SANTO DOMINGO.- Of a total of 8,145,548 Dominicans who can vote this Sunday, May 19, to elect president, senators and deputies, 863,785 are registered abroad, according to the Central Electoral Board (JCE).
Of the 190 members of the Chamber of Deputies, 178 are elected by proportional representation from 32 electoral districts.. Another seven members are elected by proportional representation of Dominican expatriates in 3 overseas electoral districts, and five seats are allocated nationally to parties that received at least 1% of the votes nationally.
The 32 members of the Senate are elected from the 31 provinces and the National District through single-member majority voting.
For the 2024 presidential elections, 17,310 polling stations have been set up, distributed in 4,418 voting precincts, plus the 1,566 centers to exercise the right to vote abroad. Voting will take place from 7:00 in the morning to 5:00 in the afternoon, local time.
Dominicans abroad
In the case of Dominicans abroad, according to the JCE, the United States is the country with the most voters eligible to vote, totaling 613,340 people. The American Union is followed by Spain, Puerto Rico, Italy and Panama.
Constituency 1: Massachusetts, Nueva Jersey, Nueva York, Filadelfia, Reading, Washington, California, Providence, Montreal y Toronto.
Constituency 2: Orlando, Curacao, Miami, Panama, Puerto Rico, San Martín, Venezuela and Chile.
Constituency 3: Barcelona, Holland, Madrid, Milan, Zurich and Valencia. You must be registered and search this site where it belongs.
Latest measurements
All polls give the current president of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader, as the winner. Of the last 10 measurements, all of them give them as a favorite above 50%, some even give them more than 60%, which means that there will be no second round, which has happened only once in that country.
There are 9 candidates, but only three share the electoral cake: Abinader, Leonel Fernández who, according to studies, obtains 25% of the votes and Abel Martínez 13%, according to the political scientist and internationalist. Luis Gonzalez consulted by DIARIO LAS AMERICAS.
“I believe that President Luis Abinader will win in the first round on Sunday, May 19 because he has the merits to continue leading the Executive Branch in the Dominican Republic and the vast national majority believes so,” he assured.
He estimates that the government may have between 28 or 29 senators and 120 deputies and the rest will be divided between the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD and the Fuerza del Pueblo.
According to González, Haiti is present as a protagonist in the contest.However, Luis Abinader’s management has made the rest of the candidates agree with that strategic point of protecting sovereignty and keeping the flow of people on the border under control. This immigration policy achieved consensus among the main candidates presidential. That is to say, it has not been an electoral promise but rather an accomplished and continued fact.
In your opinion The main challenge of the next presidential period will be to confront inflation, improve employment and reduce public debt. Furthermore, we must find a way to reduce the fiscal deficit. On the other hand, there is the issue of citizen insecurity, which is related to the management of a macroeconomic approach because if there is growth and full employment, insecurity decreases. 66.5% of Dominicans consider crime to be the country’s main problem, said the international affairs expert Luis Gonzalez.
Although the current administration defends the sustained recovery of the Gross Domestic Product of the latter, many internally consider that it is too early to begin to experience the benefits of that growth.
In third place González believes that there is a fear that the president could succumb to the motivations of reforming the Constitution. to repeat in a third term, to which the analyst responds that it would generate a political crisis that is not convenient for the president himself. “But it cannot be ruled out that this happens. We hope that Abinader marries glory and focuses on producing a good government.”
Electoral tips
Luis Abinader is a candidate for re-election by the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) and it is the favorite in the polls, which establish that he could have enough support to win the elections directly in the first round.
On the other hand, Leonel Fernández, three-time president and current second favorite in the polls, and party candidate Power of the People
The current candidate of the PLD, Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), third in the polls, is Abel Martínez, former president of the Chamber of Deputies,
Fernández was a member of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), but left it after claiming that he was the victim of fraud in the primary elections and founded Fuerza del Pueblo.
However, the People’s Force and the PDL have agreed to go to the elections with common candidates in at least 24 of 32 provinces. of the country, in addition to announcing that in case of going to a second round, the candidate in third place would support the one who faces Abinader.
Source: EXPERT INTERVIEW LUIS GONZÁLEZ / AFP / DIARIO LAS AMÉRICAS
