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The Senate (Senado) is the upper house of the Dominican Republic's bicameral National Congress. The lower house is the Chamber of Deputies.
It currently comprises 32 senators who are elected for four-year terms. Congressional elections are held in even numbered years not divisible by four, when the entire Chamber and Senate are replaced.
Latest election
Senators elected in the May 2006 elections
| Senator | Party | Pronvince |
| César Augusto Díaz Filpo | PRD | Ázua |
| Noé Sterling Vásquez | PRSC | Barahona |
| Mario Antonio Torres Ulloa | PRD | Dajabón |
| Reinaldo de las Mercedes Pared Pérez | PLD | D.N. |
| Cristina Altagracia Lizardo Mézquiz | PLD | Santo Domingo |
| Amarilis Santana Cedano de Martínez | PLD | La Romana |
| Diego Aquino Acosta Rojas | PLD | Bahoruco |
| Amilcar Jesús Romero Portuondo | PLD | Duarte |
| Juan Roberto Rodríguez Hernández | PRD | El Seybo |
| Adriano de Jesús Sánchez Roa | PRSC | Elías Piña |
| Andrés Bautista García | PRD | Espaillat |
| Rubén Darío Cruz Ubiera | PLD | Hato Mayor |
| Juan Orlando Mercedes Sena | PLD | Independencia |
| Germán Castro García | PRSC | La Altagracia |
| Euclides Rafael Sánchez Tavárez | PLD | La Vega |
| Jesús Antonio Vásquez Martínez | PRD | María Trinidad Sánchez |
| Félix María Nova Paulino | PLD | Monseñor Nouel |
| Charles Noel Mariotty Tapia | PLD | Monte Plata |
| Mario Jose Luis Cepedes Ruiz | PLD | Neiba |
| Dionis Alfonso Sánchez Carrasco | PLD | Pedernales |
| Wilton Bienvenido Guerrero Dumé | PLD | Peravia |
| Francis Emilio Vargas Francisco | PLD | Puerto Plata |
| Luis René Canaán Rojas | PLD | Salcedo |
| Tommy Alberto Galán Grullón | PLD | San Cristóbal |
| Pedro José Alegría Soto | PRD | San José de Ocoa |
| José Ramón de la Rosa Mateo | PLD | San Juan |
| Alejandro Leonel William Cordero | PLD | San Pedro de Macorís |
| Félix María Vásquez Espinal | PRSC | Sánchez Ramírez |
| Francisco Javier Tadeo Domínguez Brito | PLD | Santiago |
| Antonio de Jesús Cruz Torrres | PLD | Santiago Rodríguez |
| Francisco Radhamés Peña Peña | PLD | Valverde |
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Party strengths in the Senate
The following table shows the composition of the Senate at the start of the most recent legislative periods.
| Party | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 |
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| Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) | |||
| Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) | |||
| Social Christian Reformist Party (PRSC) | |||
| Total |