General elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 1 June 1966.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p247 Following the 1963 coup which toppled elected president Juan Bosch of the Dominican Revolutionary Party, supporters of his constitutional reforms were excluded from the elections,Nohlen, p240 although Bosch himself contested them. The result was a victory for Joaquín Balaguer of the Reformist Party, whilst his party also won the Congressional elections. Voter turnout was 75.6%.Nohlen, p248
