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
edit| Party | Presidential candidate | Votes | % | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamber | Senate | |||||||||
| Elected | Total | +/– | Elected | Total | +/– | |||||
| Revolutionary Nationalist Movement | Víctor Paz Estenssoro | 735,619 | 76.10 | 32 | 51 | –14 | 6 | 18 | 0 | |
| Authentic Revolutionary Party | Wálter Guevara | 139,713 | 14.45 | 1 | 14 | New | 0 | 0 | New | |
| Bolivian Socialist Falange | Mario Gutiérrez | 78,963 | 8.17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Communist Party | Víctor Paz Estenssoro | 10,934 | 1.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Revolutionary Workers' Party | Hugo Gonzales Moscoso | 1,420 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 966,649 | 100 | 34 | 68 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Valid votes | 966,649 | 97.87 | ||||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 21,081 | 1.62 | ||||||||
| Total | 987,730 | 100 | ||||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,300,000 | 75.98 | ||||||||
| Source: Nohlen | ||||||||||
References
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p133 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- ^ Nohlen, p149