The Grand National Alliance (), commonly known as the "Alianza Rosada" (''Pink Alliance''), was a one-time

electoral alliance An electoral alliance (also known as a bipartisan electoral agreement, electoral pact, electoral agreement, electoral coalition or electoral bloc) is an association of political parties or individuals that exists solely to stand in elections. E ...

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 with ...

. The alliance was led by the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) and the Social Christian Reformist Party (PRSC). It lost the 16 May 2006

legislative A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial powers of government. Laws enacted by legislatures are usually known ...

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 Pink is the color of a namesake flower that is a pale tint of red. It was first used as a color name in the late 17th century. According to surveys in Europe and the United States, pink is the color most often associated with charm, politeness, ...

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 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 ideological or p ...

. Even its former presidential candidate,

Eduardo Estrella Rafael Eduardo Estrella Virella (born June 5, 1953) is a civil engineer and Dominican politician, current senator and president of the Senate since 2020. He served as Minister (formerly known as Secretary) of State for Public Works and Communic ...

, was first ousted (through alleged internal ballot bribery) and later left the party before the 2008 elections, on grounds of severe political differences. After the failed alliance, the PRD and the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) are left as the ''

de facto ''De facto'' ( ; , "in fact") describes practices that exist in reality, whether or not they are officially recognized by laws or other formal norms. It is commonly used to refer to what happens in practice, in contrast with ''de jure'' ("by la ...

'' major political parties, changing the Dominican Multiple Party system to a

Two-Party system A two-party system is a political party system in which two major political parties consistently dominate the political landscape. At any point in time, one of the two parties typically holds a majority in the legislature and is usually refe ...

. Defunct political parties in the Dominican Republic Defunct political party alliances in North America Political party alliances in the Dominican Republic {{DominicanRepublic-party-stub