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 76%.[3]

1966 Dominican Republic general election

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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

Results

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President

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Joaquín BalaguerReformist Party775,80557.66
Juan BoschDominican Revolutionary Party525,23039.04
Rafael Filiberto BonnellyNational Civic Union39,5352.94
Fourteen other candidates4,8340.36
Total1,345,404100.00
Valid votes1,345,40498.01
Invalid/blank votes27,2911.99
Total votes1,372,695100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,815,42975.61
Source: Nohlen

Congress

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PartyVotes%Seats
House+/–Senate+/–
Reformist Party759,88956.4848New22New
Dominican Revolutionary Party494,57036.7626–235–17
Social Christian Revolutionary Party30,6602.280–100
National Civic Union16,1521.200–200–4
Dominican Revolutionary Vanguard13,8551.030000
Christian Democratic Party9,3760.700New0New
Evolutionist Liberal Party6,5400.490New0New
Revolutionary Action Party5,4890.410New0New
14 June Party [es]4,8340.360New0New
Democratic Revolutionary Nationalist Party4,0390.300–4–1
Total1,345,404100.00740270
Valid votes1,345,40498.01
Invalid/blank votes27,2911.99
Total votes1,372,695100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,815,42975.61
Source: Nohlen

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p247 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ^ Nohlen, p240
  3. ^ Nohlen, p248