Incumbent Luis Abinader has been re-elected in the first round of the presidential election in the Dominican Republic. The candidate of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) received over 57% of the vote, the electoral office announced on Monday after almost all the votes had been counted. Former president Leonel Fernández, who governed in 1996-2000 and again in 2004-08, received around 29% of the vote, while the former mayor of the second largest city Santiago, Abel Martínez, received around 10%. Both have conceded defeat. All three candidates can be assigned to the centre-left camp. “We have …