Dominican Republic presidential election, 2008

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A presidential election was held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 2008.

A poll from late October 2007 gave the incumbent Leonel Fernández of the centre-right Dominican Liberation Party 42%, construction tycoon Miguel Vargas Maldonado of the centre-left Dominican Revolutionary Party 30% and Amable Aristy Castro of the populist Social Christian Reformist Party 17%.^{[citation needed] [1]}

A poll from mid-November 2007 saw Fernández at 40.1%, Vargas Maldonado at 30.5%, Aristy Castro at 17.2%, Eduardo Estrella of the Fourth Way at 1.5% and Pedro Candelier of the Popular Alliance Party at 1.1%.^[2]

The latest polls gave the incumbent Fernández 54% of the votes, Vargas 36% and Aristy 9% as of late April 2008.^[3]

On 17 May, preliminary results from the Central Electoral Commission, based on 91% of precincts, showed that Fernández was reelected with 54% of the vote, while Vargas had 40% and Aristy 5%. Fernández declared victory, while Vargas conceded defeat; the Organization of American States congratulated Fernández.^[4]

The result ended in a victory for the Dominican Liberation Party and its candidate, Dr. Leonel Fernández.

e • d Summary of the 16 May 2008 Dominican Republic presidential election results

Candidates – Parties	Votes	%
Leonel Fernández – Dominican Liberation Party and allies (Partido de la Liberación Dominicana y aliados)	2,199,734	53.83
Miguel Vargas – Dominican Revolutionary Party and allies (Partido Revolucionario Dominicano y aliados)	1,654,066	40.48
Amable Aristy Castro – Social Christian Reformist Party (Partido Reformista Social Cristiano)	187,645	4.59
Eduardo Estrella – Revolutionary Social Democratic Party and allies (Partido Revolucionario Social Demócrata y aliados)	19,309	0.47
Guillermo Moreno – Movement for Independence, Unity and Change (Movimiento Independencia, Unidad y Cambio)	18,136	0.44
Pedro de Jesús Candelier – Popular Alliance Party (Partido Alianza Popular)	6,118	0.15
Trajano Santana – Independent Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Independiente)	1,533	0.04
Total (turnout 70.67 %)	4,086,541	100.00%
Source: Junta Central Electoral

References

1. ^ "Fernández Could Win Again in Dominican Republic", Angus Reid Global Monitor, November 20, 2007.
2. ^ "Fernández Stays Ahead of Challengers in DR", Angus Reid Global Monitor, December 9, 2007.
3. ^ "Fernández is Frontrunner in Dominican Ballot", Angus Reid Global Monitor, May 14, 2008.
4. ^ "Dominican Republic president declares re-election victory with 54 percent of vote", Associated Press (International Herald Tribune), 17 May 2008.