Bolivia held a general election on 16 June 1956, electing both a new President of the Republic and a new National Congress.
| Presidential candidates | Candidates for Vice President | Party/Alliance | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hernán Siles Zuazo | Nuflo Chávez Ortiz | MNR | 676,155 | 81.41 |
| Óscar Únzaga de la Vega | Mario Gutiérrez Gutiérrez | FSB | 139,574 | 16.80 |
| Felipe Iñíguez Medrano | Jesús Lara | PCB | 12,423 | 01.50 |
| Hugo Gonzáles Moscoso | Fernando Bravo | POR | 2,404 | 00.29 |
| Valid votes | 830,556 | 100.0 | ||
| Invalid votes | ??? | |||
| Votes cast | ??? | |||
| Registered voters | ??? | |||
| Population | 3,139,453 | |||
MNR – Nationalist Revolutionary Movement.
FSB – Bolivian Socialist Falange.
PCB – Communist Party of Bolivia.
POR – Revolutionary Workers' Party.
| Party/ Department | Chuquisaca | La Paz | Cochabamba | Santa Cruz | Potosi | Oruro | Tarija | Béni | Pando | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MNR | 44,997 | 78.25 | 205,040 | 78.28 | 176,900 | 86.54 | 63,622 | 86.96 | 95,562 | 76.41 | 48,689 | 77.92 | 26,566 | 89.86 | 12,454 | 80.95 | 2,325 | 91.32 |
| FSB | 11,670 | 20.29 | 51,443 | 19.75 | 25,837 | 12.64 | 8,450 | 11.55 | 26,036 | 20.82 | 12,500 | 20.00 | 2,731 | 09.24 | 896 | 05.82 | 11 | 00.43 |
| PCB | 591 | 01.03 | 3,125 | 01.20 | 1,352 | 00.66 | 861 | 01.18 | 2,891 | 02.31 | 1,139 | 01.82 | 246 | 00.83 | 2035 | 13.23 | 183 | 07.19 |
| POR | 244 | 00.42 | 835 | 00.32 | 318 | 00.16 | 233 | 00.32 | 570 | 00.46 | 157 | 00.25 | 20 | 00.07 | 0 | 00.00 | 27 | 01.06 |
| Total | 57,502 | 100.0 | 260,443 | 100.0 | 204,407 | 100.0 | 73,166 | 100.0 | 1250,59 | 100.0 | 62,485 | 100.0 | 29,563 | 100.0 | 15,385 | 100.0 | 2,546 | 100.0 |
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