The Senate (Senado) is the upper house of the Dominican Republic's bicameral National Congress. The lower house is the Chamber of Deputies.
It currently comprises 32 senators who are elected for four-year terms. The 31 provinces and the National District each return one senator. Congressional elections are held in even numbered years not divisible by four, when the entire Chamber and Senate are replaced.
[edit] Latest election
Senators elected in the May 2006 elections
e • d Summary of the 16 May 2006 Congress of the Dominican Republic election results | Parties | Votes | % | Deputies | Senators |
Progressive Bloc
(Bloque Progresista) | Dominican Liberation Party (Partido de la Liberación Dominicana) | 1,387,878 | 46.4 | 96 | 22 |
| Institutional Social Democratic Bloc (Bloque Institucional Socialdemócrata) | 75,872 | 2.54 |
| Alliance for Democracy (Alianza por la Democracia) | 46,573 | 1.56 |
| Christian Democratic Union (Unión Demócrata Cristiana) | 24,868 | 0.83 |
| Dominican Workers' Party (Partido de los Trabajadores Dominicanos) | 16,684 | 0.56 |
| Liberal Party of the Dominican Republic (Partido Liberal de República Dominicana) | 14,456 | 0.48 |
Grand National Alliance
(Gran Alianza Nacional) | Dominican Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Dominicana) | 931,151 | 31.13 | 60 | 7 |
| Social Christian Reformist Party (Partido Reformista Social Cristiano) | 326,893 | 10.93 | 22 | 3 |
| National Unity Party (Partido de Unidad Nacional) | 34,755 | 1.16 | | |
| Quisqueyano Christian Democratic Party (Partido Quisqueyano Demócrata Cristiano) | 23,929 | 0.80 |
| Green Party of Democratic Unity (Partido Verde de la Unidad Democrática) | 14,623 | 0.49 |
| National Civic Veterans Party (Partido Nacional de Veteranos y Civiles) | 11,984 | 0.40 |
| Dominican Social Alliance (Alianza Social Dominicana) | 6,033 | 0.20 |
| Popular Democratic Party (Partido Demócrata Popular ) | 5,400 | 0.18 |
| Christian People's Party (Partido Popular Cristiano) | 4,793 | 0.16 |
| Others | Revolutionary Social Democratic Party (Partido Revolucionario Social Demócrata) | 45,744 | 1.53 | - | - |
| Movement for Independence, Unity and Change (Movimiento Independencia, Unidad y Cambio) | 8,538 | 0.29 | - | - |
| Independent Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Independiente) | 5,458 | 0.19 | - | - |
| National Renaissance Party (Partido Renacentista Nacional ) | 2,914 | 0.10 | - | - |
| Dominican Humanist Party (Partido Humanista Dominica) | 2,485 | 0.08 | - | - |
| Total (turnout 56.5 %) | 2,991,031 | | 178 | 32 |
| Source: Junta Central Electoral and E-Polityka.pl |
[edit] Party strengths in the Senate
The following table shows the composition of the Senate at the start of the most recent legislative periods.
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