1982_Dominican_Republic_general_election

1982 Dominican Republic general election
	Presidential election
	Results by department
President before election; Antonio Guzmán; PRD	Elected President ; Salvador Jorge Blanco; PRD

1982 Dominican Republic general election

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General elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 1982.^[1] Salvador Jorge Blanco of the Dominican Revolutionary Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary elections. Voter turnout was 71.6%.^[2]

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Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Salvador Jorge Blanco	Dominican Revolutionary Party	854,868	46.70
	Joaquín Balaguer	Reformist Party	706,951	38.62
	Juan Bosch	Dominican Liberation Party	179,849	9.82
	Elías Wessin y Wessin	Democratic Quisqueyano Party	35,355	1.93
	Narciso Isa Conde [es]	Dominican Communist Party	18,481	1.01
	Rafael Taveras	Anti-Imperialist Patriotic Union	15,250	0.83
	José Rafael Abinader	Social Democratic Alliance	9,208	0.50
Two other candidates			10,768	0.59
Total			1,830,730	100.00

Valid votes			1,830,730	97.03
Invalid/blank votes			56,039	2.97
Total votes			1,886,769	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			2,601,684	72.52
Source: Nohlen


Party		Votes	%	Seats
Party		Votes	%	House	+/–	Senate	+/–
	Dominican Revolutionary Party	825,005	45.66	62	+14	17	+6
	Reformist Party	656,904	36.36	50	+7	10	–6
	Dominican Liberation Party	174,464	9.66	7	+1	0	0
	Democratic Quisqueyano Party	35,185	1.95	0	0	0	0
	National Civic Veterans Party	28,354	1.57	0	New	0	New
	Constitutional Action Party	18,360	1.02	1	New	0	New
	Anti-Imperialist Patriotic Union	12,979	0.72	0	New	0	New
	Dominican Communist Party	12,101	0.67	0	0	0	0
	Social Democratic Alliance	8,578	0.47	0	0	0	0
	Socialist Bloc	7,917	0.44	0	New	0	New
	National Civic Union [es]	7,896	0.44	0	0	0	0
	Movement for Socialism	7,193	0.40	0	New	0	New
	Movement of Democratic Integration	6,886	0.38	0	0	0	0
	National Action Party	3,522	0.19	0	New	0	New
	Other parties	1,483	0.08	0	–	0	–
Total		1,806,827	100.00	120	+29	27	0

Valid votes		1,806,827	96.99
Invalid/blank votes		56,039	3.01
Total votes		1,862,866	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,601,684	71.60
Source: Nohlen

1982 Dominican Republic general election