2010 Dominican Republic parliamentary election

Election in the Dominican Republic March 2020 Parliamentary elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 2010 to elect the 32 members of the Senate and 183 members of the Chamber of Deputies.Dominican Republic Election Guide http://www.electionguide.org/election.php?ID=1486 IFES Election Guide Polls forecasted a victory for the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) of President Leonel Fernández. Before the election, 96 of the 178 Chamber of Deputies seats and 22 of the 32 Senate seats were controlled by the PLD.https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gLIyOCS7ddKdKo5UEaWLrqjE0qawD9FO6TC00 Dominican legislative vote could boost president Lopez Ezequiel Abiu 17 May 2010 Associated Press 17 May 2010June 2024 medicmedic The elections were held alongside local elections in 155 municipalities and elections for 20 seats in the Central American Parliament. The Central American Parliament representatives were being elected for the first time, having previously been appointed to their posts. More than 6 million people were eligible to vote in the election. Conduct The election was conducted amidst sporadic violence with an opposition Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) supporter being killed and three wounded in a clash between government and opposition supporters in San Cristóbal.https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jmd6R91_xSSqxiDnP06ho6eVn3tw https://archive.today/20130124182329/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jmd6R91_xSSqxiDnP06ho6eVn3tw dead 24 January 2013 Bloodshed mars Dominican elections 17 May 2010 AFP 17 May 2010 The dead man was identified as the bodyguard of a PRD mayoral candidate, who was said to have been shot four times with a submachine gun and died in hospital.Three dead as Dominican Republic holds elections http://www.stabroeknews.com/2010/world/05/17/three-dead-as-dominican-republic-holds-elections/ 17 May 2010 Stabroek News 17 May 2010 One of the injured men was the driver for the present mayor. In addition a PLD leader died on 16 May after being surprised whilst purchasing identity documents. A third person had lost their life on 15 May in clashes between PLD and PRD supporters in Samaná. Election commission officials and representatives from the PRD and PLD made appeals for calm during the election. President Leonel Fernández said that the violence would not affect the poll results. An election monitoring mission from the Organization of American States said that it had received complaints of fake or purchased identity documents being used to vote. However, it ratified the election as mostly free and fair. Results 220px220px House +/– Senate +/– Dominican Liberation Party 1380601 93 –3 28 +6 Dominican Revolutionary Party 1272536 73 +13 0 –7 Social Christian Reformist Party 203729 11 –11 4 +1 Alternative Democratic Movement 46630 1 New 0 New Alliance for Democracy 46250 1 +1 0 0 Social Democratic Institutional Bloc 43665 1 +1 0 0 Quisqueyano Christian Democratic Party 37283 0 0 0 0 Movement for Independence, Unity and Change 31584 1 +1 0 0 Christian Democratic Union 30267 0 0 0 0 National Progressive Force 22678 1 New 0 New Revolutionary Social Democratic Party 20838 0 0 0 0 Dominican Humanist Party 18836 0 0 0 0 Dominican Workers' Party 17673 0 0 0 0 Christian People's Party 16340 1 +1 0 0 Dominicans for Change 16045 0 New 0 New People's Democratic Party 15784 0 0 0 0 National Unity Party 13925 0 0 0 0 National Civic Veterans Party 13308 0 0 0 0 Liberal Party of the Dominican Republic 13229 0 0 0 0 Civic Renovation Party 12238 0 New 0 New Liberal Party of Action 11422 0 New 0 New Institutional Democratic Party 9741 0 New 0 New Independent Revolutionary Party 8083 0 0 0 0 Green Socialist Party 6595 0 New 0 New Dominican Social Alliance 560 0 0 0 0 Green Party of Democratic Unity 542 0 0 0 0 140986 +5 0 6116397 JCE Local elections The PLD had 91 mayors elected of the 155 positions. The PRD and Social Christian Reformist Party won 58 and the Partido Popular Cristiano and the Christian Democratic Union won one apiece.Oposición dominicana insiste en fraude y denuncia amenazas de oficialistas Spanish https://www.google.com/hostednews/epa/article/ALeqM5hP39FpP3-3jIiYiw_phv0TFdBjdw https://archive.today/20120905220320/http://www.google.com/hostednews/epa/article/ALeqM5hP39FpP3-3jIiYiw_phv0TFdBjdw dead 5 September 2012 23 May 2010 European Pressphoto Agency 22 May 2010 The PRD blamed the 32 single-seat senate constituencies for their poor showing. The single seats led to a lack of proportionality with them failing to take any despite winning 42% of the vote.Vega rails the Government's corruption; too many provinces http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2010/5/19/35751/Vega-rails-the-Governments-corruption-too-many-provinces 23 May 2010 Dominican Today 19 May 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100523063417/http://dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2010/5/19/35751/Vega-rails-the-Governments-corruption-too-many-provinces 23 May 2010 dmy-all The PRD increased its overall vote share to 42% whilst the PRSC saw its vote share slump to 2% from 24% in 2002. The leader of the opposition PRD has alleged fraud and blackmail were carried out by the ruling PLD. It has been alleged that in some constituencies the number of votes cast exceeded the number of registered voters. A press conference in which the PRD were to have presented evidence of fraud was cancelled with no explanation, while leaders of the PRD have called its current party president to step down.Opposition party unexplainably scrubs presentation of alleged irregularities in polls http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2010/5/20/35763/Opposition-party-unexplainably-scrubs-presentation-of-alleged 23 May 2010 Dominican Today 20 May 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100523063432/http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2010/5/20/35763/Opposition-party-unexplainably-scrubs-presentation-of-alleged 23 May 2010 dmy-all The PRD has established a commission to co-ordinate challenges against the results. References Category:Elections in the Dominican Republic Dominincan R Category:2010 in the Dominican Republic Category:May 2010 in North America