1990 Dominican Republic general election

1990 Dominican Republic general election

16 May 1990 (1990-05-16)

Presidential election

Nominee Joaquín Balaguer Juan Bosch Party PSRC PLD Popular vote 678,065 653,595 Percentage 35.05% 33.79%   Nominee José Francisco Peña Gómez Jacobo Majluta Azar Party PRD PRI Popular vote 449,399 135,659 Percentage 23.23% 7.01%

Presidential election results by province

President before election Joaquín Balaguer PSRC Elected President Joaquín Balaguer PSRC

General elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 1990. Following a long vote count, Joaquín Balaguer of the Social Christian Reformist Party (PSRC) was declared winner of the presidential election, 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.

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

Results

President

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Joaquín Balaguer	Social Christian Reformist Party	678,065	35.05
	Juan Bosch	Dominican Liberation Party	653,595	33.79
	José Francisco Peña Gómez	Dominican Revolutionary Party	449,399	23.23
	Jacobo Majluta	Independent Revolutionary Party	135,659	7.01
	Vincho Castillo	National Progressive Force	6,063	0.31
	José Rafael Abinader	Constitutional Action Party	4,926	0.25
	Roberto Bernardo Saladín Selín	Christian People's Party	4,338	0.22
	Luis Montás	Dominican Communist Party	1,886	0.10
	Rafael Alburquerque	Party of the Dominican People	602	0.03
Total			1,934,533	100.00
Valid votes			1,934,533	97.56
Invalid/blank votes			48,356	2.44
Total votes			1,982,889	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			3,275,570	60.54
Source: Nohlen, Grullón, Ramírez Morillo

Congress

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				House	+/–	Senate	+/–
	Social Christian Reformist Party and allies	663,127	34.64	41	–	16	–
	Dominican Liberation Party–Democratic Unity	625,929	32.70	44	–	12	–
	PRD–BS–PTD	447,605	23.38	33	–	2	–
	Independent Revolutionary Party	139,769	7.30	2	New	0	New
	PPC–MIM	8,081	0.42	0	–	0	–
	National Progressive Force	18,539	0.97	0	New	0	New
	Constitutional Action Party			0	New	0	New
	Dominican Communist Party			0	New	0	New
	Party of the Dominican People			0	New	0	New
	Movement for Independence, Unity and Change	11,052	0.58	0	New	0	New
	MAR			0	New	0	New
	MIGRELU			0	New	0	New
	MFP			0	New	0	New
	MIS			0	New	0	New
Total		1,914,102	100.00	120	0	30	0
Valid votes		1,914,102	97.54
Invalid/blank votes		48,356	2.46
Total votes		1,962,458	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,275,570	59.91
Source: Nohlen