The government Partido de la Liberación Dominicana had won Senate seats for the provinces of Elías Piña, Salcedo, La Romana and El Seibo. As per this bulletin, the PLD had won 49 deputy seats. In the 1994-1998 Congress, the PLD has one senator, and 13 deputies. Press reports indicated that the Partido de la Liberación Dominicana could achieve the sufficient deputy seats – 50 seats or 33.3% of the 149 deputy seats – to have veto power in the Chamber of Deputies. That is, if the President vetoes a bill, opposition party representatives in the Chamber of Deputies would not be able to override the veto.
