Bolivian general election, 1947

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Bolivia held a general election on 5 January 1947, electing both a new President of the Republic and a new National Congress.

Bolivia country in South America

Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia is a landlocked country located in western-central South America. The capital is Sucre while the seat of government and financial center is located in La Paz. The largest city and principal industrial center is Santa Cruz de la Sierra, located on the Llanos Orientales a mostly flat region in the east of Bolivia.

President of Bolivia position

The President of Bolivia officially known as the President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is head of state and head of government of Bolivia. According to the current Constitution, the president is elected by popular vote to a five-year term, renewable once. In 2016, in a referendum the country voted to maintain term limits. Since 2009, if no candidate wins a majority, the top two candidates advance to a runoff election. Prior to 2009, if no candidate won half the popular vote, the president was chosen by a vote in a joint legislative session from among the top two candidates.

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Results

President

Presidential candidatesParty/AllianceVotes%
Enrique Hertzog Garaizabal (PURS)PURS44,07747.22
Luis Femando Guachalla (PL)FDA43,63446.75
Víctor Paz Estenssoro (MNR)BMP5,19405.56
Félix Tavera (independent)43300.46
Valid votes93,338100.0
Invalid votes???
Votes cast???
Registered voters128,982
Population???
Source: Gamboa [1]

Vice President

Vice-Presidential candidatesParty/AllianceVotes%
Mamerto Urriolagoitía Harriague (PURS)PURS43,76548.24
Guillermo Francovich (PIR)FDA43,42347.87
Juan Lechín Oquendo (MNR)BMP1,62001.79
Rafael Otazo (independent)1,90702.10
Valid votes90,715100.0
Invalid votes???
Votes cast???
Registered voters128,982
Population???
Source: Gamboa

FDA – Antifascist Democratic Front (Frente Democratico Antifascista). Electoral alliance formed by Liberal Party, PL; Revolutionary Left Party, PIR; Social Democratic Party, PSD.

The Antifascist Democratic Front was a political alliance of the traditionalist and left-wing parties in Bolivia.

The Liberal Party was one of two major political parties in Bolivia in the late 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. The other was the Conservative Party. The Liberal Party was formally founded in 1883 by Eliodoro Camacho. The party espoused freedom of religion, a strict separation between church and state, legal acceptance of civil marriages and divorce, and strict adherence to democratic procedures. When the party took power in 1899, it moved the base of the presidency and the Congress to La Paz, which became the de facto capital city. The Supreme Court remained in Sucre. To this day, Sucre is the de jure capital of Bolivia while La Paz acts as the de facto seat of government.

Revolutionary Left Party

The Revolutionary Left Party was a communist party in Bolivia. It was founded in May 1940 by Dr. José Antonio Arze and other Bolivian intellectuals.

PURS – Republican Socialist Unity Party.

BMP – Mining Parliamentary Bloc (Bloque Minero Parliamentario). Electoral alliance formed by Nationalist Revolutionary Movement, MNR; Revolutionary Workers' Party, POR.

The Mining Parliamentary Bloc was an electoral political alliance of the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (MNR) and Revolutionary Workers' Party (POR) in Bolivia.

Revolutionary Workers Party (Bolivia)

The Revolutionary Workers' Party is a Trotskyist political party in Bolivia. At its height in the late 1940s and early 1950s, the POR was one of the few Trotskyist parties in history to gain a mass working-class following.

Congress

Camara de Diputados de Bolivia elecciones 1947.svg Senado de Bolivia elecciones 1947.svg
Party/AllianceVotes%SenateDeputiesTotal
Republican Socialist Unity Party PURS??????144559
Revolutionary Left Party PIR??????043640
Liberal Party PL??????071623
Mining Parliamentary Bloc BMP??????020709
Revolutionary Nationalist Movement MNR??????010405
Revolutionary Workers' Party POR??????010304
IndependentsInd??????000404
Social Democratic Party PSD??????000202
Independent (FSB)??????000101
Valid votes???100.027111138
Invalid votes???
Votes cast???
Registered voters???
Population???
Source: Political Handbook of the World 1948

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References

  1. Walter Ríos Gamboa. Bolivia, hacia la democracía: apuntes histórico-políticos. Khana Cruz, 1979. P.161.