Dominican Republic parliamentary election, 2002

Parliamentary elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 2002.^[1] The result was a victory for the opposition Dominican Revolutionary Party-led alliance, which won 73 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives. Voter turnout was 51.0%.^[2]

Results

Party	Votes	%	House		Senate
			Seats	+/-	Seats	+/-
PRD-UD-ASD-PRN	963,735	42.2	73	-	29	-
PLD-BIS-APD	657,658	28.8	41	-	1	-
PRSC-PPC	556,431	24.4	36	-	2	-
Independent Revolutionary Party	35,859	1.6	0	New	0	New
Democratic Quisqueyano Party	29,969	1.3	0	-	0	-
FR-MIUCA-PNA	14,148	0.6	0	New	0	New
National Civic Veterans Party	12,310	0.5	0	New	0	New
Christian Democratic Union	4,946	0.2	0	New	0	New
Dominican Workers' Party and allies	2,792	0.1	0	New	0	New
MIUCA-PRN	5,561	0.2	0	0	0	0
National Unity Party			0	New	0	New
MISAR			0	New	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	88,182	-	-	-	-	-
Total	2,371,591	100	150	+1	32	+2
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