1966 Dominican Republic general election

Dominican Republic presidential election, 1966

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 Joaquín Balaguer PR Elected President Joaquín Balaguer PR

General elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 1 June 1966. 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, 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%.

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