1951 Bolivian general election

March 2021 none Bolivia state 1947 Bolivian general election 1947 1956 Bolivian general election 1956 6 May 1951 204,649 yes Presidential election presidential 130x130px Paz Estenssoro.jpg Víctor Paz Estenssoro Revolutionary Nationalist Movement 54,129 42.91% Gabriel Gosálvez.jpg Gabriel Gosálvez PURS 40,381 32.01% Bernardino Bilbao Rioja (CROPPED).jpg Bernardino Bilbao Rioja Bolivian Socialist Falange 13,259 10.51% Guillermo Gutiérrez Vea Murguía ACB 6,654 5.27% Tomás Manuel Elío - 3.jpg Tomás Manuel Elío Liberal 6,530 5.17% President Mamerto Urriolagoitía PURS Election results annulledPresident Urriolagoitía enacts a self-coup.Brigadier General Hugo Ballivián becomes de facto president General elections were held in Bolivia on 6 May 1951.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p133 978-0-19-928358-3 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.Political Handbook of the World 1956, New York, 1956. p14 Paz Estenssoro went into exile until 1952 when the Bolivian National Revolution enabled him to take office as president.Field Thomas C. The Limits of Superpower: US Developmentalists and the Local Origins of Bolivia’s 1964 Coup 2025 Coups d'État in Cold War Latin America, 1964–1982 47–67 Coleman Kevin https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/coups-detat-in-cold-war-latin-america-19641982/limits-of-superpower/2A28508B9C5FF2743DF3004BE697234B Cambridge University Press 10.1017/9781009344821.003 978-1-009-34483-8 Carassai Sebastián subscription Electoral system Until 1956, Bolivia did not have universal suffrage. Rather, the country operated under the "qualified vote" system in which deputies elected in parish and provincial boards then voted in general elections.Voto calificado y voto universal https://www.opinion.com.bo/articulo/opini-oacute-n/voto-calificado-voto-universal/20130614211800474010.html 2021-03-18 Opinión Bolivia es Under this system, ballots for president and vice president were separate resulting in different vote totals for each. Campaign The Republican Socialist Unity Party (PURS) and the Social Democratic Party (PSD) formed the Social Democratic Action alliance to contest the election, with Gabriel Gosalvez of PURS running for president and Roberto Arce of the PSD running for vice-president. Results President Víctor Paz Estenssoro Revolutionary Nationalist Movement 54129 Gabriel Gosálvez Republican Socialist Unity Party 40381 Bernardino Bilbao Rioja Bolivian Socialist Falange 13259 Guillermo Gutiérrez Vea Murguía Bolivian Civic Action 6654 Tomás Manuel Elío Liberal Party 6530 José Antonio Arze Revolutionary Left Party 5170 204649 Nohlen Vice-President Hernán Siles Zuazo Revolutionary Nationalist Movement 52602 Roberto Arce Social Democratic Party 38202 Alfredo Flores Bolivian Socialist Falange 12397 Julio Salmón Bolivian Civic Action 6778 Bailón Mercado Liberal Party 6558 Abelardo Villalpando Retamozo Revolutionary Left Party 5093 204649 OEPOEP References Bibliography Gisbert Carlos D. Mesa Carlos Mesa https://books.google.com/books?id=81F7AAAAMAAJ Presidentes de Bolivia: entre urnas y fusiles : el poder ejecutivo, los ministros de estado 2003 Editorial Gisbert es Category:Parliamentary elections in Bolivia Bolivia General Category:Presidential elections in Bolivia Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Bolivia Category:Annulled elections