IFES Election Guide - Election Profile for Dominican Republic

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Chief of State: President Leonel FERN�NDEZ Reyna
Head of Government: President Leonel FERN�NDEZ Reyna
Assembly: Dominican Republic has a bicameral National Congress (Congreso Nacional) consisting of the Senate (Senado) with 32 seats and the Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados) with 178 seats.

The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 4-year term.
In the Senate (Senado) 32 members are elected in single-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms. In the Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados) 178 members are elected by proportional representation to serve 4-year terms.

Leonel FERNÁNDEZ Reyna
Party: Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) / Partido de la Liberacion Dominicana
Miguel VARGAS Maldonado
Party: Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) / Partido Revolucionario Dominicano
Amable Aristy CASTRO
Party: Social Christian Reformist Party (PRSC) / Partido Reformista Social Cristiano
Eduardo ESTRELLA
Party: The Fourth Way (LCV)
Pedro CANDELIER
Party: Popular Alliance Party (PAP)
Trajano SANTANA
Party: Revolutionary Independent Party (PRI) / Partido Revolucionario Independiente
Guillermo MORENO
Party: Independent Movement of Unity and Change (MUCA) / Movimento Independiente Unidad y Cumbio

Presidential elections were last held on May 16, 2004. In this election, Leonel FERN�NDEZ Reyna won with 57.1% of the vote. Rafael Hipolito MEJIA Dominguez received 33.7%, and Eduardo ESTRELLA received 8.7%.