1964 Bolivian general election
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General elections were held in Bolivia on 31 May 1964.[1] Víctor Paz Estenssoro of the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (MNR) was the only candidate for president, and was re-elected with 98% of the vote.[2] The MNR retained its large majority in Congress.
Results
Party | Presidential candidate | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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Chamber | Senate | ||||||||
Elected | Total | +/– | Elected | Total | +/– | ||||
Revolutionary Nationalist Movement | Víctor Paz Estenssoro | 1,114,717 | 97.9 | 36 | 57 | –7 | 9 | 22 | –7 |
Anti-Communist Bolivian Front | 12,245 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | New | 0 | 0 | New | |
National Civic Union | 11,142 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | New | 0 | 0 | New | |
Bolivian Socialist Falange | 613 | 0.1 | 0 | 3 | –1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Social Christian Party | 228 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Authentic Revolutionary Party | 92 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | –1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Communist Party | 74 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Revolutionary Party of the Nationalist Left | 23 | 0.0 | 0 | 9 | New | 0 | 5 | New | |
Revolutionary Workers' Party | 16 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bolivian Civic Action | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Invalid/blank votes | 158,162 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Total | 1,297,319 | 100 | 37 | 73 | +1 | 9 | 27 | 0 | |
Registered voters/turnout | 1,411,560 | 91.9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Source: Nohlen, Political Handbook of the World 1965 |
Aftermath
Following the elections, General René Barrientos led a military coup in November 1964, removing Paz from office. The coup led to a series of authoritarian and military regimes that remained in power until 1982.[3]