General elections were held in Bolivia on 4 January 1931, electing both a new President of the Republic and a new National Congress. Held in the aftermath of the 1930 Bolivian coup d'état, only the Salamanca-Tejada ticket was allowed to run by the military junta then in power.[1]
Results
editPresident
edit| Candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Salamanca Urey (PRG) | José Luis Tejada Sorzano (PL) | PRG–PL | 38,282 | 100.00 | |
| Total | 38,282 | 100.00 | |||
| Valid votes | 38,282 | 98.17 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 715 | 1.83 | |||
| Total votes | 38,997 | 100.00 | |||
| Source: Mesa[2] | |||||
Congress
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | |||||
| Chamber | Senate | |||||
| Liberal Party | 26 | 10 | ||||
| Genuine Republican Party | 28 | 5 | ||||
| Socialist Republican Party | 9 | 1 | ||||
| Nationalist Party | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Independents | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 68 | 16 | ||||
| Source: Political handbook of the world 1932[3] | ||||||
References
edit- ^ Elizabeth Shesko Conscript Nation: Coercion and Citizenship in the Bolivian Barracks University of Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh. 2020. pp. 80-81
- ^ Carlos D. Mesa Gisbert Presidentes de Bolivia: entre urnas y fusiles (el poder ejecutivo, los ministros de estado) 2a. Edición Editorial Gisbert. La Paz. 1990. p. 303
- ^ Political handbook of the world 1932. New York, 1932. p18