General elections were held in the

Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean. It shares a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Puerto Rico to the east and ...

on 16 May 1994.

Dieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An ex ...

(2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p247

Joaquín Balaguer Joaquín Antonio Balaguer Ricardo (1 September 1906 – 14 July 2002) was a Dominican politician, scholar, writer, and lawyer who was the 41st, 45th and 49th president of the Dominican Republic serving three non-consecutive terms from 1960 t ...

of the

Social Christian Reformist Party The Social Christian Reformist Party (, PRSC) is a Christian democratic right-wing political party in the Dominican Republic. It was established on July 24, 1984, by the union of Joaquín Balaguer's ''Partido Reformista'' and the ''Partido ...

won the presidential election, whilst the

Dominican Revolutionary Party The Dominican Revolutionary Party (, PRD) is a political party in the Dominican Republic. Traditionally a left-of-centre party and social democratic in nature, the party has shifted since the 2000s toward the political centre. The party's dist ...

-led alliance won the Congressional elections. Voter turnout was 87.6%.Nohlen, p248 Despite reforms after the 1990 elections, including a new electoral roll, these elections were also branded fraudulent.Nohlen, p242 Following the election an agreement known as the Pact for Democracy (''Pacto por la Democracia'') was reached, which shortened the presidential term to two years, allowing new elections to be held in 1996 in which Balaguer would not run (for the first time since 1966).

Results

President

Congress

References

{{Dominican Republic elections

1994 in the Dominican Republic Elections in the Dominican Republic Presidential elections in the Dominican Republic Election and referendum articles with incomplete results May 1994 in North America