Santo Domingo.– The Central Electoral Board (JCE) approved a new distribution of public funds for political parties for the year 2026, with a total amount of RD$1,620 million, which represents an increase of RD$120 million compared to 2025.
The decision was established in Resolution No. 1-2026 of the electoral body, in compliance with judgment TSE/0010/2025, which ordered the modification of the classification criteria of the parties.
Through this new scheme, the three main parties in the country, the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), Fuerza del Pueblo (FP), and the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) will go from receiving RD$400 million to RD$432 million each, which implies an increase of RD$32 million per party. Together, these organizations will concentrate RD$96 million of the additional RD$120 million approved in the General State Budget for 2026.
The Possible Country (PC) party
is listed as the main beneficiary among the medium-sized organizations. The organization, which received RD$5.2 million in 2025, will receive RD$38.88 million in 2026, after reaching 1.13% of the total votes, which allowed it to ascend to the group of parties with between 1% and 5% of electoral support.
In contrast, the Esperanza Democrática (ED), Justicia Social (JS) and Partido de Unidad Nacional (PUN) parties fell below the 1% threshold, leading to a significant reduction in their funding: from RD$25.9 million to RD$3.9 million each.
Furthermore, several minority political movements will now receive the same amount allocated to the group of parties with less than 1% of the votes, which expanded the number of beneficiaries and reduced the individual amount per organization.
New distribution model
The
JCE explained that the changes respond strictly to the mandate of the TSE, which seeks a more proportional distribution system and based on the real electoral support accumulated in the elections, thus strengthening transparency and equity in political financing.
The new distribution will be applied throughout the year 2026 and had already begun to be partially implemented in the last semester of 2025.
