1982 Dominican Republic general election

1982 Dominican Republic general election

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Presidential election

Nominee Salvador Jorge Blanco Joaquín Balaguer Juan Bosch Party PRD PR PLD Popular vote 854,868 706,951 179,849 Percentage 46.70% 38.62% 9.82%

Results by department

President before election Antonio Guzmán PRD Elected President Salvador Jorge Blanco PRD

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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]