2000 Dominican Republic presidential election

2000 Dominican Republic presidential election
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Turnout76.14% (Decrease 2.49pp)
 
Nominee Hipólito Mejía Danilo Medina Joaquín Balaguer
Party PRD PLD PRSC
Popular vote 1,593,231 796,923 785,926
Percentage 49.87% 24.94% 24.60%
Results by province
President before election

Leonel Fernández
PLD

Elected President

Hipólito Mejía
PRD

Presidential elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 2000.[1] A runoff was to have taken place on 30 June between first-place finisher Hipólito Mejía of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) and runner-up Danilo Medina of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD); former president Joaquín Balaguer of the Social Christian Reformist Party (PRSC) finished third. However, Medina pulled out of the runoff after concluding he did not have enough support to overcome Mejía's first-round lead, handing the presidency to Mejía.[2] Voter turnout was 76.1%.[3]

  1. ^ Nohlen, Dieter (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p247 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference shuns was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Nohlen, p264