General elections were held in

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on 8 November 1960. Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p552

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of the Popular Democratic Party was re-elected as governor, whilst the PPD also won a majority of the vote in the House of Representatives elections. Voter turnout was 84.6%.Nohlen, p563

Results

Governor

House of Representatives

References

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