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

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p133 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
↑ Nohlen, p149

Elections and referendums in Bolivia

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Judicial elections	2011

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