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Contents 1 The parties 1.1 Parties participating in the 2006 elections 1.2 Extra-parliamentary parties 2 See also

The parties

Parties participating in the 2006 elections

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Summary of the 16 May 2006 Congress of the Dominican Republic election results

Parties		Votes	%	Deputies	Senators
Progressive Bloc (Bloque Progresista)	Dominican Liberation Party (Partido de la Liberación Dominicana)	1,387. The Congress of the Dominican Republic is the bicameral legislature of the government of the Dominican Republic, consisting of two houses the Senate and the Parliamentary elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 2006. The Progressive Bloc (Bloque Progresista is an electoral alliance in the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Liberation Party ( Spanish: Partido de la Liberación Dominicana, or PLD) is one of the main political partiy of the 878	46. 4	96	22
	Institutional Social Democratic Bloc (Bloque Institucional Socialdemócrata)	75,872	2. The Institutional Social Democratic Bloc ( Spanish: Bloque Institucional Social Démocrata, or BIS) is a political parties of the Dominican 54
	Alliance for Democracy (Alianza por la Democracia)	46,573	1. The Alliance for Democracy ( Spanish: Alianza por la Democracia, or APD) is a Political party of the Dominican Republic. 56
	Christian Democratic Union (Unión Demócrata Cristiana)	24,868	0. The Christian Democratic Union ( Spanish: Unión Democráta Cristiana, or UDC) is a political parties of the Dominican Republic. 83
	Dominican Workers Party (Partido de los Trabajadores Dominicanos)	16,684	0. The Dominican Workers Party ( Spanish: Partido de los Trabajadores Dominicanos, or PTD) is a Communist party of the Dominican Republic 56
	Liberal Party of the Dominican Republic (Partido Liberal de República Dominicana)	14,456	0. The Liberal Party of the Dominican Republic ( Spanish: Partido Liberal de la República Dominicana or PLRD) is a Political party of the Dominican 48
Grand National Alliance (Gran Alianza Nacional)	Dominican Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Dominicana)	931,151	31. The Grand National Alliance (Gran Alianza Nacional is an electoral alliance in the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Revolutionary Party ( Spanish: Partido Revolucionario Dominicano or PRD is one of the main political parties of the Dominican Republic 13	60	7
	Social Christian Reformist Party (Partido Reformista Social Cristiano)	326,893	10. The Social Christian Reformist Party ( Spanish: Partido Reformista Social Cristiano, PRSC is a conservative populist party in the Dominican Republic formed 93	22	3
	National Unity Party (Partido de Unidad Nacional)	34,755	1. The National Unity Party (Partido de Unidad Nacional is a minor Political party of the Dominican Republic. 16
	Quisqueyano Christian Democratic Party (Partido 'Quisqueyano Demócrata Cristiano')	23,929	0. The Quisqueyano Christian Democratic Party (Partido Quisqueyano Demócrata Cristiano is a minor Political party of the Dominican Republic. 80
	Green Party of Democratic Unity (Partido Verde de la Unidad Democrática)	14,623	0. The Green Party of Democratic Unity (Partido Verde de la Unidad Democrática is a minor Political party of the Dominican Republic. 49
	National Civic Veterans Party (Partido Nacional de Veteranos y Civiles)	11,984	0. The National Civic Veterans Party (Partido Nacional de Veteranos y Civiles is a minor Political party of the Dominican Republic. 40
	Dominican Social Alliance (Alianza Social Dominicana)	6,033	0. The Dominican Social Alliance (Alianza Social Dominicana is a minor Political party of the Dominican Republic. 20
	Popular Democratic Party (Partido Demócrata Popular )	5,400	0. The Popular Democratic Party (Partido Demócrata Popular is a minor Political party of the Dominican Republic. 18
	Christian People's Party (Partido Popular Cristiano)	4,793	0. The Christian People's Party (Partido Popular Cristiano is a minor Political party of the Dominican Republic. 16
Others	Revolutionary Social Democratic Party (Partido Revolucionario Social Demócrata)	45,744	1. The Revolutionary Social Democratic Party (Partido Revolucionario Social Demócrata is a minor Political party of the Dominican Republic, despite winning 1 53	-	-
	Movement for Independence, Unity and Change (Movimiento Independencia, Unidad y Cambio)	8,538	0. The Movement for Independence Unity and Change (Movimiento Independencia Unidad y Cambio is a political formation in the Dominican Republic with a leftist-progressive platform 29	-	-
	Independent Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Independiente)	5,458	0. The Independent Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Independiente is a minor Political party of the Dominican Republic, without parliamentary representation 19	-	-
	National Renaissance Party (Partido Renacentista Nacional )	2,914	0. The National Renaissance Party ( Partido Renacentista Nacional) is a minor Political party of the Dominican Republic, without parliamentary representation 10	-	-
	Dominican Humanist Party (Partido Humanista Dominica)	2,485	0. The Dominican Humanist Party (Partido Humanista Dominicano is a minor Political party of the Dominican Republic, without parliamentary representation after the 16 08	-	-
Total (turnout 56. 5 %)		2,991,031		178	32
Source: Junta Central Electoral and E-Polityka.pl

Extra-parliamentary parties

• Christian People's Party (Partido Popular Cristiano) PPC
• Dominican Popular Movement (Movimiento Popular Dominicano) MPD
• National Progressive Force (Fuerza Nacional Progresista) FNP
• Force of the Revolution (Fuerza de la Revolucion)
• Free People's Movement (Movimiento de la Gente Libre) MGL

See also

• Index of political parties to browse parties by name
• List of political parties to browse parties by country
• List of political parties by ideology to browse parties by name
• Membership of internationals to browse parties by membership of internationals

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