Dominican Republic general election, 1966
General elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 1 January 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
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
- ↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p247 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ↑ Nohlen, p240
- ↑ Nohlen, p248
