1951 Bolivian general election

1951 Bolivian general election
6 May 1951
Registered204,649
Presidential election
 
Nominee Víctor Paz Estenssoro Gabriel Gosálvez Bernardino Bilbao Rioja
Party MNR PURS FSB
Popular vote 54,129 40,381 13,259
Percentage 42.91% 32.01% 10.51%
 
Nominee Guillermo Gutiérrez Vea Murguía Tomás Manuel Elío
Party ACB Liberal
Popular vote 6,654 6,530
Percentage 5.27% 5.17%
President before election

Mamerto Urriolagoitía
PURS

 Elected President

Election results annulled
President Urriolagoitía enacts a self-coup.
Brigadier General Hugo Ballivián becomes de facto president

General elections were held in Bolivia on 6 May 1951. 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. Paz Estenssoro went into exile until 1952 when the Bolivian National Revolution enabled him to take office as president.

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