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Revision as of 04:04, 15 March 2020

1966 Dominican Republic presidential election

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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

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]

Results

President

Candidate Party Votes %
Joaquín Balaguer Reformist Party 775,805 57.7
Juan Bosch Dominican Revolutionary Party 525,230 39.0
Rafael Bonnelly National Civic Union 39,525 2.9
Fourteen other candidates 4,834 0.4
Invalid/blank votes 27,291
Total 1,372,695 100
Source: Nohlen

Congress

Party Votes % House Senate
Seats +/– Seats +/–
Reformist Party 759,889 56.4 48 New 22 New
Dominican Revolutionary Party 494,570 36.8 26 –23 5 –17
Social Christian Revolutionary Party 30,660 2.3 0 –1 0 0
National Civic Union 16,152 1.2 0 –20 0 –4
VRD 13,855 1.0 0 0 0 0
Christian Democratic Party 9,376 0.7 0 New 0 New
Evolutionist Liberal Party 6,540 0.5 0 New 0 New
Revolutionary Action Party 5,489 0.4 0 New 0 New
14 June Party 4,834 0.4 0 New 0 New
Democratic Revolutionary Nationalist Party 4,039 0.3 0 –4 –1
Invalid/blank votes 27,291
Total 1,372,695 100 74 0 27 0
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