1964 Bolivian general election

{{Politics of Bolivia}}

General elections were held in Bolivia on 31 May 1964.Nohlen, D (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 the only candidate for president, and was re-elected with 98% of the vote.Nohlen, p150 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

!Total

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!Elected

!Total

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bgcolor={{party color|Revolutionary Nationalist Movement}}|align=left|Revolutionary Nationalist Movementalign=left|Víctor Paz Estenssoro1,114,71797.853657–7922–7
bgcolor={{party color|Anti-Communist Bolivian Front}}|align=left|Anti-Communist Bolivian Frontalign=left|No candidate12,2451.0700New00New
align=left|National Civic Unionalign=left|No candidate11,1420.9811New00New
bgcolor={{party color|Bolivian Socialist Falange}}|align=left|Bolivian Socialist Falangealign=left|No candidate6130.0503–1000
bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Party (Bolivia)}}|align=left|Social Christian Partyalign=left|No candidate2280.02010000
bgcolor={{party color|Authentic Revolutionary Party}}|align=left|Authentic Revolutionary Partyalign=left|No candidate920.0102–1000
bgcolor={{party color|Communist Party of Bolivia}}|align=left|Communist Partyalign=left|No candidate740.01000000
bgcolor={{party color|Revolutionary Party of the Nationalist Left}}|align=left|Revolutionary Party of the Nationalist Leftalign=left|No candidate230.0009New05New
bgcolor={{party color|Revolutionary Workers' Party (Bolivia)}}|align=left|Revolutionary Workers' Partyalign=left|No candidate160.00000000
align=left|Bolivian Civic Actionalign=left|No candidate70.00000000
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|align=left colspan=3|Total

1,139,1571003773+19270
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|align=left colspan=3|Valid votes

1,139,15787.81colspan=6|
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|align=left colspan=3|Invalid/blank votes

158,16212.19colspan=6|
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|align=left colspan=3|Total

1,297,319100colspan=6|
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|align=left colspan=3|Registered voters/turnout

1,411,56091.91colspan=6|
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|align=left colspan=11|Source: Nohlen, Political Handbook of the World 1965

Aftermath

Following the elections, General René Barrientos led a military coup in November 1964, removing Paz from office. The coup led to a series of authoritarian and military regimes that remained in power until 1982.Nohlen, p125

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