2016 Dominican Republic general election information
Election in the Dominican Republic
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2016 Dominican Republic general election
15 May 2016
Registered
6,765,245
Presidential election
← 2012
2020 →
Turnout
69.60%
Candidate
Danilo Medina
Luis Abinader
Party
PLD
PRM
Running mate
Margarita Cedeño
Carolina Mejía
Popular vote
2,847,438
1,613,222
Percentage
61.74%
34.98%
Presidential results by province
President before election
Danilo Medina
PLD
Elected President
Danilo Medina
PLD
Politics of the Dominican Republic
Constitution
Constitutional Court
Law
Legislature
Congress of the Dominican Republic
Chamber of Deputies
President of the Chamber
Radhamés Camacho
Senate
President of the Senate
Reinaldo Pared Pérez
Executive
President of the Dominican Republic(list)
Luis Abinader (PRM)
Vice President of the Dominican Republic
Raquel Peña (PRM)
Cabinet
Judiciary
Supreme Court of the Dominican Republic
National Council of the Magistracy
Council of the Judiciary Branch
National Judicial College
Recent elections
Presidential: 2008
2012
Parliamentary: 2006
2010
General: 2020
2024
Administrative divisions
Provinces
Governors
Municipalities
Geographic Regions
Foreign relations
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister: Miguel Vargas
Diplomatic missions of / in the Dominican Republic
Passports
Visa requirements
Visa policy
Dominican Republic portal
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General elections were held in Dominican Republic on 15 May 2016 to elect a president, vice-president and the Congress, as well as 20 deputies to the Central American Parliament, municipal councils, mayors and vice mayors.[1][2] On 15 May 2015 Roberto Rosario, president of the Central Electoral Board, said that there would be about 4,300 seats up for election in the "most complex elections in history".[3]
^Elections in the Dominican Republic : May 20 Presidential Election Archived October 31, 2014, at the Wayback Machine IFES
^Daily News Archived May 14, 2016, at the Wayback Machine DR1, 13 September 2013
^Falta un año para las elecciones más complejas Archived May 18, 2015, at the Wayback Machine elCaribe, 15 May 2015 (in Spanish)
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