Parliamentary elections were held in the

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 wit ...

on 16 May 2006.Dominican Republic: Cámara de Diputados (Chamber of Deputies)
Inter-Parliamentary Union They were won by the

Progressive Bloc The Progressive Bloc () is an electoral alliance in the Dominican Republic. The alliance is led by the Dominican Liberation Party The Dominican Liberation Party ( Spanish: Partido de la Liberación Dominicana, referred to here by its Spanis ...

led by the

Dominican Liberation Party The Dominican Liberation Party (Spanish: Partido de la Liberación Dominicana, referred to here by its Spanish acronym, the PLD) is a political party in the Dominican Republic. Founded in 1973 by former president Juan Bosch, the party, along ...

, which took 96 of the 178 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 22 of the 32 Senate seats.

Results

References

{{Dominican Republic elections Elections in the Dominican Republic

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May 2006 events in North America