Dominicans for Change

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Dominicans for Change
Partido Dominicanos por el Cambio
PresidentManuel Oviedo Estrada
General SecretaryGilberto Valdez
Presidium Mateo Espaillat
Founder Eduardo Estrella
Leader Eduardo Estrella
FoundedJanuary 17, 2010 (2010-01-17)
Ideology Conservatism
Nationalism
Christian democracy
Political position Right-wing
Colours  Blue
Chamber of Deputies
2 / 190
Senate
1 / 32
Mayors
0 / 155
Central American Parliament
0 / 20
Website
www.dxc.do www.partidodxc.org

Dominicans for Change (Spanish : Partido Dominicanos por el Cambio) is a right-wing political party in the Dominican Republic. Founded in 2010, it is defined in its statutes as conservative, democratic and nationalist, and as protecting the social, cultural, institutional and ecological heritage of the Dominican Republic. [1]

History

The party was established in January 2010 by Eduardo Estrella after he resigned from the Social Christian Reformist Party. It was recognised as a political party by the Central Electoral Board the same month. In the May 2010 parliamentary elections it received 0.48% of the vote, failing to win a seat. The party nominated Eduardo Estrella in the 2012 presidential election. [2] Estrella finished fourth with 0.21% of the vote. [3] It increased its vote share to 0.89% in the 2016 parliamentary elections, but remained seatless.

In the 2020 general elections the party won one seat in the Senate and two in the Chamber of Deputies.

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References

  1. Partido Dominicanos por el Cambio. "Estatutos del Partido Dominicanos por el Cambio". Archived from the original on May 1, 2012. Retrieved May 2, 2011.
  2. El Nuevo Diario. "Estrella plantea necesidad de Convergencia Nacional". Archived from the original on March 9, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  3. Dominican Republic: Election for President IFES Election Guide