1960 Bolivian general election

General elections were held in Bolivia on 5 June 1960.^[1] Víctor Paz Estenssoro of the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (MNR) was elected President with 76% of the vote,^[2] whilst the MNR retained its large majority in Congress.

Results

Party		Presidential candidate	Votes	%	Seats
					Chamber			Senate
					Elected	Total	+/–	Elected	Total	+/–
	Revolutionary Nationalist Movement	Víctor Paz Estenssoro	735,619	76.10	32	51	–14	6	18	0
	Authentic Revolutionary Party	Wálter Guevara	139,713	14.45	1	14	New	0	0	New
	Bolivian Socialist Falange	Mario Gutiérrez	78,963	8.17	1	3	0	0	0	0
	Communist Party	Víctor Paz Estenssoro	10,934	1.13	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Revolutionary Workers' Party	Hugo Gonzales Moscoso	1,420	0.15	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			966,649	100	34	68	0	6	18	0
Valid votes			966,649	97.87
Invalid/blank votes			21,081	1.62
Total			987,730	100
Registered voters/turnout			1,300,000	75.98
Source: Nohlen

References

1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p133 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
2. Nohlen, p149