2016 Dominican Republic general election

2016 Dominican Republic general election

15 May 2016
Registered6,765,245
Presidential election
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Turnout69.60% (Decrease 0.63pp)
 
Danilo Medina en 2016.jpg
Luis Abinader in 2021.jpg
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

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]

  1. ^ Elections in the Dominican Republic : May 20 Presidential Election Archived October 31, 2014, at the Wayback Machine IFES
  2. ^ Daily News Archived May 14, 2016, at the Wayback Machine DR1, 13 September 2013
  3. ^ Falta un año para las elecciones más complejas Archived May 18, 2015, at the Wayback Machine elCaribe, 15 May 2015 (in Spanish)