Dominican Republic general election, 1962

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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.

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 Constitutional 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	%
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
Party	Votes	%	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

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

Elections in the Dominican Republic

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Parliamentary elections	1924 1927 1929 1930 1934 1938 1941 1942 1946 1947 1952 1955 1957 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2016

Municipal elections	2016

Referendums	1870 1873 1895

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