JCE Finishes manual vote counting and gives Gonzalo Castillo as winner

October 11, 2019

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JCE Finishes manual vote counting and gives Gonzalo Castillo as winner

SANTO DOMINGO, DR.- The manual counting of the presidential level of the simultaneous primaries of the Dominican Liberation Party (Partido de la Liberación Dominicana) (PLD), was concluded with a final result of 911,324 votes for Gonzalo Castillo and 884,630 votes for Leonel Fernández.

The Plenary of the Central Electoral Board (Junta Central Electoral) (JCE), headed by Judge Julio César Castaños Guzmán, informed that the manual counting of the presidential level of the simultaneous primary of the PLD was concluded on Thursday night, as had been provided by the Plenary of the institution, with a final result of 911,324 votes for Gonzalo Castillo and 884,630 votes for Leonel Fernández.

The publication of the calculations was made on the website of the institution, within the period of five (5) days established in Article 51 of Law Number 33-18 on Political Parties, Groups and Movements, promulgated on August 13 of 2018.

📡 [AHORA] Concluye conteo manual del Nivel Presidencial de las Primarias Simultáneas del PLD en 157 municipios y el Distrito Nacional.

Resultado final:

Gonzalo Castillo: 911,324 votos.
Leonel Fernández: 884,630 votos.

— JCE (@juntacentral) 11 de octubre de 2019