The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has just released the order in which the different political parties will appear on the 2028 General Election ballots. Resolution 15-2025 followed the guidelines provided by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) and “seeks to guarantee a transparent and fair process for all of the political actors…”
The JCE announced that the numerical order of political parties on the 2028 electoral ballot will be based on the percentage of valid votes obtained in the most recent elections. This change follows a ruling by the Superior Electoral Tribunal (TSE), which emphasized that the new arrangement upholds the principle of equality and ensures fair visibility and financing for both established and emerging parties.
More than 30 political entities so far will be on the ballot. However, the first five will be the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), the Fuerza del Pueblo (FP), the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD), and the Social Christian Reformist Party (PRSC).
In addition to the 34 parties already on the ballot, there are seven political movements, and if any of them were to be recognized by the JCE, they would also appear on the ballot. The large number of political parties results in the ballot being difficult to read for many voters.
Government funding for political activities
The hierarchy of political parties also determines the money the political parties receive from state funding. There is lots of money involved. The government is allocating RD$900 million to political parties. The government establishes that the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), the People’s Force (FP) and the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) will each receive a third of 80% of the total funding.
The recent decision by the Superior Electoral Tribunal means that 22 entities will have about RD$800,000 less than previously assigned, and three will lose RD$11 million. One example of this is the Social Justice Party of Julio Cesar Valentin, the former senator for Santiago. At the beginning of this year, the party received RD$12.8 million, and their next check will be for just RD$1.8 million.
On the other hand, there were five parties that benefitted mightily with larger checks coming in to their coffers as a result of their participation in the 2024 general elections. One new party was also recognized, Camino Nuevo, and it will receive RD$1.8 million.
The party that most benefitted from the TSE’s latest resolution is Pais Posible, headed by Milton Morrison, that will receive RD$15.4 million more than it received in the first half of this year. Morrison is the current director of the National Transport and Transit Institute (Intrant).
Each of the following parties will receive RD$200 million:
• Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM): 9,312,071 votes (46.47%)
• People’s Force (FP): 3,748,807 votes (18.69%)
• Dominican Liberation Party (PLD): 3,334,164 votes (16.69%)
A total of 12% of the public fund will be distributed among five parties that received between 1% and 5% of the valid votes. Each will receive RD$18 million:
• Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD): 453,000 votes (2.26%)
• Social Christian Reformist Party (PRSC): 347,000 votes (1.73%)
• Dominicans for Change (DxC): 251,853 votes (1.26%)
• Possible Country (PP): 227,615 votes (1.13%)
• Social Democratic Institutional Bloc (BIS): 217,093 votes (1.08%)
8% for Minor and Emerging Parties
The remaining 8% of the public financing, equivalent to RD$120 million, will be divided among minor and newly recognized parties that received between 0.01% and 1% of the vote, retained legal status without participating in the elections, or were officially recognized after the electoral process. Each will receive RD$1,818,182.82.
This group includes:
• National Unity Party (PUN)
• Social Justice Party (PJS)
• Country Alliance (ALPAÍS)
• Social Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRSD)
• Civic Renovation Party (PCR)
• Generation of Servants (GenS)
• Alternative Democratic Party (MODA)
• Dominican Humanist Party (PHD)
• Alliance for Democracy (APD)
• People First (PPG)
• Democratic Hope (PED)
• Democratic Option (OD)
• Christian Quisqueyan Democratic Party (PQDC)
• Reformist Liberal Party (PLR)
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7 July 2025