MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) – Danilo Medina, who served as the Caribbean state's president for one term since 2012, has received 61.9 percent of votes so far, with 55.5 percent of the total counted, according to Central Electoral Board data, as quoted by the Listin Diario newspaper.
The president is followed by Luis Abinader, representing the Modern Revolutionary Party, who garnered 35.18 percent. The remaining candidates have received less than 3 percent of the total.
On Sunday, the population of the Dominican Republic went to the polls to elect the country's president, vice president, senators, lawmakers of the parliament and mayors of 158 cities. Medina had the most popularity among the voters, according to preliminary polls, and was projected to receive 63 percent of votes during the first round of voting.
The election comes in the wake of the country's Central Electoral Board chairman Roberto Rosario's statements on numerous cases of bribery of election commissions' members by political parties.
