1997 Bolivian general election
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| Registered | 3,252,791 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 71.36% ( 0.80pp) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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General elections were held in Bolivia on 1 June 1997. As no candidate for the presidency received over 50% of the vote, the National Congress was required to elect a president on 4 August. Hugo Banzer of Nationalist Democratic Action (ADN) was subsequently elected. Whilst the ADN emerged as the largest party in Congress, it failed to win a majority of seats, and formed a coalition government with the Revolutionary Left Movement, Conscience of Fatherland and the Solidarity Civic Unity.