General elections were held in the Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...

 on 16 May 1994. Joaquín Balaguer

Joaquín Balaguer

Joaquín Antonio Balaguer Ricardo was the President of the Dominican Republic from 1960 to 1962, from 1966 to 1978, and again from 1986 to 1996.-Early life and introduction to politics:...

 of the Social Christian Reformist Party

Social Christian Reformist Party

The Social Christian Reformist Party is a conservative, christian democratic, economic liberal and a populist party in the Dominican Republic formed by the union of the Partido Reformista and the Partido Revolucionario Social Cristiano...

 won the presidential election, whilst the Dominican Revolutionary Party

Dominican Revolutionary Party

The Dominican Revolutionary Party is one of the main political parties of the Dominican Republic. It has a moderate centrist position, social democratic in name. The party's distinctive color is white....

-led alliance won the Congressional elections. Voter turnout was 87.6%.

Despite reforms after the 1990 elections

Dominican Republic general election, 1990

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 was declared winner of the presidential election, whilst in the Congressional elections the PSRC received the most votes and won a majority in...

, including a new electoral roll, these elections were also branded fraudulent. Following the election an agreement known as the Pacto por la Democracia (Pact for Democracy) was reached, which shortened the presidential term to two years, allowing new elections

Dominican Republic presidential election, 1996

Presidential elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 1996, with a second round on 30 June. Whilst José Francisco Peña Gómez won the most votes in the first round, he was defeated by Leonel Fernández in the second after the Social Christian Reformist Party, whose candidate had lost...

 to be held in 1996 in which Balaguer would not run (for the first time since 1966).

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Joaquín Balaguer Joaquín Balaguer Joaquín Antonio Balaguer Ricardo was the President of the Dominican Republic from 1960 to 1962, from 1966 to 1978, and again from 1986 to 1996.-Early life and introduction to politics:...	Social Christian Reformist Party Social Christian Reformist Party The Social Christian Reformist Party is a conservative, christian democratic, economic liberal and a populist party in the Dominican Republic formed by the union of the Partido Reformista and the Partido Revolucionario Social Cristiano...	1,275,460	43.3
José Francisco Peña Gómez José Francisco Peña Gómez José Francisco Peña Gómez was a politician from the Dominican Republic. He was the leader of the Dominican Revolutionary Party , a three-time candidate for president of the Dominican Republic and former Mayor of Santo Domingo...	Dominican Revolutionary Party Dominican Revolutionary Party The Dominican Revolutionary Party is one of the main political parties of the Dominican Republic. It has a moderate centrist position, social democratic in name. The party's distinctive color is white....	1,253,179	41.6
Juan Bosch Juan Bosch Juan Emilio Bosch Gaviño was a politician, historian, short story writer, essayist, educator, and the first cleanly elected president of the Dominican Republic for a brief time in 1963. Previously, he had been the leader of the Dominican opposition in exile to the dictatorial regime of Rafael...	Dominican Liberation Party Dominican Liberation Party The Dominican Liberation Party is one of the main political parties of the Dominican Republic, and has a centrist position.The party has been elected into office thrice now with Leonel Fernández as President of the Dominican Republic in the 1996, 2004 and 2008 elections, though losing in 2000...	395,653	13.1
Jacobo Majluta Azar Jacobo Majluta Azar Jacobo Majluta Azar was born in Santo Domingo, on 9 October 1934 and died on 2 March 1996. A politician from Dominican Republic of Lebanese descent, he was vice president in the government of President Antonio Guzmán and became president, for 43 days, with the suicide of President Guzmán.He joined...	Independent Revolutionary Party Independent Revolutionary Party The Independent Revolutionary Party is a minor social democratic political party of the Dominican Republic, without parliamentary representation after the 16 May 2006 election.-References:*: Leftist Parties of the World, Dominican Republic. April 25, 2005....	68,910	2.3
Antonio Reynoso	Movement for Independence, Unity and Change Movement for Independence, Unity and Change The Movement for Independence, Unity and Change is a political formation in the Dominican Republic with a leftist-progressive platform. On the May 16th, 2006 parliamentary election it got 9,735 votes , but no seat. In the municipal elections held simulatenously, MIUCA had its best performance in...	22,548	0.8
Invalid/blank votes		147,646
Total		3,163,396	100
Source: Nohlen

Congress

Party	Votes	%	House		Senate
			Seats	+/-	Seats	+/-
PRD Dominican Revolutionary Party The Dominican Revolutionary Party is one of the main political parties of the Dominican Republic. It has a moderate centrist position, social democratic in name. The party's distinctive color is white.... -UD-PRI Independent Revolutionary Party The Independent Revolutionary Party is a minor social democratic political party of the Dominican Republic, without parliamentary representation after the 16 May 2006 election.-References:*: Leftist Parties of the World, Dominican Republic. April 25, 2005.... -BIS Institutional Social Democratic Bloc The Institutional Social Democratic Bloc is a left-wing and social democratic political party of the Dominican Republic. It first contested national elections in 1994 when it was part of a Dominican Revolutionary Party-led alliance that won the Congressional elections... -PQD-ASD-PNVC National Civic Veterans Party The National Civic Veterans Party is a minor political party in the Dominican Republic. It first contested national elections in 1982 when it won 1.6% of the vote, but failed to win a seat. For the 1986 and 1990 elections it was part of the victorious Social Christian Reformist Party-led coalition...	1,244,441	41.9	57
15
PRSC Social Christian Reformist Party The Social Christian Reformist Party is a conservative, christian democratic, economic liberal and a populist party in the Dominican Republic formed by the union of the Partido Reformista and the Partido Revolucionario Social Cristiano... -PDP Popular Democratic Party (Dominican Republic) The Popular Democratic Party is a minor political party in the Dominican Republic. It first contested national elections in 1974, when it provided the main opposition to the ruling Reformist Party due to the Dominican Revolutionary Party not contesting the elections...	1,160,405	39.1	50
14
Dominican Liberation Party Dominican Liberation Party The Dominican Liberation Party is one of the main political parties of the Dominican Republic, and has a centrist position.The party has been elected into office thrice now with Leonel Fernández as President of the Dominican Republic in the 1996, 2004 and 2008 elections, though losing in 2000...	467,617	15.8	13
1
Institutional Democratic Party	95,819	3.2	0
0
Movement of National Reconciliation			0	New	0	New
Party of the Dominican People	0	0	0	0
National Renaissance Party National Renaissance Party (Dominican Republic) The National Renaissance Party is a minor political party in the Dominican Republic. It first contested national elections in 1994, when it failed to win a seat. They again failed to win a seat in 1998, whilst their candidate received less than 1% of the vote in the 2000 presidential elections...	0	New	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	182,556
Total	3,150,838	100	120	0	30	0
Source: Nohlen