1962 Dominican Republic general election

none Dominican Republic 1957 Dominican Republic general election 1957 1962 12 20 y 1966 Dominican Republic general election 1966 yes Presidential election presidential 130x130px President J. Bosch van Dominicaanse Republiek.jpg Juan Bosch Dominican Revolutionary Party 628,044 59.53% 3x4.svg Viriato Fiallo National Civic Union (Dominican Republic) es Unión Cívica Nacional (República Dominicana) UCN 317,327 30.08% 3x4.svg Alfonso Moreno Martínez Social Christian Revolutionary Party 54,638 5.18% Elecciones presidenciales de la República Dominicana de 1962 - Resultados por provincia.svg Results by department President Rafael Bonnelly Dominican Party Juan Bosch Dominican Revolutionary Party General elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 20 December 1962.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p247 978-0-19-928357-6 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. 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.Nohlen, p252 However, reforms implemented by Bosch alienated the American government and the local oligarchy, leading to a coup the following year,Nohlen, p240 and eventually the Dominican Civil War. Voter turnout was 65%.Nohlen, p248 Results President Juan Bosch Dominican Revolutionary Party 628044 Viriato Fiallo National Civic Union (Dominican Republic) es Unión Cívica Nacional (República Dominicana) National Civic Union 317327 Alfonso Moreno Martínez Social Christian Revolutionary Party 54638 Virgilio Maynardi Reyna Democratic Revolutionary Nationalist Party 35764 Juan Isidro Jimenes Grullón Social Democratic Alliance 17898 Joaquín BalaguerCandidacy declared illegal by the election commission.Dominican Republic Election Factbook, June 1, 1966, p27 Authentic Dominican Revolutionary Party 1273 18291 1646973 Nohlen Congress 220px220px House Senate Dominican Revolutionary Party 592088 49 22 National Civic Union (Dominican Republic) es Unión Cívica Nacional (República Dominicana) National Civic Union 315371 20 4 Social Christian Revolutionary Party 56794 1 0 Democratic Revolutionary Nationalist Party 36972 4 1 Social Democratic Alliance 18726 0 0 Dominican Revolutionary Vanguard 18586 0 0 Authentic Dominican Revolutionary Party 5306 0 0 National Party 4161 0 0 18291 1646973 Nohlen References Dominican Republic General Category:Elections in the Dominican Republic Category:Presidential elections in the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic