Dominican Republic presidential election, 1996

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Presidential elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 1996, with a second round on 30 June.^[1] Whilst José Francisco Peña Gómez won the most votes in the first round, he was defeated by Leonel Fernández in the second after the Social Christian Reformist Party, whose candidate had lost in the first round, declared their support for Fernández.^[2] Voter turnout was 78.6% in the first round and 76.8% in the second.^[3]

Results

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
		Votes	%	Votes	%
José Francisco Peña Gómez	Dominican Revolutionary Party	1,333,925	45.9	1,394,641	48.7
Leonel Fernández	Dominican Liberation Party	1,130,523	38.9	1,466,382	51.3
Jacinto Peynado	Social Christian Reformist Party	435,504	15.0
José Rafael Abinader	Social Democratic Alliance	3,907	0.1
Invalid/blank votes		45,120	-	19,402	-
Total		2,948,979	100	2,880,425	100
Source: Nohlen

References

1. ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p247 ISBN 9780199283576
2. ^ Nohlen, p242
3. ^ Nohlen, p248