1956 Bolivian general election

1956 Bolivian general election

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Presidential election

Nominee Hernán Siles Zuazo Óscar Únzaga Party MNR FSB Running mate Ñuflo Chávez Ortiz Mario Gutiérrez Gutiérrez Popular vote 787,792 130,494 Percentage 84.45% 13.99%

President before election Víctor Paz Estenssoro MNR Elected President Hernán Siles Zuazo MNR

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General elections were held in Bolivia on 17 June 1956.^[1] Hernán Siles Zuazo of the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (MNR) was elected president with 84% of the vote,^[2] whilst the MNR won 61 of the 68 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and all 18 seats in the Senate.^[3]