With three quarters of the votes counted, the president of the PRD, Hatuey de Camps, has accumulated 186,838 votes, or 64% of the total of the first of two primaries called by PRD party members. The voting took place nationwide on Sunday, 7 December and 3,000 polling centers were opened.
De Camps has a wide-margined lead over fellow contenders, including Monte Plata Senator Ramon Alburquerque, who obtained 54,274 votes, for 18.5% of the total, and former Santiago senator Jose Rafael Abinader, who received 51,237 votes, or 17.5% of the total. Jesus de la Rosa, reporting the results contained in the second PRD party bulletin, said that 302,304 votes had been tabulated.