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Dominican Revolutionary Party

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Dominican Revolutionary Party
Partido Revolucionario Dominicano
AbbreviationPRD
PresidentMiguel Vargas
General SecretaryTony Peña Guaba (2014–present)
SpokespersonRuddy González (2014–present)[1]
FounderJuan Bosch
FoundedJanuary 21, 1939; 85 years ago (1939-01-21)
HeadquartersAvenida Jiménez Moya, Santo Domingo
Youth wingJuventud Revolucionaria Dominicana
Membership (2023)280,000[2]
IdeologyPopulism
Factions:
Third Way
Political positionCentre to centre-left[3][4]
Regional affiliationCenter-Democratic Integration Group
Continental affiliationCOPPPAL
São Paulo Forum
International affiliationSocialist International
Colours  White
  Light blue (customary)
SloganSoberania 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

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

Congressional elections

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Election Votes % Chamber seats +/– Position Senate seats +/– Position
1962 592,088 56.5%
49 / 74
 Increase 49 Increase 1st
22 / 27
 Increase 22 Increase 1st
1966 494,570 36.8%
26 / 91
 Decrease 23 Decrease 2nd
5 / 91
 Decrease 17 Decrease 2nd
1970 Did not contest election
0 / 91
 Decrease 26 N/A
0 / 27
 Decrease 5 N/A
1974
0 / 91
 N/A
0 / 27
 N/A
1978 838,973 50.1%
48 / 91
 Increase 48 Increase 1st
16 / 27
 Increase 16 Increase 1st
1982 825,005 45.7%
62 / 120
 Increase 14 Steady 1st
17 / 27
 Increase 1 Steady 1st
1986 828,209 39.2%

in alliance with PPC, MCN, UD, LE

48 / 120
 Decrease 14 Decrease 2nd
7 / 30
 Decrease 10 Decrease 2nd
1990 447,605 23.4%

in alliance with BS and PTD

33 / 120
 Decrease 15 Decrease 3rd
2 / 30
 Decrease 5 Decrease 3rd
1994 1,244,441 41.9%

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

57 / 120
 Increase 24 Increase 1st
15 / 30
 Increase 13 Increase 1st
1998 1,075,306 51.4%

in alliance with UD, MCN, PPC, BIS

83 / 149
 Increase 26 Steady 1st
24 / 30
 Increase 9 Steady 1st
2002 963,735 42.2%

in alliance with UD, ASD, PRN

73 / 150
 Decrease 10 Steady 1st
29 / 30
 Increase 5 Steady 1st
2006 931,151 31.13%

as part of the GNA

60 / 178
 Decrease 10 Decrease 2nd
7 / 32
 Decrease 22 Decrease 2nd
2010 1,272,536 38.44%
73 / 183
 Increase 13 Steady 2nd
0 / 32
 Decrease 7
2016 336,201 7.83%
16 / 190
 Decrease 61 Decrease 4th
1 / 32
 Increase 1 Decrease 4th
2020 220,939 5.52%
4 / 190
 Decrease 12 Steady 4th
0 / 32
 Decrease 1 Decrease 5th
2024 92,441 2.17
1 / 190
 Decrease 3 Steady 4th
0 / 32
 Increase 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
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