General elections were held in Bolivia on 17 June 1956.[1] Hernán Siles Zuazo of the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (MNR) was elected president with 84% of the vote,[2] whilst the MNR won 61 of the 68 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and all 18 seats in the Senate.[3]
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Results
edit| Party | Presidential candidate | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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| Chamber | Senate | ||||||||
| Revolutionary Nationalist Movement | Hernán Siles Zuazo | 787,792 | 84.45 | 61 | 18 | ||||
| Bolivian Socialist Falange | Óscar Únzaga | 130,494 | 13.99 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Communist Party | Felipe Iñíguez Medrano | 12,273 | 1.32 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Revolutionary Workers' Party | Hugo Gonzales Moscoso | 2,329 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 932,888 | 100.00 | 68 | 18 | |||||
| Valid votes | 932,888 | 97.34 | |||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 25,532 | 2.66 | |||||||
| Total votes | 958,420 | 100.00 | |||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,126,528 | 85.08 | |||||||
| 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
- ^ Electoral Systems in Bolivia Plurinational Electoral Organ