Abstract
This article examines the 1998 elections in the Dominican Republic: its main actors, the electoral campaign, and its results and implications. On 16 May 1998, the Dominican electorate went to the polls to elect 30 senators, 149 diputados (deputies or lower chamber representatives), 115 mayors (and vice-mayors), and 756 regidores (city council members). The results showed an overwhelming victory for the opposition Dominican Revolutionary Party. The article also analyzes the feasibility of the current Dominican electoral system, where congressional and municipal elections are held mid-way through the presidential term, and the influence of the electoral system on democratic governance in the Dominican Republic. Finally, it argues that midterm elections may complicate the future of democratic governability in the Dominican Republic.
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