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Bolivia 1985 Presidential
Election
|
Date of Election
|
July
14 , 1985 (First Round)
|
|
Type of Electoral
System
|
Majority
|
| Length
of Term |
4
years
|
|
|
Number
of Votes #
|
Percentage
of Votes #
|
| Hugo
Bánzer Suárez (ADN - Nationalist Democratic Action) |
493
735
|
28.6%
|
| Víctor
Paz Estenssoro (MNRH - Historical Nationalist Revolutionary Movement) |
456
704
|
26.4%
|
| Jaime
Paz Zamora (MIR - Leftist Revolutionary Movement) |
153
143
|
8.8%
|
| Roberto
Jordan Pando (MNRI - Leftist Nationalist Revolutionary Movement) |
82
418
|
4.8%
|
| Carlos
Serrate Reich (MNRV - Vanguard Nationalist Revolutionary Movement) |
72
197
|
4.2%
|
| Ramiro
Velasco (PS-I - Socialist Party-One) |
38
782
|
2.2%
|
| Antonio
Aranibar Quiroga (FPU - United People's Front) |
38
124
|
2.2%
|
| Genaro
Flores Santos (MRTK-L - Tupaj Katari Revolutionary Liberation Movement) |
31
678
|
1.8%
|
| Luis
Ossio Sanjines (PDC - Christian Democratic Party) |
24
079
|
1.4%
|
| David
Añez Pedraza (FSB - Bolivian Socialist Falange) |
19
985
|
1.2%
|
|
Date of Election
|
August
4, 1985 (Second Round)
|
|
Type of Electoral
System
|
Majority
|
| Length
of Term |
4
years
|
|
|
Number
of Votes * #
|
Percentage
of Votes
|
| Víctor
Paz Estenssoro (MNRH - Historical Nationalist Revolutionary Movement) |
70
|
-
|
| Hugo
Bánzer Suárez (ADN - Nationalist Democratic Action) |
50
|
-
|
| Jaime
Paz Zamora (MIR - Movement of the Revolutionary Left) |
-
|
-
|
* In accordance with
the constitution, the 157 members of the newly elected Congress met on
August 4 to choose between the 3 leading contenders. Paz Estenssoro received
70 votes but 9 short of an absolute majority. Paz Zamora was eliminated.
|
Date of Election
|
August
5, 1985 (Third Round)
|
|
Type of Electoral
System
|
Majority
|
| Length
of Term |
4
years
|
|
|
Number
of Votes * #
|
Percentage
of Votes
|
| Víctor
Paz Estenssoro (MNRH - Historical Nationalist Revolutionary Movement) |
94
|
-
|
| Hugo
Bánzer Suárez (ADN - Nationalist Democratic Action) |
51
|
-
|
* The Congress met
on August 5 to vote on the two remaining candidates.
Source: Political
Handbook of the World 1986, Binghamton, NY: CSA Publications, 1986.
# Source: Keesing's Contemporary Archives Vol XXXI (1985): 33905.
| Population
Size |
5
895 000
|
| Registered
Voters |
2
108 458
|
|
Total Votes
|
1
728 365
|
|
Vote/Registered
Voter
|
82.0%
|
|
Spoilt Ballots
|
13.0%
|
Source: Voter
Turnout: Bolivia. [Internet]. International IDEA. 19 March 2002.
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