Bolivian general election, 1993

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General elections were held in Bolivia on 6 June 1993.^[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. Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada of the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement–Revolutionary Liberation Movement Tupaq Katari alliance was subsequently elected unopposed.

Campaign

Prior to the elections the Nationalist Democratic Action and Revolutionary Left Movement parties formed the Patriotic Accord alliance, whilst eight left-wing parties continued the United Left coalition.^[2]

Results

Election result by department:

  Departments where Sánchez de Lozada won

  Departments where Banzer won

Congressional ballot

Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada was the only candidate in the Congressional election, and was supported by his own MNR–MRTKL alliance, as well as the Civic Solidarity Union and the Free Bolivia Movement. All other parties abstained from voting.^[3]

See also

• Bolivian National Congress, 1993–1997

References

Elections and referendums in Bolivia
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