1960 Bolivian general election

{{Politics of Bolivia}}

General elections were held in Bolivia on 5 June 1960.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p133 {{ISBN|978-0-19-928358-3}} Víctor Paz Estenssoro of the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (MNR) was elected President with 76% of the vote,Nohlen, p149 whilst the MNR retained its large majority in Congress.

Results

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!rowspan=3 colspan=2|Party

!rowspan=3|Presidential candidate

!rowspan=3|Votes

!rowspan=3|%

!colspan=6|Seats

colspan=3|Chamber

!colspan=3|Senate

Elected

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!Elected

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bgcolor={{party color|Revolutionary Nationalist Movement}}|align=left|Revolutionary Nationalist Movementalign=left|Víctor Paz Estenssoro735,61976.103251–146180
bgcolor={{party color|Authentic Revolutionary Party}}|align=left|Authentic Revolutionary Partyalign=left|Wálter Guevara139,71314.45114New00New
bgcolor={{party color|Bolivian Socialist Falange}}|align=left|Bolivian Socialist Falangealign=left|Mario Gutiérrez78,9638.17130000
bgcolor={{party color|Communist Party of Bolivia}}|align=left|Communist Partyalign=left|Víctor Paz Estenssoro10,9341.13000000
bgcolor={{party color|Revolutionary Workers' Party (Bolivia)}}|align=left|Revolutionary Workers' Partyalign=left|Hugo Gonzales Moscoso1,4200.15000000
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|align=left colspan=3|Total

966,649100346806180
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|align=left colspan=3|Valid votes

966,64997.87colspan=6|
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|align=left colspan=3|Invalid/blank votes

21,0811.62colspan=6|
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|align=left colspan=3|Total

987,730100colspan=6|
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|align=left colspan=3|Registered voters/turnout

1,300,00075.98colspan=6|
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|align=left colspan=11|Source: Nohlen

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