General elections were held in Bolivia on 5 January 1947, electing both a new President of the Republic and a new National Congress.
Results
editPresident
edit| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enrique Hertzog | Republican Socialist Unity Party | 44,077 | 47.22 | |
| Luis Femando Guachalla | Antifascist Democratic Front | 43,634 | 46.75 | |
| Víctor Paz Estenssoro | Mining Parliamentary Bloc | 5,194 | 5.56 | |
| Félix Tavera | Independent | 433 | 0.46 | |
| Total | 93,338 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 128,982 | – | ||
| Source: Gamboa[1] | ||||
Vice President
edit| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mamerto Urriolagoitía | Republican Socialist Unity Party | 43,765 | 48.24 | |
| Guillermo Francovich | Antifascist Democratic Front | 43,423 | 47.87 | |
| Juan Lechín Oquendo | Mining Parliamentary Bloc | 1,620 | 1.79 | |
| Rafael Otazo | Independent | 1,907 | 2.10 | |
| Total | 90,715 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 128,982 | – | ||
| Source: Gamboa | ||||
Congress
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | |||||
| Chamber | Senate | |||||
| Republican Socialist Unity Party | 45 | 14 | ||||
| Revolutionary Left Party | 36 | 4 | ||||
| Liberal Party | 16 | 7 | ||||
| Revolutionary Nationalist Movement | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Revolutionary Workers' Party | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Social Democratic Party | 2 | 0 | ||||
| BSF Independents | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Independents | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 111 | 27 | ||||
| Source: Political Handbook of the World 1948 | ||||||
References
edit- ^ Walter Ríos Gamboa. Bolivia, hacia la democracía: apuntes histórico-políticos. Khana Cruz, 1979. P.161.