1962 Dominican Republic general election information
1962 Dominican Republic general election
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20 December 1962 (1962-12-20)
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Presidential election
Nominee
Juan Bosch
Viriato Fiallo
Party
PRD
UCN [es]
Popular vote
628,044
317,327
Percentage
59.53%
30.08%
President before election
Rafael Bonnelly
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Elected President
Juan Bosch
PRD
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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 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.[2] However, reforms implemented by Bosch alienated the American government and the local oligarchy, leading to a coup the following year,[3] and eventually the Dominican Civil War. Voter turnout was 65%.[4]
^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
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