Dominican Republic parliamentary election, 1998

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Parliamentary elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 1998. The result was a victory for the opposition Dominican Revolutionary Party-led alliance, which won 83 of the 149 seats in the House of Representatives. Voter turnout was 52.9%.

Results

Party	Votes	%	House		Senate
			Seats	+/-	Seats	+/-
PRD-UD-PPC-BIS	1,075,306	51.4	83	-	24	-
Dominican Liberation Party	654,713	31.3	49	+36	4	+3
PRSC-PQD	351,347	16.8	17	-	2	-
Institutional Democratic Party	13,320	0.6	0	0	0	0
Movement of National Reconciliation			0	0	0	0
Party of the Dominican People			0	0	0	0
National Renaissance Party			0	0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	90,021	-	-	-	-	-
Total	2,183,707	100	149	+29	30	0
Source: Nohlen