Bolivian general election, 1960
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General elections were held in Bolivia on 5 June 1960.[1] Víctor Paz Estenssoro of the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (MNR) was elected President with 76% of the vote,[2] whilst the MNR retained its large majority in Congress.
Results
| Party | Presidential candidate | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamber | Senate | ||||||||
| Elected | Total | +/– | Elected | Total | +/– | ||||
| Revolutionary Nationalist Movement | Víctor Paz Estenssoro | 735,619 | 76.1 | 32 | 51 | –14 | 6 | 18 | 0 |
| Authentic Revolutionary Party | Wálter Guevara | 139,713 | 14.5 | 1 | 14 | New | 0 | 0 | New |
| Bolivian Socialist Falange | Mario Gutiérrez | 78,963 | 8.2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Communist Party | Víctor Paz Estenssoro | 10,934 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Revolutionary Workers' Party | Hugo Gonzales Moscoso | 1,420 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 21,081 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Total | 987,730 | 100 | 34 | 68 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 0 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,300,000 | 76.0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Source: Nohlen | |||||||||
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