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National Renaissance Party (Dominican Republic)
The National Renaissance Party ( es, Partido Renacentista Nacional) is a minor political party in the Dominican Republic. It first contested national elections in 1994, Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p251 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. For the 2002 elections it was part of the victorious Dominican Revolutionary Party-led alliance. It ran alone in the 2006 elections The following elections occurred in the year 2006. * Elections in 2006 * Electoral calendar 2006 * 2006 Acehnese regional election * 2006 American Samoan legislative election * 2006 Bahraini parliamentary election * 2006 Costa Rican president ..., but received only 0.1% of the national vote, failing to win a seat. References Political parties in the Dominican Republic {{DominicanRepublic-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ideological or policy goals. Political parties have become a major part of the politics of almost every country, as modern party organizations developed and spread around the world over the last few centuries. It is extremely rare for a country to have Non-partisan democracy, no political parties. Some countries have Single-party state, only one political party while others have Multi-party system, several. Parties are important in the politics of autocracies as well as democracies, though usually democracies have more political parties than autocracies. Autocracies often have a single party that governs the country, and some political scientists consider competition between two or more parties to be an essential part of democracy. Part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with Haiti, making Hispaniola one of only two Caribbean islands, along with Saint Martin, that is shared by two sovereign states. The Dominican Republic is the second-largest nation in the Antilles by area (after Cuba) at , and third-largest by population, with approximately 10.7 million people (2022 est.), down from 10.8 million in 2020, of whom approximately 3.3 million live in the metropolitan area of Santo Domingo, the capital city. The official language of the country is Spanish. The native Taíno people had inhabited Hispaniola before the arrival of Europeans, dividing it into five chiefdoms. They had constructed an advanced farming and hunting society, and were in the process of becoming an organized civilization. The Taínos also in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Dominican Republic General Election
General elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 1994. Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p247 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%.Nohlen, p248 Despite reforms after the 1990 elections, including a new electoral roll, these elections were also branded fraudulent.Nohlen, p242 Following the election an agreement known as the Pact for Democracy (''Pacto por la Democracia'') 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). Results President Congress References {{Dominican Republic elections Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Grea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dieter Nohlen
Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An expert on electoral system An electoral system or voting system is a set of rules that determine how elections and referendums are conducted and how their results are determined. Electoral systems are used in politics to elect governments, while non-political elections ma ...s and political development, he has published several books. IDEA Bibliography Books published by Nohlen include: *''Electoral systems of the world'' (in German, 1978) *''Lexicon of politics'' (seven volumes) *''Elections and Electoral Systems'' (1996) *''Electi ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Dominican Republic Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 1998. Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p247 The result was a victory for the opposition Dominican Revolutionary Party-led alliance, which won 83 of the 149 seats in the House of Representatives. Voter turnout was 52.9%.Nohlen, p248 Results References {{Dominican Republic elections Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with ... 1998 in the Dominican Republic Elections in the Dominican Republic Election and referendum articles with incomplete results May 1998 events in North America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Dominican Republic Presidential Election
Presidential elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 2000. Nohlen, Dieter (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p247 A runoff was to have taken place on 30 June between first-place finisher Hipólito Mejía of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) and runner-up Danilo Medina of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD); former president Joaquín Balaguer of the Social Christian Reformist Party (PRSC) finished third. However, Medina pulled out of the runoff after concluding he did not have enough support to overcome Mejía's first-round lead, handing the presidency to Mejía. Voter turnout was 76.1%.Nohlen, p264 Background The last presidential election in 1996 saw Leonel Fernández of the PLD elected as President. He defeated José Francisco Peña Gómez of the PRD in the runoff after incumbent President Joaquín Balaguer, told his supporters to back Fernández. His party's candidate, then Vice President Jacinto Peynado had come in third p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Dominican Republic Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 2002. Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p247 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%.Nohlen, p248 Results References {{Dominican Republic elections Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with ... 2002 in the Dominican Republic Elections in the Dominican Republic Election and referendum articles with incomplete results May 2002 events in North America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominican Revolutionary Party
The Dominican Revolutionary Party ( es, link=no, Partido Revolucionario Dominicano, PRD) is a political party in the Dominican Republic. Traditionally a left-of-centre party and social democratic in nature, the party has shifted since the 2000s toward the political centre. The party's distinctive color is white. Traditionally, the party has two presidents: the "Titular President" and the "Acting President" (and actually, a sort of Vice-President); until 2010 the presidents and the Secretary-General were proscribed to run for any elected office. The party was founded in 1939 by several Dominican expatriated exiles living in Havana, Cuba, led by Juan Bosch. It was then established in the Dominican Republic on 5 July 1961. It was the first Dominican party based on populist and democratic leftist principles and an organization based on mass membership. Bosch was elected president in 1962 in what is generally believed to be the first honest election in the country's history. Bos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Dominican Republic Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 2006. Inter-Parliamentary Union They were won by the led by the , which took 96 of the 178 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 22 of the 32 Senate seats. Results References {{Dominican Republic elections[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
