General elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 1982.[ 1] Salvador Jorge Blanco of the Dominican Revolutionary Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary elections. Voter turnout was 73% in the presidential election and 72% in the parliamentary election.[ 2]
1982 Dominican Republic general election
Presidential election
Results by department
Candidate Party Votes % Salvador Jorge Blanco Dominican Revolutionary Party 854,868 46.70 Joaquín Balaguer Reformist Party 706,951 38.62 Juan Bosch Dominican Liberation Party 179,849 9.82 Elías Wessin y Wessin Democratic Quisqueyano Party 35,355 1.93 Narciso Isa Conde [es ] Dominican Communist Party 18,481 1.01 Rafael Taveras Anti-Imperialist Patriotic Union 15,250 0.83 José Rafael Abinader Social Democratic Alliance 9,208 0.50 Two other candidates 10,768 0.59 Total 1,830,730 100.00 Valid votes 1,830,730 97.03 Invalid/blank votes 56,039 2.97 Total votes 1,886,769 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 2,601,684 72.52 Source: Nohlen
Party Votes % Seats House +/– Senate +/– Dominican Revolutionary Party 825,005 45.66 62 +14 17 +6 Reformist Party 656,904 36.36 50 +7 10 –6 Dominican Liberation Party 174,464 9.66 7 +1 0 0 Democratic Quisqueyano Party 35,185 1.95 0 0 0 0 National Civic Veterans Party 28,354 1.57 0 New 0 New Constitutional Action Party 18,360 1.02 1 New 0 New Anti-Imperialist Patriotic Union 12,979 0.72 0 New 0 New Dominican Communist Party 12,101 0.67 0 0 0 0 Social Democratic Alliance 8,578 0.47 0 0 0 0 Socialist Bloc 7,917 0.44 0 New 0 New National Civic Union [es ] 7,896 0.44 0 0 0 0 Movement for Socialism 7,193 0.40 0 New 0 New Movement of Democratic Integration 6,886 0.38 0 0 0 0 National Action Party 3,522 0.19 0 New 0 New Other parties 1,483 0.08 0 – 0 – Total 1,806,827 100.00 120 +29 27 0 Valid votes 1,806,827 96.99 Invalid/blank votes 56,039 3.01 Total votes 1,862,866 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 2,601,684 71.60 Source: Nohlen
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