1982 Dominican Republic general election

1982 Dominican Republic general election
16 May 1982 (1982-05-16)
Presidential election
 
Nominee Salvador Jorge Blanco Joaquín Balaguer Juan Bosch
Party PRD PR PLD
Popular vote 854,868 706,951 179,849
Percentage 46.70% 38.62% 9.82%
Results by department
President before election

Antonio Guzmán
PRD

 Elected President

Salvador Jorge Blanco
PRD

General elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 1982. Salvador Jorge Blanco of the Dominican Revolutionary Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary elections. Voter turnout was 73% in the presidential election and 72% in the parliamentary election. The elections were democratic, although there were incidents.

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