The Partido Revolucionario Dominicano swept in the congressional and municipal elections of Puerto Plata. Ginette Bournigal, wife of a former PRSC senator for Puerto Plata, won with 50.6% of the vote and businessman Ramon Ortiz with 47.4% of the vote won the municipality. Present mayor Carlos Troche, who sought to be re-elected on the PRSC ticket, received only 22% of the vote.
