1985 Bolivian general election

1985 Bolivian general election

Registered2,108,458
Turnout81.97% ( 7.65pp)
Presidential election
14 July 1985 (popular vote)
6 August 1985 (Congress vote)
 
Nominee Víctor Paz Estenssoro Hugo Banzer
Party MNR ADN
Running mate Julio Garret Ayllón Eudoro Galindo
Electoral vote 94 51
Popular vote 456,704 493,735
Percentage 30.36% 32.83%

 
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%


President before election

Hernán Siles Zuazo
MNRI

Elected President

Víctor Paz Estenssoro
MNR

General elections were held in Bolivia on 14 July 1985. 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).