CID Latinoamericana-Listin survey shows Miguel Vargas Maldonado, presidential candidate for the PRD, leading in the polls with 37.2% of the vote.
President Leonel Fernandez, who is seeking re-election on the PLD ticket, follows with 36.8% of the vote. The PRSC’s Amable Aristy is in third place with 9.7%, followed by former Police Chief Pedro de Jesus Candelier of the PAP with 0.7%. In the previous CID Latinoamericana survey, carried out in November, Vargas had 35%, Fernandez 31% and Aristy Castro 8%. The poll was carried out between 22 and 28 January.
Dominican electoral law requires 50%+1 of the vote for a first round win.