1985 Bolivian general election

1985 Bolivian general election

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President and Vice President All 130 Deputies and 27 Senators in the National Congress
Registered	2,108,458
Turnout	81.97% ( 7.7pp)
Nominee Hugo Banzer Víctor Paz Estenssoro Party ADN MNR Running mate Eudoro Galindo Julio Garret Ayllón Popular vote 493,735 456,704 Percentage 32.83% 30.36%   Nominee Jaime Paz Zamora Roberto Jordán Pando Party MIR MNRI Running mate Oscar Eid Franco Marcelo Velarde Ortiz Popular vote 153,143 82,418 Percentage 10.18% 5.48%
Results by department (left) and province (right)
President before election Hernán Siles Zuazo MNRI Elected President Víctor Paz Estenssoro MNR

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General elections were held in Bolivia on 14 July 1985.^[1] As no candidate for the presidency received over 50% of the vote, the National Congress was required to elect a President on 4 August. Although Hugo Banzer of Nationalist Democratic Action (ADN) received the most public votes, Congress elected Víctor Paz Estenssoro of the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (MNR).^[2]