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1962 Dominican Republic general election

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countryDominican Republic
previous_election1957 Dominican Republic general election
previous_year1957
election_date
next_election1966 Dominican Republic general election
next_year1966
module{{Infobox election
embedyes
election_namePresidential election
typepresidential
image_size130x130px
image1President J. Bosch van Dominicaanse Republiek.jpg
nominee1**Juan Bosch**
party1Dominican Revolutionary Party
popular_vote1**628,044**
percentage1**59.53%**
image23x4.svg
nominee2Viriato Fiallo
party2
popular_vote2317,327
percentage230.08%
image33x4.svg
nominee3Alfonso Moreno Martínez
party3Social Christian Revolutionary Party
popular_vote354,638
percentage35.18%
map_imageElecciones presidenciales de la República Dominicana de 1962 - Resultados por provincia.svg
map_captionResults by department
titlePresident
before_electionRafael Bonnelly
before_partyDominican Party
after_electionJuan Bosch
after_partyDominican Revolutionary Party

General elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 20 December 1962. 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. However, reforms implemented by Bosch alienated the American government and the local oligarchy, leading to a coup the following year, and eventually the Dominican Civil War. Voter turnout was 65%.

Results

President

Congress

References

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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