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Political party in the Dominican Republic

Dominican Revolutionary Party

Partido Revolucionario Dominicano

Abbreviation| PRD
President| Miguel Vargas
General Secretary| Tony Peña Guaba (2014–present)
Spokesperson| Ruddy González (2014–present)[1]
Founder| Juan Bosch
Founded| January 21, 1939; 86 years ago (1939-01-21)
Headquarters| Avenida Jiménez Moya, Santo Domingo
Youth wing| Juventud Revolucionaria Dominicana
Membership (2023)| 280,000[2]
Ideology| Populism
Factions:
Third Way
Political position| Centre to centre-left[3][4]
Regional affiliation| Center-Democratic Integration Group
Continental affiliation| COPPPAL
São Paulo Forum
International affiliation| Socialist International
Colours|  White
Light blue (customary)
Slogan| Soberania Nacional, Libertad, Democracia y Justicia Social (National Sovereignty, Freedom, Democracy and Social Justice)
Anthem|

"Himno del Partido Revolucionario Dominicano"
"Hymn of Dominican Revolutionary Party"

Chamber of Deputies[5]|

4 / 190

Senate[6]|

0 / 32

Mayors[6]|

3 / 158

Central American Parliament[6]|

0 / 20

Website
www.miprd.org

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The Dominican Revolutionary Party (Spanish: Partido Revolucionario Dominicano, PRD) is a political party in the Dominican Republic. Traditionally a left-of-centre party and social democratic in nature, the party has shifted since the 2000s toward the political centre.[3][4] The party's distinctive color is white. Traditionally, the party has two presidents: the "Titular President" and the "Acting President" (and actually, a sort of Vice-President); until 2010 the presidents and the Secretary-General were proscribed to run for any elected office.[7]

The party was founded in 1939 by several Dominican expatriated exiles living in Havana, Cuba, led by Juan Bosch. It was then established in the Dominican Republic on 5 July 1961. It was the first Dominican party based on populist and democratic leftist principles and an organization based on mass membership. Bosch was elected president in 1962 in what is generally believed to be the first honest election in the country's history. Bosch later left the party in a dispute over its ideological direction and founded the Dominican Liberation Party on 16 December 1973.[clarification needed]

The PRD has won the presidency three other times—in 1978 (Antonio Guzmán), 1982 (Salvador Jorge Blanco) and 2000 (Hipólito Mejía).

At the legislative elections, on 16 May 2002, the party won 41.9% of the popular vote and 73 out of 150 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 29 out of 31 seats in the Senate of the Dominican Republic. Its candidate at the presidential election on 16 May 2004, Hipólito Mejía, won 33.6% of the votes, failing to win a second term.

In the 16 May 2006 legislative elections, the party formed together with its traditional opponent, the Social Christian Reformist Party, and others the Grand National Alliance, that won 82 out of 178 deputies and 10 out of 32 senators. The Dominican Revolutionary Party led the alliance, however, winning about 60 seats in the chamber of deputies and 6 in the Senate.[clarification needed]

The party has been criticized for involvement in corruption, allowing right-wing paramilitary groups to operate from its soil for attacks launched into Haiti, and for becoming an increasingly conservative party serving the interests of transnational capital over the poor majority. The last PRD president, Hipólito Mejía, has been especially criticized for supporting the Iraq War.[8]

## Election history

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Party logo until 2023 rebranding

### Presidential elections

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Election  | Party candidate  | First round  | Second round  | Result

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Votes  | %  | Votes  | %
1962 | Juan Bosch | 628,044  | 59.5%  |  |  | Elected Y
1966 | 525,230  | 39.0%  |  |  | Lost N
1970 | Did not contest election
1974
1978 | Antonio Guzmán Fernández | 866,912  | 52.4%  |  |  | Elected Y
1982 | Salvador Jorge Blanco | 854,868  | 46.7%  |  |  | Elected Y
1986 | Jacobo Majluta | 828,209  | 39.2%  |  |  | Lost N
1990 | José Francisco Peña Gómez | 449,399  | 23.33%  |  |  | Lost N
1994 | 1,253,179  | 41.6%  |  |  | Lost N
1996 | 1,130,523  | 38.9%  | 1,394,641  | 48.7%  | Lost N
2000 | Hipólito Mejía | 1,593,231  | 49.87%  |  |  | Elected Y
2004 | 1,215,928  | 33.7%  |  |  | Lost N
2008 | Miguel Vargas | 1,654,066  | 40.48%  |  |  | Lost N
2012 | Hipólito Mejía | 2,130,189  | 46.95%  |  |  | Lost N
2016 | Endorsed Danilo Medina (PLD)  | 2,847,438  | 61.74%  |  |  | Elected Y
2020 | Endorsed Gonzalo Castillo (PLD)  | 1,536,989  | 37.46%  |  |  | Lost N
2024 | Miguel Vargas | 19,790  | 0.45%  |  |  | Lost N

### Congressional elections

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Election  | Votes  | %  | Chamber seats  | +/–  | Position  | Senate seats  | +/–  | Position

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1962 | 592,088  | 56.5%  |

49 / 74

|  49  |  1st  |

22 / 27

|  22  |  1st
1966 | 494,570  | 36.8%  |

26 / 91

|  23  |  2nd  |

5 / 91

|  17  |  2nd
1970 | Did not contest election  |

0 / 91

|  26  | N/A |

0 / 27

|  5  | N/A
1974 |

0 / 91

|  | N/A |

0 / 27

|  | N/A
1978 | 838,973  | 50.1%  |

48 / 91

|  48  |  1st  |

16 / 27

|  16  |  1st
1982 | 825,005  | 45.7%  |

62 / 120

|  14  |  1st  |

17 / 27

|  1  |  1st
1986 | 828,209  | 39.2%

in alliance with PPC, MCN, UD, LE

48 / 120

|  14  |  2nd  |

7 / 30

|  10  |  2nd
1990 | 447,605  | 23.4%

in alliance with BS and PTD

33 / 120

|  15  |  3rd  |

2 / 30

|  5  |  3rd
1994 | 1,244,441  | 41.9%

in alliance with UD, PRI, BIS, PQD, ASD, PNVC,

57 / 120

|  24  |  1st  |

15 / 30

|  13  |  1st
1998 | 1,075,306  | 51.4%

in alliance with UD, MCN, PPC, BIS

83 / 149

|  26  |  1st  |

24 / 30

|  9  |  1st
2002 | 963,735  | 42.2%

in alliance with UD, ASD, PRN

73 / 150

|  10  |  1st  |

29 / 30

|  5  |  1st
2006 | 931,151  | 31.13%

as part of the GNA

60 / 178

|  10  |  2nd  |

7 / 32

|  22  |  2nd
2010 | 1,272,536  | 38.44%  |

73 / 183

|  13  |  2nd  |

0 / 32

|  7  |
2016 | 336,201  | 7.83%  |

16 / 190

|  61  |  4th  |

1 / 32

|  1  |  4th
2020 | 220,939  | 5.52%  |

4 / 190

|  12  |  4th  |

0 / 32

|  1  |  5th
2024 | 92,441  | 2.17  |

1 / 190

|  3  |  4th  |

0 / 32

|  |  4th

## References

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1. ^ "Ruddy González es el nuevo vocero diputados PRD". Proceso. 23 July 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
2. ^ "¿Realidad o exageración? Padrones del PRM, PLD, FP y PRD superan en total los 7 millones de militantes". 21 August 2023.
3. ^ a b Guzmán Then, Abel (13 June 2014). "El PRD requiere de una seria reorientación ideológica hacia la izquierda democrática". Diario Libre. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
4. ^ a b "Ramón Alburquerque: El PRD parece un partido neoliberal a la derecha del PLD". elbarahonero.com. November 2010. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
5. ^ "Busque sus Diputados" (in Spanish). Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
6. ^ a b c "Oficialismo dominicano gana mayoría legislativa y municipales (Dominican ruling party wins legislative and municipal majority)" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 August 2014.
7. ^ "PRD deroga de estatutos el artículo 185, que impedía a Vargas postularse a la Presidencia" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Listín Diario. 28 February 2010. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
8. ^ Sprague, 2013

* Sprague, Jeb (2013) La Española, sus coaliciones y la solidaridad entre sus fronteras. In English here: Dominican Republic News
* http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/88549 Island of Hispaniola: Coalitions and cross-border solidarity

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