Broad Front | |
Native Name: | Frente Amplio |
President: | Juan Dionicio Rodríguez Restituyo |
Secretary General: | Heidy Adón Vargas |
Ideology: | Socialism Progressivism Feminism |
Position: | Left-wing |
Seats1 Title: | Chamber of Deputies |
Seats2 Title: | Senate |
Country: | the Dominican Republic |
The Broad Front (Spanish; Castilian: Frente Amplio), previously named the Movement for Independence, Unity and Change (Spanish; Castilian: Movimiento Independencia, Unidad y Cambio|links=no), is a political formation in the Dominican Republic with a leftist-progressive platform. On the May 16th, 2006 parliamentary election it got 9,735 votes (0.32%), but no seats.[1] In the municipal elections held simultaneously, the group had its best performance in Peralvillo (1,271 votes, 16.36%) and Bayaguana (1,274 votes, 10.27%). Virtudes Álvarez has been its leader for some time.
Election | Candidate | First Round | Second Round | Result | |||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
1994 | Antonio Reynoso | 22,548 | 0.75% | Lost | |||
1996 | Did not contest | ||||||
2000 | Did not contest | ||||||
2004 | Did not contest | ||||||
2008 | Guillermo Moreno García | 6,118 | 0.15% | Lost | |||
Julián Serulle | 6,553 | 0.14% | Lost | ||||
2016 | Elías Wessin | 20,423 | %0.44 | Lost | |||
2020 | Did not contest | ||||||
2024 | María Teresa Cabrera | 6,255 | 0.14% | Lost |