia (cropped).jpg Hipólito Mejía Dominican Revolutionary Party 1,215,928 33.65% Eduardo Estrella2.jpg Eduardo Estrella Social Christian Reformist Party 312,493 8.65% Map Electoral Dominican Republic (2004).svg Results by province President Hipólito Mejía Dominican Revolutionary Party Leonel Fernández Dominican Liberation Party Presidential elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 2004.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p247 978-0-19-928357-6 The result was a victory for former president Leonel Fernández, who defeated incumbent Hipólito Mejía. Voter turnout was 72.8%. Candidates Hipólito Mejía, serving president (2000-2004), representing the Dominican Revolutionary Party seeking immediate re-election. Leonel Fernández, president from 1996 to 2000, representing the Dominican Liberation Party seeking a second (non-consecutive) term. Eduardo Estrella of the Social Christian Reformist Party, a former senator and advisor to ex-president Joaquín Balaguer. Opinion polls in the run-up to election day showed Fernández leading with 54%, Mejía on 27%, and Estrella on 14%. In the previous weeks, however, Mejía had been gaining support while Fernández's numbers had been falling and, as a result, at one point it seemed possible that a second round run-off vote would have to be held between the two top candidates. Fernández's final result, in excess of 50%, meant that the second round was not necessary. Overseas voting The Dominican Republic introduced legislation in 1997 to enable Dominican citizens residing abroad to vote in presidential elections. This was the first time the provisions of that law were put into practice, with some 52,500 registered overseas voters eligible to vote at polling stations set up in several American cities including Miami and New York, as well as Montréal, Caracas, Madrid and Barcelona. Electoral officials noted that 52,500 was only a fraction of the overseas voters actually eligible to vote (one million Dominicans are estimated to live in the United States alone), but that the take-up rate was hampered by a lack of information regarding the necessary formalities and by bureaucratic hurdles (particularly, the requirement that up-to-date national ID cards be presented). Results Leonel Fernández Dominican Liberation Party 2063871 Hipólito Mejía Dominican Revolutionary Party 1215928 Eduardo Estrella Social Christian Reformist Party 312493 Rafael Flores Estrella Force of the Revolution 4737 Ramón Almánzar New Alternative Party 4195 Trajano Santana es Independent Revolutionary Party 3994 Héctor Rafael Peguero Méndez Christian People's Party 3383 Raúl Pérez Peña Party for Authentic Democracy 1834 Ramón Emilio Concepción National Solidarity Movement 1450 Carlos Manuel Bencosme Dominican Social Alliance 1043 Ramón Nelson Didiez Nadal People's Democratic Party 772 43150 5020703 JCE References Category:Presidential elections in the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic Presidential election Dominican