Bolivian general election, 1985
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General elections were held in Bolivia on 14 July 1985.[1] As no candidate for the presidency received over 50% of the vote, the National Congress was required to elect a President on 4 August. Although Hugo Banzer of Nationalist Democratic Action received the most public votes, Congress elected Víctor Paz Estenssoro of the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement.[2]
Results
| Party | Presidential candidate | Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamber | +/– | Senate | +/– | ||||
| Nationalist Democratic Action | Hugo Banzer | 493,735 | 32.8 | 41 | +17 | 10 | +4 |
| Revolutionary Nationalist Movement | Víctor Paz Estenssoro | 456,704 | 30.4 | 43 | – | 16 | – |
| Revolutionary Left Movement | Jaime Paz Zamora | 153,143 | 10.2 | 15 | – | 1 | – |
| Leftwing Revolutionary Nationalist Movement | Roberto Jordan Pando | 82,418 | 5.5 | 8 | – | 0 | – |
| Revolutionary Nationalist Movement-Vanguard | Carols Serrate Reich | 72,197 | 4.8 | 6 | New | 0 | New |
| Socialist Party-1 | Ramiro Velasco Romero | 38,785 | 2.5 | 5 | –5 | 0 | –1 |
| United People's Front | Antonio Araníbar Quiroga | 38,124 | 2.5 | 4 | – | 0 | – |
| Revolutionary Liberation Movement Tupaq Katari | Jenaro Flores Santos | 31,678 | 2.1 | 2 | New | 0 | New |
| Christian Democratic Party | Luis Ossio | 24,079 | 1.6 | 3 | – | 0 | – |
| Bolivian Socialist Falange | David Añez Pedraza | 19,985 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tupaj Katari Revolutionary Movement | Macabeo Chila Prieto | 16,269 | 1.1 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| Revolutionary Workers' Party | Guillermo Lora | 13,712 | 0.9 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| Popular Civic Action | Raúl Catacora Cordova | 12,918 | 0.9 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| Leftwing Revolutionary Nationalist Movement – 1 | Francisco Figueroa | 11,696 | 0.8 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| United Left | Isaac Sandoval Rodríguez | 10,892 | 0.7 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| Revolutionary Humanist Action | Juan Santa Cruz | 9,420 | 0.6 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| National Renewal Alliance Party | Humberto Cayoja Riart | 8,665 | 0.6 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| Progressive National Force | Luis Fernando Mostajo | 9,635 | 0.6 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| Invalid/blank votes | 224,309 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Total | 1,728,365 | 100 | 130 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,108,458 | 82.0 | – | – | – | – | |
| Source: Nohlen | |||||||
Congressional ballot
Only Hugo Banzer of Nationalist Democratic Action and Víctor Paz Estenssoro of the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement contested the Congressional ballot. Whilst Banzer was only supported by his own party, Paz also received the votes of the Revolutionary Left Movement, the Leftwing Revolutionary Nationalist Movement, the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement-Vanguard, the Christian Democratic Party and the Revolutionary Liberation Movement Tupaq Katari. Socialist Party-1, the Bolivian Socialist Falange and the United People's Front did not support either candidate.[3]
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Víctor Paz Estenssoro | Revolutionary Nationalist Movement | 94 | 64.8 |
| Hugo Banzer | Nationalist Democratic Action | 51 | 35.2 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 0 | – | |
| Total | 145 | 100 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 157 | 92.4 | |
| Source: Morales | |||
See also
- Bolivian National Congress, 1985–1989
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