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%.
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Presidential election | |||||||||||||||||
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Results by department | |||||||||||||||||
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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 Integration Movement | 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 Integration Movement | 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
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