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 regarded to be the first free elections in the country's history.

1962 Dominican Republic general election
20 December 1962 (1962-12-20)
Presidential election
 
Nominee Juan Bosch Viriato Fiallo
Party PRD National Civic Union
Popular vote 628,044 317,327
Percentage 59.53% 30.08%
President before election

Rafael Bonnelly
PD

 Elected President

Juan Bosch
PRD

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Juan Bosch of the democratic socialist 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, 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 64.74% in the congressional elections and 65.16% in the presidential elections.[4]

Results

President
CandidatePartyVotes%
Juan BoschDominican Revolutionary Party628,04459.53
Viriato FialloNational Civic Union317,32730.08
Alfonso Moreno MartínezSocial Christian Revolutionary Party54,6385.18
Virgilio Maynardi ReynaDemocratic Revolutionary Nationalist Party35,7643.39
Juan Isidro Jimenes GrullónSocial Democratic Alliance17,8981.70
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
PartyVotes%Seats
HouseSenate
Dominican Revolutionary Party592,08856.504922
National Civic Union315,37130.09204
Social Christian Revolutionary Party56,7945.4210
Democratic Revolutionary Nationalist Party36,9723.5341
Social Democratic Alliance18,7261.7900
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

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
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