1962 Dominican Republic general election
General elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 20 December 1962.[1] They were the first after the end of the Trujillo dictatorship two years earlier, and are generally reckoned as the first truly free elections in the country's history.
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Juan Bosch of the Dominican Revolutionary Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the Congressional elections. There was also an election for a Constituent National Assembly, whose role 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] Voter turnout was 64.7%.[4]
Results
President
Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
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Juan Bosch | Dominican Revolutionary Party | 628,044 | 59.5 |
Viriato Fiallo | National Civic Union | 317,327 | 30.1 |
Alfonso Moreno Martínez | Social Christian Revolutionary Party | 54,638 | 5.2 |
Virgilio Maynardi Reyna | Democratic Revolutionary Nationalist Party | 35,764 | 3.4 |
Juan Isidro Jiménez Grullón | Social Democratic Alliance | 17,898 | 1.7 |
Authentic Dominican Revolutionary Party | 1,273 | 0.1 | |
Invalid/blank votes | 18,291 | - | |
Total | 1,073,245 | 100 | |
Source: Nohlen |
Congress
Party | Votes | % | House | Senate | ||||
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Seats | Seats | |||||||
Dominican Revolutionary Party | 592,088 | 56.5 | 49 | 22 | ||||
National Civic Union | 315,371 | 30.1 | 20 | 4 | ||||
Social Christian Revolutionary Party | 56,794 | 5.4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Democratic Revolutionary Nationalist Party | 36,972 | 3.5 | 4 | 1 | ||||
Social Democratic Alliance | 18,726 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
VRD | 18,856 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Authentic Dominican Revolutionary Party | 5,306 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
National Party | 4,161 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 18,291 | - | - | - | ||||
Total | 1,066,295 | 100 | 74 | 27 | ||||
Source: Nohlen |
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References
- Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p247 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- Nohlen, p252
- Nohlen, p240
- Nohlen, p248
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