Santo Domingo, May 20 (AP) Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader is on the path to a second term following Sunday's general elections, with his top competitors conceding early in the night as he took a big lead in early vote tallies.

The ballot came amid his government's crackdown along the country's shared border with Haiti and on the hundreds of thousands of people who fled that violence-stricken nation, something only likely to continue in his next term.

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Abinader, one of the most popular leaders in the Americas, and the early vote count gave him nearly 60 per cent of the votes. His competitors, former President Leonel Fernández and Mayor Abel Martínez, trailed and conceded before all the votes were tallied. (AP)

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