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 | ||||||||||
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Elected
!Total !+/– !Elected !Total !+/– | ||||||||||
bgcolor={{party color|Revolutionary Nationalist Movement}}| | align=left|Revolutionary Nationalist Movement | align=left|Víctor Paz Estenssoro | 735,619 | 76.10 | 32 | 51 | –14 | 6 | 18 | 0 |
bgcolor={{party color|Authentic Revolutionary Party}}| | align=left|Authentic Revolutionary Party | align=left|Wálter Guevara | 139,713 | 14.45 | 1 | 14 | New | 0 | 0 | New |
bgcolor={{party color|Bolivian Socialist Falange}}| | align=left|Bolivian Socialist Falange | align=left|Mario Gutiérrez | 78,963 | 8.17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
bgcolor={{party color|Communist Party of Bolivia}}| | align=left|Communist Party | align=left|Víctor Paz Estenssoro | 10,934 | 1.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
bgcolor={{party color|Revolutionary Workers' Party (Bolivia)}}| | align=left|Revolutionary Workers' Party | align=left|Hugo Gonzales Moscoso | 1,420 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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|align=left colspan=3|Total | 966,649 | 100 | 34 | 68 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 0 | ||
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|align=left colspan=3|Valid votes | 966,649 | 97.87 | colspan=6| | |||||||
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|align=left colspan=3|Invalid/blank votes | 21,081 | 1.62 | colspan=6| | |||||||
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|align=left colspan=3|Total | 987,730 | 100 | colspan=6| | |||||||
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|align=left colspan=3|Registered voters/turnout | 1,300,000 | 75.98 | colspan=6| | |||||||
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|align=left colspan=11|Source: Nohlen |