1962 Dominican Republic general election
General elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 20 December 1962.[1] They were the first after the end of the Trujillo dictatorship two years earlier, and are generally reckoned as the first truly free elections in the country's history.
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Juan Bosch of the Dominican Revolutionary Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the Congressional elections. There was also an election for a Constituent National Assembly, whose role was to amend certain articles of the constitution.[2] However, reforms implemented by Bosch alienated the American government and the local oligarchy, leading to a coup the following year.[3] Voter turnout was 64.7%.[4]
Results
President
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juan Bosch | Dominican Revolutionary Party | 628,044 | 59.5 |
| Viriato Fiallo | National Civic Union | 317,327 | 30.1 |
| Alfonso Moreno Martínez | Social Christian Revolutionary Party | 54,638 | 5.2 |
| Virgilio Maynardi Reyna | Democratic Revolutionary Nationalist Party | 35,764 | 3.4 |
| Juan Isidro Jiménez Grullón | Social Democratic Alliance | 17,898 | 1.7 |
| Authentic Dominican Revolutionary Party | 1,273 | 0.1 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 18,291 | - | |
| Total | 1,073,245 | 100 | |
| Source: Nohlen | |||
Congress
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| Party | Votes | % | House | Senate | ||||
| Seats | Seats | |||||||
| Dominican Revolutionary Party | 592,088 | 56.5 | 49 | 22 | ||||
| National Civic Union | 315,371 | 30.1 | 20 | 4 | ||||
| Social Christian Revolutionary Party | 56,794 | 5.4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Democratic Revolutionary Nationalist Party | 36,972 | 3.5 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Social Democratic Alliance | 18,726 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| VRD | 18,856 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Authentic Dominican Revolutionary Party | 5,306 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| National Party | 4,161 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 18,291 | - | - | - | ||||
| Total | 1,066,295 | 100 | 74 | 27 | ||||
| Source: Nohlen | ||||||||
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