Changes in population distribution in the Dominican Republic means the number of deputies per province and the National District has changed. The Central Electoral Board (JCE) released yesterday the numbers of deputy seats for the 17 May 2020 election. The JCE has used the data from the 9th National Population and Housing Census carried out by the National Statistics Office (ONE). The census dates back to 2010 and established there were 9.4 million inhabitants in the Dominican Republic.
The province of Santo Domingo gained 3 seats for electoral district 3 and one for electoral district 4. La Altagracia province increased from four to five legislators.
Eight provinces have lost at least a deputy for the 2020 election. These are Monte Plata, Barahona, Espaillat (Moca), San Juan de la Maguana, Duarte (San Francisco de Macorís), San Pedro de Macorís, La Vega and San Cristóbal.
The Electoral Law sets a fixed number of deputies at 178, but the positions are distributed depending on domestic migration, or the number of people who have moved into a province from another province or the National District, minus the people who moved out of that province or the National District.
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El Dia
Nuria
25 April 2019