1956 Bolivian general election

1956 Bolivian general election
17 June 1956
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%
Results by department
President before election

Víctor Paz Estenssoro
MNR

Elected President

Hernán Siles Zuazo
MNR

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

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