1966 Dominican Republic general election

1966 Dominican Republic general election

1 June 1966 (1966-06-01)
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

General elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 1 June 1966. 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, 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%.