1956 Bolivian general election

1956 Bolivian general election

17 June 1956

Presidential election

Nominee Hernán Siles Zuazo Óscar Únzaga Party MNR FSB Running mate Ñuflo Chávez Ortiz Mario Gutiérrez Gutiérrez Popular vote 787,792 130,494 Percentage 84.45% 13.99%

President before election Víctor Paz Estenssoro MNR Elected President Hernán Siles Zuazo MNR

General elections were held in Bolivia on 17 June 1956. Hernán Siles Zuazo of the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (MNR) was elected president with 84% of the vote, whilst the MNR won 61 of the 68 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and all 18 seats in the Senate.

Results

Party		Presidential candidate	Votes	%	Seats
					Chamber	Senate
	Revolutionary Nationalist Movement	Hernán Siles Zuazo	787,792	84.45	61	18
	Bolivian Socialist Falange	Óscar Únzaga	130,494	13.99	7	0
	Communist Party	Felipe Iñíguez Medrano	12,273	1.32	0	0
	Revolutionary Workers' Party	Hugo Gonzales Moscoso	2,329	0.25	0	0
Total			932,888	100.00	68	18
Valid votes			932,888	97.34
Invalid/blank votes			25,532	2.66
Total votes			958,420	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,126,528	85.08
Source: Nohlen