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]

1966 Dominican Republic presidential election

1 June 1966

Nominee Joaquín Balaguer Juan Bosch Party PR PRD Popular vote 775,805 525,230 Percentage 57.7% 39.0%

President before election Héctor García-Godoy PR Elected President Joaquín Balaguer PR

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

References

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