1884 Bolivian general election

1884 Bolivian general election

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Presidential election

Candidate Gregorio Pacheco Aniceto Arce Eliodoro Camacho Party Democratic Conservative Liberal Electoral vote 47 – 29 Popular vote 11,760 10,263 8,202 Percentage 38.91% 33.96% 27.14%

President before election Narciso Campero Elected President Gregorio Pacheco

General elections were held in Bolivia in 1884. ^[1] Gregorio Pacheco of the Democratic Party received the most votes in the presidential election, whilst the Liberal Party emerged as the largest party in Congress. The election was free. ^[2]

As no candidate received an absolute majority in the presidential election, the President was elected by Congress on 1 September. Although Pachecho's Democratic Party was the smallest faction in Congress, he was elected President by 47 votes to 29 for Liberal candidate Eliodoro Camacho after the Conservatives decided to support Pacheco. Their decision followed an agreement between Mariano Baptista of the Conservative Party and Jorge Oblitas and Casimiro Corral of the Liberal Party that Pacheco would work to support Conservative candidate Aniceto Arce in the next elections. ^[1]

Results

President

Candidate		Party	Public vote		Congress vote
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Gregorio Pacheco	Democratic Party	11,760	38.91	47	61.84
	Aniceto Arce	Conservative Party	10,263	33.96
	Eliodoro Camacho	Liberal Party	8,202	27.14	29	38.16
Total			30,225	100.00	76	100.00
Source: OEP

Congress

Party		Seats
	Liberal Party	30
	Conservative Party	24
	Democratic Party	22
Total		76
Source: OEP

References

1. Electoral Systems in Bolivia Archived August 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Plurinational Electoral Organ
2. Klein, Herbert S. (1986), Bethell, Leslie (ed.), "Bolivia from the War of the Pacific to the Chaco War, 1880–1932" , The Cambridge History of Latin America: Volume 5: c.1870 to 1930, vol. 5, Cambridge University Press, pp. 553–586, doi:10.1017/chol9780521245173.017, ISBN   978-0-521-24517-3