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1966 Dominican Republic general election
	Presidential election
President before election; Héctor García-Godoy; PR	Elected President ; Joaquín Balaguer; PR

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]

Results edit

President edit


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Joaquín Balaguer	Reformist Party	775,805	57.66
	Juan Bosch	Dominican Revolutionary Party	525,230	39.04
	Rafael Filiberto Bonnelly	National Civic Union	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 edit



Party		Votes	%	Seats
Party		Votes	%	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 Civic Union	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 [es]	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