The Christian Democratic Union () is a

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of the

Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with ...

. It first contested national elections in 2002, when it received 0.2% of the vote in the

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that year, Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p257 failing to win a seat. In the

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it was part of the victorious

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, but again failed to win a seat after receiving only 0.2% of the vote. In the

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its vote share fell to 0.1%.

References

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