1966 Dominican Republic general election

General elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 1 June 1966.[1] Following the 1963 coup which toppled elected president Juan Bosch of the Dominican Revolutionary Party, supporters of his constitutional reforms were excluded from the elections,[2] although Bosch himself contested them. The result was a victory for Joaquín Balaguer of the Reformist Party, whilst his party also won the Congressional elections. Voter turnout was 75.6%.[3]

1966 Dominican Republic presidential election

1 June 1966 (1966-06-01)
 
Nominee Joaquín Balaguer Juan Bosch
Party PR PRD
Popular vote 775,805 525,230
Percentage 57.7% 39.0%

President before election

Héctor García-Godoy
PR

Elected President

Joaquín Balaguer
PR

Results

President

Candidate Party Votes %
Joaquín BalaguerReformist Party775,80557.7
Juan BoschDominican Revolutionary Party525,23039.0
Rafael BonnellyNational Civic Union39,5252.9
Fourteen other candidates4,8340.4
Invalid/blank votes27,291
Total1,372,695100
Source: Nohlen

Congress

Party Votes % House Senate
Seats +/– Seats +/–
Reformist Party759,88956.448New22New
Dominican Revolutionary Party494,57036.826–235–17
Social Christian Revolutionary Party30,6602.30–100
National Civic Union16,1521.20–200–4
VRD13,8551.00000
Christian Democratic Party9,3760.70New0New
Evolutionist Liberal Party6,5400.50New0New
Revolutionary Action Party5,4890.40New0New
14 June Party4,8340.40New0New
Democratic Revolutionary Nationalist Party4,0390.30–4–1
Invalid/blank votes27,291
Total1,372,695100740270
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p247 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. Nohlen, p240
  3. Nohlen, p248
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