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Political party in the Dominican Republic

Dominican Revolutionary Party Partido Revolucionario Dominicano Abbreviation PRD President Miguel Vargas General Secretary Danilo Rafael Santos Spokesperson Ruddy González (2014–present)[1] Founder Juan Bosch Founded January 21, 1939; 87 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 Politics of the Dominican Republic Political parties Elections

The **Dominican Revolutionary Party** (Spanish: *Partido Revolucionario Dominicano*, **PRD**) is a [political party](/source/List_of_political_parties_in_the_Dominican_Republic) in the [Dominican Republic](/source/Dominican_Republic). Traditionally a [left-of-centre](/source/Centre-left_politics) party and [social democratic](/source/Social_democracy) in nature, the party has shifted since the 2000s toward the political [centre](/source/Centrism).[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](/source/Havana), [Cuba](/source/Cuba), led by [Juan Bosch](/source/Juan_Bosch_(politician)). 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](/source/Dominican_Liberation_Party) on 16 December 1973.[*[clarification needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify)*]

The PRD has won the presidency three other times—in 1978 ([Antonio Guzmán](/source/Antonio_Guzm%C3%A1n_Fern%C3%A1ndez)), 1982 ([Salvador Jorge Blanco](/source/Salvador_Jorge_Blanco)) and [2000](/source/2000_Dominican_Republic_presidential_election) ([Hipólito Mejía](/source/Hip%C3%B3lito_Mej%C3%ADa)).

At the [legislative elections](/source/2002_Dominican_Republic_parliamentary_election), on 16 May 2002, the party won 41.9% of the popular vote and 73 out of 150 seats in the [Chamber of Deputies](/source/Chamber_of_Deputies_of_the_Dominican_Republic) and 29 out of 31 seats in the [Senate of the Dominican Republic](/source/Senate_of_the_Dominican_Republic). Its candidate at the [presidential election](/source/2004_Dominican_Republic_presidential_election) on 16 May 2004, [Hipólito Mejía](/source/Hip%C3%B3lito_Mej%C3%ADa), won 33.6% of the votes, failing to win a second term.

In the 16 May 2006 [legislative elections](/source/Elections_in_the_Dominican_Republic), the party formed together with its traditional opponent, the [Social Christian Reformist Party](/source/Social_Christian_Reformist_Party), and others the [Grand National Alliance](/source/Grand_National_Alliance_(Dominican_Republic)), 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify)*]

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](/source/Hip%C3%B3lito_Mej%C3%ADa), has been especially criticized for supporting the [Iraq War](/source/Iraq_War).[8]

## Election history

Party logo until 2023 rebranding

### Presidential elections

Election Party candidate First round Second round Result 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

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

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Ruddy González es el nuevo vocero diputados PRD"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140808055933/http://proceso.com.do/politica/24910-ruddy-gonzalez-es-el-nuevo-vocero-diputados-prd.html). Proceso. 23 July 2014. Archived from [the original](http://proceso.com.do/politica/24910-ruddy-gonzalez-es-el-nuevo-vocero-diputados-prd.html) on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["¿Realidad o exageración? Padrones del PRM, PLD, FP y PRD superan en total los 7 millones de militantes"](https://n.com.do/2023/08/21/realidad-o-exageracion-padrones-del-prm-pld-fp-y-prd-superan-en-total-los-7-millones-de-militantes/). 21 August 2023.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-DiarioLibre_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-DiarioLibre_3-1) Guzmán Then, Abel (13 June 2014). ["El PRD requiere de una seria reorientación ideológica hacia la izquierda democrática"](http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias/2014/06/13/i654851_prd-requiere-una-seria-reorientacin-ideolgica-hacia-izquierda-democrtica.html). Diario Libre. Retrieved 8 August 2014.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Barahonero_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Barahonero_4-1) ["Ramón Alburquerque: El PRD parece un partido neoliberal a la derecha del PLD"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140810115733/http://www.barahonero.com/2010/11/ramon-alburquerque-el-prd-parece-un.html). *elbarahonero.com*. November 2010. Archived from [the original](http://www.barahonero.com/2010/11/ramon-alburquerque-el-prd-parece-un.html) on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Busque sus Diputados"](http://www.camaradediputados.gob.do/app/app_2011/cd_diputados_new.aspx?gen=&bloque=PRD&circ=&prov=&ordmode=&ordid=) (in Spanish). Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic. Retrieved 16 August 2014.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-El-Universal_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-El-Universal_6-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-El-Universal_6-2) ["Oficialismo dominicano gana mayoría legislativa y municipales (Dominican ruling party wins legislative and municipal majority)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140814013637/http://www.eluniversal.com/2010/05/20/int_ava_oficialismo-dominica_20A3895177) (in Spanish). Archived from [the original](http://www.eluniversal.com/2010/05/20/int_ava_oficialismo-dominica_20A3895177.shtml) on 14 August 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["PRD deroga de estatutos el artículo 185, que impedía a Vargas postularse a la Presidencia"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140812172243/http://www.listindiario.com/la-republica/2010/2/28/133189/PRD-deroga-de-estatutos-el-articulo-185-que-impedia-a-Vargas-postularse-a) (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: [Listín Diario](/source/List%C3%ADn_Diario). 28 February 2010. Archived from [the original](http://www.listindiario.com/la-republica/2010/2/28/133189/PRD-deroga-de-estatutos-el-articulo-185-que-impedia-a-Vargas-postularse-a) on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Sprague, 2013

- Sprague, Jeb (2013) [La Española, sus coaliciones y la solidaridad entre sus fronteras](http://www.rebelion.org/noticia.php?id=172259). In English here: [Dominican Republic News](http://www.shark.cc/Categories_Dominican_Republic_15.html/)

- [http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/88549](http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/88549) Island of Hispaniola: Coalitions and cross-border solidarity

## External links

- [Official website](http://prd.org.do/) (in Spanish)

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