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]
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Results
President
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joaquín Balaguer | Reformist Party | 775,805 | 57.66 | |
| Juan Bosch | Dominican Revolutionary Party | 525,230 | 39.04 | |
| Rafael Bonnelly | National Civic Union | 39,535 | 2.94 | |
| Fourteen other candidates | 4,834 | 0.36 | ||
| Total | 1,345,404 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 1,345,404 | 98.01 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 27,291 | 1.99 | ||
| Total votes | 1,372,695 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,815,429 | 75.61 | ||
| Source: Nohlen | ||||
Congress
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
| House | +/– | Senate | +/– | |||||
| Reformist Party | 759,889 | 56.48 | 48 | New | 22 | New | ||
| Dominican Revolutionary Party | 494,570 | 36.76 | 26 | –23 | 5 | –17 | ||
| Social Christian Revolutionary Party | 30,660 | 2.28 | 0 | –1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| National Civic Union | 16,152 | 1.20 | 0 | –20 | 0 | –4 | ||
| Dominican Revolutionary Vanguard | 13,855 | 1.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Christian Democratic Party | 9,376 | 0.70 | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Evolutionist Liberal Party | 6,540 | 0.49 | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Revolutionary Action Party | 5,489 | 0.41 | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| 14 June Party | 4,834 | 0.36 | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Democratic Revolutionary Nationalist Party | 4,039 | 0.30 | 0 | –4 | – | –1 | ||
| Total | 1,345,404 | 100.00 | 74 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Valid votes | 1,345,404 | 98.01 | ||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 27,291 | 1.99 | ||||||
| Total votes | 1,372,695 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,815,429 | 75.61 | ||||||
| Source: Nohlen | ||||||||
References
- Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p247 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- Nohlen, p240
- Nohlen, p248
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