2024 Dominican Republic general election

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2024 Dominican Republic general election

19 May 2024
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Turnout54.37% (Decrease 0.92 pp)
 
Nominee Luis Abinader Leonel Fernández Abel Martínez [es]
Party PRM FP PLD
Alliance
Dominican Republic Advances
Rescue Dominican Republic
National Progressive Bloc
Running mate Raquel Peña Ingrid Mendóza Zoraíma Cuello
Popular vote 2,507,297 1,259,427 453,468
Percentage 57.44% 28.85% 10.39%

President before election

Luis Abinader
PRM

Elected President

Luis Abinader
PRM

Senate

All 32 seats in the Senate
17 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats +/–
PRM José Ignacio Paliza TBD 24 +7
FP Leonel Fernández TBD 3 +2
PRSC Quique Antún TBD 1 −5
PLR Karina Aristy TBD 1 +1
PPG Antonio Marte TBD 1 New
APD Max Puig TBD 1 +1
PRI Trajano Santana TBD 1 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
President of the Senate before President of the Senate after
Ricardo De los Santos Polanco [es]
PRM
TBD
TBD
Chamber of Deputies

All 190 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
96 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats +/–
PRM José Ignacio Paliza TBD 142 +56
FP Leonel Fernández TBD 28 +25
PLD Danilo Medina TBD 13 −62
PRSC Quique Antún TBD 2 −4
PRD Miguel Vargas TBD 1 −3
PLR Karina Aristy TBD 1 0
ALPAÍS Guillermo Moreno TBD 1 −1
PQDC Elías Wessin Chávez [es] TBD 1 0
PCR Jorge Zorrilla Ozuna TBD 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
President of the Chamber of Deputies before President of the Chamber of Deputies after
Alfredo Pacheco
PRM
TBD
TBD
Central American Parliament

20 Dominican Republic seats in the Central American Parliament
Party Leader % Seats +/–
PRM José Ignacio Paliza 54.14 12 +1
FP Leonel Fernández 21.19 4 +4
PLD Danilo Medina 20.50 4 −4
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Presidential election map

General elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 19 May 2024 to elect a president, vice-president, 32 senators, 190 deputies and 20 PARLACEN deputies.[1][2][3][4]

Incumbent President Luis Abinader won re-election to a second term with a majority of the vote in the first round, eliminating the need for a runoff.

Electoral system[edit]

The President of the Dominican Republic is elected using the two-round system; if no candidate receives 50% + 1 vote, or more, of the total votes, a second-round runoff is held between the two candidates with the highest votes in the first round.

The 32 members of the Senate are elected from the 31 provinces and the Distrito Nacional using first-past-the-post voting.[5]

The 190 members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected in three groups; 178 are elected by proportional representation from 32 multi-member constituencies based on the 31 provinces and the Distrito Nacional, with the number of seats based on the population of each province. A further seven members are elected by proportional representation by Dominican expatriates in three overseas constituencies, and five seats are allocated at the national level to parties that received at least 1% of the vote nationally, giving preference to those that did not win any of the 178 constituency seats.[6]

The 20 seats in the Central American Parliament are elected by proportional representation.

Conduct[edit]

Around eight million people were eligible to vote in this election. Voting began at 07:00 on 19 May and closed at 17:00.[7][8] The process was described as smooth, apart from small irregularities reported by opposition parties.[9]

Candidates[edit]

[10]

Party Presidential candidate Vice presidential candidate
Partido Revolucionario Moderno (PRM) Luis Abinader Raquel Peña
Partido de la Liberación Dominicana (PLD) Abel Martínez Durán [es] Zoraima Cuello
Partido Fuerza del Pueblo (FP) Leonel Fernández Ingrid Mendoza
Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD) Miguel Vargas Joel Díaz Ureña
Frente Amplio (FA) María Teresa Cabrera Jesús Díaz Morán
Movimiento Patria para Todos y Todas (MPT) Fulgencio Severino Francisca Peguero
Partido Generacion de Servidores (PGS) Carlos Peña Nikauly de la Mota
Opción Democrática (OD) Virginia Antares Rodríguez Ico Abreu
Partido Esperanza Democratica (PED) Roque Espaillat José Ernesto Fadul

Campaign[edit]

Among notable issues during the campaign was the effects of the political unrest in Haiti and increased migration from the latter country. During a debate, President Abinader pledged to continue the deportation of illegal immigrants and finish construction of a wall along the border with Haiti. Both Leonel Fernandez and Abel Martínez also supported a harsh stance on migration.[11]

Opinion polls[edit]

Pollster Date(s) Abinader
(PRM)
Martínez [es]
(PLD)
Fernandez
(FP)
AtlasIntel 6–9 May 2024 65.2% 11.5% 17.3%
Acxiona 5–8 May 2024 67.2% 7.22% 21.5%
Gallup-RCC Media 1–4 May 2024 60% 11.1% 24.6%
Markestrategia 15–17 April 2024 67.9% 7.1% 18.4%
Gallup RCC Media 6–9 March 2024 64% 12% 19%
CID Gallup 27–28 February 2024 59% 13% 27%
RD Elige 20–26 February 2024 52.3% 13% 29%
Acxiona 2–5 February 2024 54% 9% 24%
ACD Media 15–18 January 2024 55.1% 10.4% 26.3%
Centro Económico del Cibao 17–18 December 2023 58.2% 9.9% 22.9%
RD Elige 1–9 December 2023 52.9% 16.9% 28.7%
Greenberg-Diario Libre 15–18 November 2023 49% 17% 29%
Markestrategia 12–14 November 2023 57.6% 10.7% 24.6%
Gallup RCC Media 25–29 October 2023 55.2% 13.5% 27.4%
Consulting Research Group 21–23 September 2023 36.3% 30.9% 20.1%
RD Elige 12–16 September 2023 53.1% 16.6% 27.8%
Markestrategia 26–28 August 2023 54.6% 12.5% 24.8%
Acxiona 1–5 August 2023 53.0% 11.0% 22.0%
Markestrategia 19–21 July 2023 55.8% 13.1% 29.1%
Gallup RCC Media 11–14 June 2023 47.7% 19.0% 28.9%
RD Elige 17–20 May 2023 47.3% 21.5% 27.0%
Sondeos 22–30 April 2023 48% 11.0% 31.0%
Gallup RCC Media 1–5 April 2023 48.5% 18.2% 25.9%
RD Elige 14–18 March 2023 44.8% 27.6% 22.4%
Grupo de Investigaciones Digitales 30 January–3 February 2023 49.9% 21.0% 18.0%
Markestrategia 20–22 January 2023 47.7% 14.8% 27.0%
Acxiona 24–28 November 2022 44.0% 17.0% 23.0%

Results[edit]

Preliminary results showed that Abinader had won outright re-election in the first round with around 60% of the vote, while his Modern Revolutionary Party was expected to win a supermajority in the Congress of the Dominican Republic.[9]

Re-elected President Abinader, after obtaining a supermajority in both houses, announced a constitutional reform.

President[edit]

CandidateRunning matePartyVotes%
Luis AbinaderRaquel PeñaModern Revolutionary Party2,507,29757.44
Leonel FernándezIngrid MendozaPeople's Force1,259,42728.85
Abel Martínez [es]Zoraima CuelloDominican Liberation Party453,46810.39
Roque EspaillatJosé Ernesto FadulDemocratic Hope Party59,3961.36
Carlos PeñaNikauly de la MotaGeneration of Servants Party31,5660.72
Virginia Antares RodríguezIco AbreuDemocratic Choice25,2040.58
Miguel VargasJoel Díaz UreñaDominican Revolutionary Party19,7900.45
María Teresa CabreraJesús Díaz MoránBroad Front6,2550.14
Fulgencio SeverinoFrancisca PegueroCountry for All Movement2,7440.06
Total4,365,147100.00
Valid votes4,365,14798.56
Invalid/blank votes63,9321.44
Total votes4,429,079100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,145,54854.37
Source: JCE

Senate[edit]

The Modern Revolutionary Party won a supermajority in the Senate, seeing their seat total increase from 17 to 24.

PartySeats+/–
Modern Revolutionary Party24+7
Dominican Liberation Party0−6
People's Force3+2
Social Christian Reformist Party1−5
Liberal Reformist Party1+1
People First Party1+1
Alliance for Democracy1+1
Independent Revolutionary Party1+1
Dominicans for Change0−1
Total32
Source: Diario Libre (Elections 2024)

Chamber of Deputies[edit]

The Modern Revolutionary Party won a supermajority in the Chamber of Deputies, the first time a political party achieved this in modern Dominican history.

Central American Parliament[edit]

PartyVotes%Seats
Modern Revolutionary Party2,223,17054.1412
People's Force870,24121.194
Dominican Liberation Party842,00820.504
Possible Country35,9930.880
Country Alliance27,3070.660
Generation of Servers25,0970.610
Alliance for Democracy22,2350.540
Revolutionary Social Democratic Party21,5180.520
Democratic Choice19,0430.460
Democratic Hope Party12,3370.300
Homeland For All7,5750.180
Total4,106,524100.0020
Source: JCE (RESOLUCIÓN NO. 42-2024), JCE

Aftermath[edit]

Both Leonel Fernandez and Abel Martínez conceded to Abinader shortly after the release of the result. In his victory speech, Abinader said that the "changes that we’ve made are going to be irreversible”, adding that the "best is yet to come".[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2024 presidential election set for 19 May; municipal election will be on 18 February". DR1.com. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  2. ^ "R.Dominicana celebrará elecciones presidenciales el 19 de mayo de 2024" (in European Spanish). La Propuesta Digital. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Presidente de la JCE asegura que elecciones de 2024 se organizan y pagan en 2023" (in European Spanish). Mirador pCentral. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  4. ^ "En 2023 arranca en República Dominicana el proceso de cara a las elecciones de 2024" (in European Spanish). Listín Diario. 31 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  5. ^ Senado (Senate) IPU
  6. ^ Cámara de Diputados (Chamber of Deputies) IPU
  7. ^ "The day has arrived! Everything you need to know about the presidential and congressional elections being held in the Dominican Republic". Dominican Today. 19 May 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Dominican Republic voters head to the polls with eyes on Haiti crisis". Al Jazeera. 19 May 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  9. ^ a b c "Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader heads to reelection as competitors concede early". Associated Press. 20 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Meet the Candidates: Dominican Republic".
  11. ^ "Haiti's crisis rises to the forefront of elections in neighboring Dominican Republic". Associated Press. 17 May 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.