Social Democratic Institutional Bloc

Social Democratic Institutional Bloc
Bloque Institucional Socialdemócrata
Founded1988
Political positionCenter-left to left-wing
Chamber of Deputies
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Senate
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Website
BIS website

The Social Democratic Institutional Bloc (Spanish: Bloque Institucional Socialdemócrata, or BIS) is a political party in the Dominican Republic.

History

Established in 1989,[1] it first contested national elections in 1994 when it was part of a Dominican Revolutionary Party-led alliance that won the Congressional elections.[2] It was again part of the winning PRD bloc in the 1998 elections, before switching its allegiance to the Dominican Liberation Party for the 2002 elections. In the 2006 elections it was part of the victorious Progressive Bloc.

In the 2010 parliamentary elections the party won a seat in the Chamber of Deputies. In the 2016 elections it lost its seat in the House, but won a seat in the Senate. The party retained its Senate seat in the 2020 elections and won two seats in the Chamber.

See also

References

  1. ^ Steven Levitsky, James Loxton, Brandon Van Dyck & Jorge I. Domínguez (2016) Challenges of Party-Building in Latin America p40
  2. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p256 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
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