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National Unity Party (Dominican Republic)
The National Unity Party () is a minor political party in the Dominican Republic. It first contested national elections in 2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ..., Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p251 when it received less than 1% of the vote and failed to win a seat. At the 2006 parliamentary election it was part of the defeated Grand National Alliance. 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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
Grand National Alliance (Dominican Republic)
The Grand National Alliance (), commonly known as the "Alianza Rosada" (''Pink Alliance''), was a one-time electoral alliance in the Dominican Republic. The alliance was led by the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) and the Social Christian Reformist Party (PRSC). It lost the 16 May 2006 legislative elections. Outcome The electoral alliance was led by then-mayor political parties, the PRD (''El Partido Blanco'' - The "White" Party) and the PRSC (''El Partido Colorado'' - The "Reddish" Party), hence it was referred by its own organizers as the Pink Alliance (Pink being a combination of red and white). After the elections, the poor performance of the PRSC party left it out so bad that it had one more chance ( the 2008 Dominican Presidential elections) to keep calling itself a major contemporary political party. Even its former presidential candidate, Eduardo Estrella, was first ousted (through alleged internal ballot bribery) and later left the party before the 2008 elections, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
