Dominican Republic general election, 1966
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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 |
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