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DominiCan republiC*

H.E. Julio César Castaños H.E. Román Andrés Jáquez
Guzmán, Chairperson, JCE Liranzo, President of TSE

PArt i PArt iii

CoUNtrY ProfiLE ELECtorAL sYstEM

1. Country Name LEGISLATURE
Dominican Republic 1. Structure of National Legislature
Bicameral
2. Official Name
Dominican Republic 2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
Senado and Chamber of Deputies
3. Government
Presidential Republic 3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
nominated
4. Head of the Government 32 members of the Senado (Senate) are elected
President – Danilo Medina by plurality vote.Senators are elected one senator
for each province, there are 32 provinces. The
5. Head of the State Chamber of Deputies is made up of a total of 190
President – Danilo Medina deputies. 178 deputies in territorial representation

6. Capital of the provinces, depending on the population
Santo Domingo they have, and are elected proportionally with
preferential voting lists; 5 national deputies with
7. Currency closed list; and 7 overseas deputies representing
Dominican peso Dominicans residing abroad, and are elected by
direct vote with proportionally closed lists.
8. Ethnic Groups (with %age population)
mixed 70.4% (mestizo/indio 58%, mulatto 12.4%), 4. Popular House
black 15.8%, white 13.5%, other 0.3% (2014 est) The Senado and theCamara de Diputados

9. Date of Independence and from which Country 5. Type of Electoral System
27 February 1844 (from Haiti) Party-list proportional representation

10. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution PArt iii
06 November 1844 ELECtorAL sYstEM

11. Language (s)
Spanish (official) (A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy
12. Literacy Levels 1. Name of the EMB(S)
93.78% Male literacy rate is 93.79%, for females is  Junta Central Electoral (JCE)
93.76% (Central Electoral Board)

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