Dominican Republic general election, 1994

General elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 1994.^[1] Joaquín Balaguer of the Social Christian Reformist Party won the presidential election, whilst the Dominican Revolutionary Party-led alliance won the Congressional elections. Voter turnout was 87.6%.^[2]

Despite reforms after the 1990 elections, including a new electoral roll, these elections were also branded fraudulent.^[3] 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 to be held in 1996 in which Balaguer would not run (for the first time since 1966).^[3]

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Joaquín Balaguer	Social Christian Reformist Party	1,275,460	43.3
José Francisco Peña Gómez	Dominican Revolutionary Party	1,253,179	41.6
Juan Bosch	Dominican Liberation Party	395,653	13.1
Jacobo Majluta Azar	Independent Revolutionary Party	68,910	2.3
Antonio Reynoso	Movement for Independence, Unity and Change	22,548	0.8
Invalid/blank votes		147,646	-
Total		3,163,396	100
Source: Nohlen

Congress

Party	Votes	%	House		Senate
			Seats	+/-	Seats	+/-
PRD-UD-PRI-BIS-PQD-ASD-PNVC	1,244,441	41.9	57	-	15	-
PRSC-PDP	1,160,405	39.1	50	-	14	-
Dominican Liberation Party	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			0	New	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	182,556	-	-	-	-	-
Total	3,150,838	100	120	0	30	0
Source: Nohlen

References

1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p247 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
2. Nohlen, p248
3. Nohlen, p242