1966 Bolivian general election

General elections were held in Bolivia on 3 July 1966.[1] René Barrientos of the Front of the Bolivian Revolution (FRB) was elected President with 67% of the vote,[2] whilst the FRB won a majority in both houses of Congress. James Dunkerley describes the election as not free and fair since a major segment of the opposition was excluded from participating.[3]

Background

Following the 1964 elections, Barrientos had led a military coup to remove Víctor Paz Estenssoro from power. In May 1965, Juan Lechín Oquendo, a labor leader who was the head of the left faction of the Nationalist Revolutionary Movement, was arrested and expelled from the country.[4]

Campaign

Several alliances were formed for the elections:[5]

Alliance	Parties
Christian Democratic Community	Bolivian Socialist Falange
	Democratic Revolutionary Alliance
	National Association of Democratic Professions
Democratic Institutionalist Alliance	Liberal Party
Democratic Institutionalist Alliance	Republican Socialist Unity Party
Front of the Bolivian Revolution	Authentic Revolutionary Party
	Popular Christian Movement
	Social Democratic Party
	Revolutionary Left Party
Liberation Front of the National Left	Communist Party and others

Foreign involvement

The United States government provided financial support to Barrientos' campaign, including his efforts to form an electoral coalition and to campaign for the election.

Results

Party	Presidential candidate	Votes	%	Seats
Party	Presidential candidate	Votes	%	Chamber	Senate
Front of the Bolivian Revolution	René Barrientos	680,532	67.2	82	18
Christian Democratic Community	Bernardino Bilbao Rioja	138,054	13.6	19	8
Revolutionary Nationalist Movement–Andrade	Víctor Andrade	88,099	8.7	0	0
Nationalist Revolutionary Movement of the People	Mario Díez de Medina	61,309	6.0	1	1
Liberation Front of the National Left	Felipe Iñíguez	33,054	3.2	0	0
Democratic Institutionalist Alliance	Enrique Hertzog	11,400	1.1	0	0
Invalid/blank votes		90,503	–	–	–
Total		1,099,994	100	102	27
Registered voters/turnout		1,270,611	86.6	–	–
Source: Nohlen

References

Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p133 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
Nohlen, p150
Dunkerley, James (1998). "The 1997 Bolivian election in historical perspective". ISA Occasional Papers (16).
U.S. High Level Panel (2004). "Editorial Note".
Nohlen, p139

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[N1-1] Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p133 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3

[2] Nohlen, p150

[3] Dunkerley, James (1998). "The 1997 Bolivian election in historical perspective". ISA Occasional Papers (16).

[4] U.S. High Level Panel (2004). "Editorial Note".

[5] Nohlen, p139

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