[1] Polls forecasted a victory for the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) of President Leonel Fernández.
[2] The Central American Parliament representatives were being elected for the first time, having previously been appointed to their posts.
[4] The dead man was identified as the bodyguard of a PRD mayoral candidate, who was said to have been shot four times with a submachine gun and died in hospital.
In addition a PLD leader died on 16 May after being surprised whilst purchasing identity documents.
[4] An election monitoring mission from the Organization of American States said that it had received complaints of fake or purchased identity documents being used to vote.