1966 Dominican Republic general election

1966 Dominican Republic general election

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Presidential election

Nominee Joaquín Balaguer Juan Bosch Party PR PRD Popular vote 775,805 525,230 Percentage 57.66% 39.04%

Results by department

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

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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 76%.^[3]