1962 Dominican Republic general election

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1962 Dominican Republic general election
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg
  1957 20 December 1962 (1962-12-20) 1966  
Presidential election
  President J. Bosch van Dominicaanse Republiek.jpg 3x4.svg 3x4.svg
Nominee Juan Bosch Viriato Fiallo Alfonso Moreno Martínez
Party PRD UCN  [ es ] PRSC
Popular vote628,044317,32754,638
Percentage59.53%30.08%5.18%

Elecciones presidenciales de la Republica Dominicana de 1962 - Resultados por provincia.svg
Results by department

President before election

Rafael Bonnelly
Dominican Party

Elected President

Juan Bosch
PRD

General elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 20 December 1962. [1] They were the first after the end of the Rafael Trujillo dictatorship two years earlier, as well as the first with no military candidates for president since 1938. They are generally regarded to be the first free elections in the country's history.

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Juan Bosch of the democratic socialist Dominican Revolutionary Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won substantial majorities in both houses of Congress. There was also an election for a Constituent National Assembly, which 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] and eventually the Dominican Civil War. Voter turnout was 65%. [4]

Results

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Juan Bosch Dominican Revolutionary Party 628,04459.53
Viriato Fiallo National Civic Union  [ es ]317,32730.08
Alfonso Moreno Martínez Social Christian Revolutionary Party 54,6385.18
Virgilio Maynardi Reyna Democratic Revolutionary Nationalist Party 35,7643.39
Juan Isidro Jimenes Grullón Social Democratic Alliance 17,8981.70
Joaquín Balaguer [lower-alpha 1] Authentic Dominican Revolutionary Party1,2730.12
Total1,054,944100.00
Valid votes1,054,94498.30
Invalid/blank votes18,2911.70
Total votes1,073,235100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,646,97365.16
Source: Nohlen
  1. Candidacy declared illegal by the election commission. [5]

Congress

Camara de Diputados de la Republica Dominicana (1962).svg Senado de la Republica Dominicana (1962).svg
PartyVotes%Seats
HouseSenate
Dominican Revolutionary Party 592,08856.504922
National Civic Union  [ es ]315,37130.09204
Social Christian Revolutionary Party 56,7945.4210
Democratic Revolutionary Nationalist Party 36,9723.5341
Social Democratic Alliance 18,7261.7900
Dominican Revolutionary Vanguard18,5861.7700
Authentic Dominican Revolutionary Party5,3060.5100
National Party4,1610.4000
Total1,048,004100.007427
Valid votes1,048,00498.28
Invalid/blank votes18,2911.72
Total votes1,066,295100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,646,97364.74
Source: Nohlen

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References

  1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p247 ISBN   978-0-19-928357-6
  2. Nohlen, p252
  3. Nohlen, p240
  4. Nohlen, p248
  5. Dominican Republic Election Factbook, June 1, 1966, p27