Dominican Revolutionary Party
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Dominican Revolutionary Party Partido Revolucionario Dominicano | |
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| Abbreviation | PRD |
| President | Miguel Vargas |
| General Secretary | Tony Peña Guaba (2014–present) |
| First Secretary | Danilo Rafael Junior Santos (until 2014) |
| Presidium | Aníbal Díaz Belliard (2014–present) |
| Spokesperson | Ruddy González (2014–present)[1] |
| Founder | Juan Bosch |
| Founded | 21 January 1939 |
| Headquarters | Avenida Jiménez Moya, Santo Domingo |
| Youth wing | Juventud Revolucionaria Dominicana |
| Ideology | Social democracy[citation needed] Progressivism Populism Left-wing nationalism Factions: Democratic socialism[citation needed] Third Way Social liberalism[citation needed] Liberal conservatism[citation needed] Conservative liberalism |
| Political position | Centre Centre-left[2][3] to centre-right |
| Regional affiliation | Center-Democratic Integration Group |
| Continental affiliation | COPPPAL |
| International affiliation | Socialist International |
| Colours | Light blue (customary) White |
| Slogan | Soberania Nacional, Libertad, Democracia y Justicia Social (National Sovereignty, Freedom, Democracy and Social Justice) |
| Anthem | "Hymn of Dominican Revolutionary Party" |
| Chamber of Deputies[4] | 4 / 190
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| Senate[5] | 0 / 32
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| Mayors[5] | 3 / 158
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| Central American Parliament[5] | 0 / 20
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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.[2][3] 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.[6]
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 July 5, 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 December 16, 1973.
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 the 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 the 16th of 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.[7]
Electoral history[]
Presidential elections[]
| Election | Party candidate | Votes | % | Votes | % | Result |
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| First Round | Second Round | |||||
| 1962 | Juan Bosch | 628,044 | 59.5% | - | - | Elected 
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| 1966 | 525,230 | 39.0% | - | - | Lost 
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| 1970 | Did not contest election | |||||
| 1974 | ||||||
| 1978 | Antonio Guzmán Fernández | 866,912 | 52.4% | - | - | Elected
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| 1982 | Salvador Jorge Blanco | 854,868 | 46.7% | - | - | Elected
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| 1986 | Jacobo Majluta | 828,209 | 39.2% | - | - | Lost
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| 1990 | José Francisco Peña Gómez | 449,399 | 23.33% | - | - | Lost
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| 1994 | 1,253,179 | 41.6% | - | - | Lost
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| 1996 | 1,130,523 | 38.9% | 1,394,641 | 48.7% | Lost
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| 2000 | Hipólito Mejía | 1,593,231 | 49.87% | - | - | Elected
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| 2004 | 1,215,928 | 33.7% | - | - | Lost
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| 2008 | Miguel Vargas | 1,654,066 | 40.48% | - | - | Lost
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| 2012 | Hipólito Mejía | 2,130,189 | 46.95% | - | - | Lost
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| 2016 | Did not contest presidential election | |||||
| 2020 | ||||||
Congressional elections[]
| Election | Votes | % | Chamber seats | +/– | Position | Senate seats | +/– | Position |
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| 1962 | 592,088 | 56.5% | 49 / 74
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 49
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1st
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22 / 27
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22
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1st
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| 1966 | 494,570 | 36.8% | 26 / 91
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 23
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2nd
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5 / 91
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17
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2nd
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| 1970 | Did not contest election | 0 / 91
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26
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N/A | 0 / 27
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5
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N/A | |
| 1974 | 0 / 91
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N/A | 0 / 27
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N/A | ||||
| 1978 | 838,973 | 50.1% | 48 / 91
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48
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1st
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16 / 27
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16
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1st
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| 1982 | 825,005 | 45.7% | 62 / 120
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14
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 1st
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17 / 27
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1
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1st
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| 1986 | 828,209 | 39.2% | 48 / 120
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14
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2nd
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7 / 30
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10
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2nd
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| 1990 | 447,605 | 23.4%
in alliance with and PTD |
33 / 120
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15
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3rd
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2 / 30
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5
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3rd
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| 1994 | 1,244,441 | 41.9% | 57 / 120
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24
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1st
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15 / 30
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13
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1st
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| 1998 | 1,075,306 | 51.4% | 83 / 149
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26
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1st
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24 / 30
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9
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1st
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| 2002 | 963,735 | 42.2%
in alliance with , , PRN |
73 / 150
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10
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1st
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29 / 30
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5
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1st
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| 2006 | 931,151 | 31.13%
as part of the GNA |
60 / 178
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10
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2nd
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7 / 32
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22
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2nd
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| 2010 | 1,272,536 | 38.44% | 73 / 183
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13
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2nd
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0 / 32
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7
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| 2016 | 336,201 | 7.83% | 16 / 190
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61
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4th
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1 / 32
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1
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4th
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| 2020 | 220,939 | 5.52% | 4 / 190
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12
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0 / 32
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1
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5th
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References[]
- ^ "Ruddy González es el nuevo vocero diputados PRD". Proceso. 23 July 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: 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.
- ^ Jump up to: 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.
- ^ "Busque sus Diputados" (in Spanish). Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c [1]
- ^ "PRD deroga de estatutos el artículo 185, que impedía a Vargas postularse a la Presidencia" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Listín Diario. 28 February 2010. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- ^ 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
External links[]
- Official website
(in Spanish)
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