The 14th Central Electoral Board (JCE) Bulletin has been published with the final count of the Presidential elections in the Dominican Republic. With 100% of the 16,070 voting stations counted, the JCE reports that of 4,708,746 votes cast, 4,611,920 were valid, or 97.94%. A total 7,765,245 voters were registered, which means there was a 30% abstention rate, similar to that in the 2012 presidential election.
President Danilo Medina and Vice President Margarita Cedeno won their bid for re-election with 61.74% of the votes for the PLD and allies, including the PRD. Of this total, the PLD received 50.22% votes, and the allied PRD party received 5.86% of the vote.
In the final count, the PRM and allies with Luis Abinader and Carolina Mejia were the runners-up with 34.98%, from 1,613,207 votes, coming mostly from the PRM with 26.82% of the vote and its ally the PRSC with 5.62%.
Alianza Pais with Guillermo Moreno received 1.83% of the vote or 84,399 votes.
The other final results for presidential candidates were:
PQDC with Elias Wessin with 0.44% or 20,422 votes, FNP with Pelegrin Castillo with 16,283 votes or 0.35%, APD with Minou Tavarez with 16,254 votes or 0.35%, PRSD with Hatuey de Camps 8,264 or 0.18% and PUN with Soraya Aquino 0.12% or 5,677.
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