1947 Bolivian general election

General elections were held in Bolivia on 5 January 1947, electing both a new President of the Republic and a new National Congress.

Results[]


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Enrique Hertzog	Republican Socialist Unity Party	44,077	47.22
		Antifascist Democratic Front	43,634	46.75
	Víctor Paz Estenssoro	Mining Parliamentary Bloc	5,194	5.56
		Independent	433	0.46
Total			93,338	100.00

Registered voters/turnout			128,982	–
Source: Gamboa^[1]


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Mamerto Urriolagoitía	Republican Socialist Unity Party	43,765	48.24
		Antifascist Democratic Front	43,423	47.87
	Juan Lechín Oquendo	Mining Parliamentary Bloc	1,620	1.79
		Independent	1,907	2.10
Total			90,715	100.00

Registered voters/turnout			128,982	–
Source: Gamboa


Party		Seats

Party		Chamber	Senate
	Republican Socialist Unity Party	45	14
	Revolutionary Left Party	36	4
	Liberal Party	16	7
	Revolutionary Nationalist Movement	4	1
	Revolutionary Workers' Party	3	1
	Social Democratic Party	2	0
	BSF Independents	1	0
	Independents	4	0
Total		111	27

Source: Political Handbook of the World 1948

^ Walter Ríos Gamboa. Bolivia, hacia la democracía: apuntes histórico-políticos. Khana Cruz, 1979. P.161.

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