Bolivian general election, 1956

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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]

Results

Party	Presidential candidate	Votes	%	Seats
Party	Presidential candidate	Votes	%	Chamber	Senate
Revolutionary Nationalist Movement	Hernán Siles Zuazo	787,792	84.4	61	18
Bolivian Socialist Falange	Óscar Únzaga	130,494	14.0	7	0
Communist Party	Felipe Iñíguez Medrano	12,273	1.3	0	0
Revolutionary Workers' Party	Hugo Gonzales Moscoso	2,329	0.2	0	0
Invalid/blank votes		25,532	–	–	–
Total		958,016	100	68	18
Registered voters/turnout		1,126,528	85.0	–	–
Source: Nohlen

References

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p133 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
↑ Nohlen, p149
↑ Electoral Systems in Bolivia Archived August 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Plurinational Electoral Organ

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