1951 Bolivian general election

1951 Bolivian general election
Registered	204,649
	Presidential election
President before election; Mamerto Urriolagoitía; PURS	Elected President ; Election results annulled; President Urriolagoitía enacts a self-coup.; Brigadier General Hugo Ballivián becomes de facto president;

General elections were held in Bolivia on 6 May 1951.^[1] Víctor Paz Estenssoro of the opposition Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (MNR) received the most votes in the presidential election, but as he did not obtain an absolute majority, the National Congress was constitutionally obliged to elect a President on 6 August from the three candidates who received the most public votes. However, on 16 May a military junta assumed responsibility for the Government with Brigadier General Hugo Ballivián as President.

The National Congress was ultimately dissolved by Supreme Decree of 7 June, 1951, which annulled the results of the elections.^[2]

^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p133 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
^ Political Handbook of the World 1956, New York, 1956. p14

[N1-1] Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p133 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3

[2] Political Handbook of the World 1956, New York, 1956. p14

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