Bolivian presidential election, 1960

Bolivia held a general election on 5 June 1960, electing both a new President of the Republic and a new National Congress.

Presidential election results[1]

Presidential candidates Candidates for Vice President Party/Alliance Votes %
Víctor Paz Estenssoro Juan Lechín Oquendo MNR 735,619 76.10
Walter Guevara Arce Jorge Ríos Gamarra PRA 139.713 14.45
Mario Gutiérrez Gutiérrez Antonio Arze Jiménez FSB 78,963 08.17
Víctor Paz Estenssoro Juan Lechín Oquendo PCB 10.934 01.13
Hugo Gonzáles Moscoso Fernando Bravo POR 1,420 00.15
Valid votes 966,649 100.0
Invalid votes 21,081
Votes cast 987,730
Registered voters 1,300,000
Population 3,428,092

MNR – Nationalist Revolutionary Movement.

PRA – Authentic Revolutionary Party.

FSB – Bolivian Socialist Falange.

PCB – Communist Party of Bolivia.

POR – Revolutionary Workers' Party.

References

  1. ^ Elections in the Americas : a data handbook / ed. by Dieter Nohlen, Vol. 2. [Oxford] [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press, 2005. P.149.