General elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 20 December 1962.[ 1] 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.
1962 Dominican Republic general election
Presidential election
Results by department
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.[ 2] American government and the local oligarchy, leading to a coup the following year,[ 3] Dominican Civil War . Voter turnout was 65%.[ 4]
Candidate Party Votes % Juan Bosch Dominican Revolutionary Party 628,044 59.53 Viriato Fiallo National Civic Union [es ] 317,327 30.08 Alfonso Moreno Martínez Social Christian Revolutionary Party 54,638 5.18 Virgilio Maynardi Reyna Democratic Revolutionary Nationalist Party 35,764 3.39 Juan Isidro Jimenes Grullón Social Democratic Alliance 17,898 1.70 Joaquín Balaguer [ a] Authentic Dominican Revolutionary Party 1,273 0.12 Total 1,054,944 100.00 Valid votes 1,054,944 98.30 Invalid/blank votes 18,291 1.70 Total votes 1,073,235 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 1,646,973 65.16 Source: Nohlen
^ Candidacy declared illegal by the election commission.[ 5]
Party Votes % Seats House Senate Dominican Revolutionary Party 592,088 56.50 49 22 National Civic Union [es ] 315,371 30.09 20 4 Social Christian Revolutionary Party 56,794 5.42 1 0 Democratic Revolutionary Nationalist Party 36,972 3.53 4 1 Social Democratic Alliance 18,726 1.79 0 0 Dominican Revolutionary Vanguard 18,586 1.77 0 0 Authentic Dominican Revolutionary Party 5,306 0.51 0 0 National Party 4,161 0.40 0 0 Total 1,048,004 100.00 74 27 Valid votes 1,048,004 98.28 Invalid/blank votes 18,291 1.72 Total votes 1,066,295 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 1,646,973 64.74 Source: Nohlen
^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I , p247 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6 ^ Nohlen, p252
^ Nohlen, p240
^ Nohlen, p248
^ Dominican Republic Election Factbook, June 1, 1966 , p27
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