1966 Bolivian general election
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General elections were held in Bolivia on 3 July 1966.[1] René Barrientos of the Front of the Bolivian Revolution (FRB) was elected president with 67% of the vote,[2] whilst the FRB won a majority in both houses of Congress. James Dunkerley describes the election as not free and fair since a major segment of the opposition was excluded from participating.[3]
Background
Following the 1964 elections, Barrientos had led a military coup to remove Víctor Paz Estenssoro from power. In May 1965, Juan Lechín Oquendo, a labor leader who was the head of the left faction of the Nationalist Revolutionary Movement, was arrested and expelled from the country.[4]
Campaign
Several alliances were formed for the elections:[5]
Results
Party | Presidential candidate | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chamber | Senate | ||||||||
Front of the Bolivian Revolution | René Barrientos | 677,805 | 67.14 | 82 | 18 | ||||
Christian Democratic Community | Bernardino Bilbao Rioja | 138,001 | 13.67 | 19 | 8 | ||||
Revolutionary Nationalist Movement–Andrade | Víctor Andrade | 88,392 | 8.76 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Revolutionary Nationalist Movement of the People | Mario Díez de Medina | 60,505 | 5.99 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Liberation Front of the National Left | Felipe Iñíguez | 33,458 | 3.31 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Democratic Institutionalist Alliance | Enrique Hertzog | 11,330 | 1.12 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 1,009,491 | 100.00 | 102 | 27 | |||||
Valid votes | 1,009,491 | 91.77 | |||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 90,503 | 8.23 | |||||||
Total votes | 1,099,994 | 100.00 | |||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,270,611 | 86.57 | |||||||
Source: Hofmeister & Bamberger |
See also
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p133 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- ^ Nohlen, p150
- ^ Dunkerley, James (1998). "The 1997 Bolivian election in historical perspective". ISA Occasional Papers (16).
- ^ U.S. High Level Panel (2004). "Editorial Note".
- ^ Nohlen, p139