2002 Dominican Republic parliamentary election

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Parliamentary elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 2002. The result was a victory for the opposition Dominican Revolutionary Party-led alliance, which won 73 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives. Voter turnout was 51.0%.

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats
Party		Votes	%	House	+/–	Senate	+/–
	PRD–UD–ASD–PRN	963,735	42.21	73	–	29	–
	PLD–BIS–APD	657,658	28.80	41	–	1	–
	PRSC–PPC	556,431	24.37	36	–	2	–
	Independent Revolutionary Party	35,859	1.57	0	New	0	New
	Democratic Quisqueyano Party	29,969	1.31	0	–	0	–
	FR–MIUCA–PNA	14,148	0.62	0	New	0	New
	National Civic Veterans Party	12,310	0.54	0	New	0	New
	Christian Democratic Union	4,946	0.22	0	New	0	New
	Dominican Workers' Party and allies	2,792	0.12	0	New	0	New
	MIUCA–PRN	5,561	0.24	0	0	0	0
	National Unity Party			0	New	0	New
	MISAR			0	New	0	New
Total		2,283,409	100.00	150	+1	32	+2

Valid votes		2,283,409	96.28
Invalid/blank votes		88,182	3.72
Total votes		2,371,591	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,647,839	51.03
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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