The People's Democratic Party () is a minor
political party in the
Dominican Republic. It first contested national elections in
1974
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,
[ Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p251 ] when it provided the main opposition to the ruling
Reformist Party due to the
Dominican Revolutionary Party not contesting the elections. Its candidate, Luis Homero Lajara Burgos, received 15% of the vote in the presidential election, whilst the party won three seats in the House of Representatives. In
1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
many of the opposition parties returned to the electoral scene. Burgos received only 0.4% of the vote in the presidential election, whilst the party lost all three seats in the House of Representatives after a similar result in the Congressional elections.
In
1994
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it formed an alliance with the
Social Christian Reformist Party. Whilst the PRSC's candidate won the presidential election, the alliance was defeated by the
Dominican Revolutionary Party-led coalition in the Congressional elections. 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 presidenti ...
it was part of the defeated
Grand National Alliance.
References
Political parties in the Dominican Republic
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