Dominican Republic general election, 1990

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General elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 1990.^[1] Following a long vote count, Joaquín Balaguer of the Social Christian Reformist Party was declared winner of the presidential election,^[2] whilst in the Congressional elections the PSRC received the most votes and won a majority in the Senate, although the Dominican Liberation Party won the most seats in the House of Representatives. Voter turnout was 59.9%.^[3]

Balaguer's victory prompted protests and accusations of fraud.^[4] This led the Central Elections Authority to introduce several reforms to the electoral law in 1992, includin an increase in the number of members of the Authority and the production of a new electoral roll.^[4]

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Joaquín Balaguer	Social Christian Reformist Party	678,065	35.5
Juan Bosch	Dominican Liberation Party	653,595	33.8
José Francisco Peña Gómez	Dominican Revolutionary Party	449,399	23.2
Jacobo Majluta Azar	Independent Revolutionary Party	135,649	7.1
Other candidates		17,815	0.9
Invalid/blank votes		48,356	-
Total		1,982,889	100
Source: Nohlen

Congress

Party	Votes	%	House		Senate
			Seats	+/-	Seats	+/-
PRSC and allies¹	663,127	34.6	41	-	16	-
PLD-UD	625,929	32.7	44	-	12	-
PRD-BS-PTD	447,605	23.4	33	-	2	-
Independent Revolutionary Party	139,769	7.3	2	New	0	New
PPC-MIM	8,081	0.4	0	-	0	-
National Progressive Force	18,539	1.0	0	New	0	New
Constitutional Action Party			0	New	0	New
Communist Party of the Dominican Republic			0	New	0	New
Party of the Dominican People			0	New	0	New
Muica	11,052	0.6	0	New	0	New
MAR			0	New	0	New
Migrelu			0	New	0	New
MFP			0	New	0	New
MIS			0	New	0	New
Movimiento Independient Meta			0	New	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	48,356	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1,962,458	100	120	0	30	0
Source: Nohlen

¹ PRSC allies included the Quisqueyano Democratic Party, La Estructura, the Institutional Democratic Party, the National Civic Veterans Party, MOFEI, Frente Amplio de Organizaciones Comunnales-Futuro Verde, MSDO, FDE, MAIS and Morepma

References

1. ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p247 ISBN 9780199283576
2. ^ Nohlen, p241
3. ^ Nohlen, p248
4. ^ ^{a b} Nohlen, p242