1966 Dominican Republic general election

1966 Dominican Republic general election

1 June 1966 (1966-06-01)

Presidential election

Nominee Joaquín Balaguer Juan Bosch Party PR PRD Popular vote 775,805 525,230 Percentage 57.66% 39.04%

Results by department

President before election Héctor García-Godoy 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 76%.

Results

President

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Joaquín Balaguer	Reformist Party	775,805	57.66
	Juan Bosch	Dominican Revolutionary Party	525,230	39.04
	Rafael Filiberto 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

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

See also

• 1963 Dominican coup d'état
• Dominican Civil War