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1947 Bolivian general election

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General elections were held in Bolivia on 5 January 1947, electing both a new President of the Republic and a new National Congress.

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Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Enrique Hertzog	Republican Socialist Unity Party	44,077	47.22
	Luis Femando Guachalla	Antifascist Democratic Front	43,634	46.75
	Víctor Paz Estenssoro	Mining Parliamentary Bloc	5,194	5.56
	Félix Tavera	Independent	433	0.46
Total			93,338	100.00

Registered voters/turnout			128,982	–
Source: Gamboa^[1]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Mamerto Urriolagoitía	Republican Socialist Unity Party	43,765	48.24
	Guillermo Francovich	Antifascist Democratic Front	43,423	47.87
	Juan Lechín Oquendo	Mining Parliamentary Bloc	1,620	1.79
	Rafael Otazo	Independent	1,907	2.10
Total			90,715	100.00

Registered voters/turnout			128,982	–
Source: Gamboa


Party		Seats
Party		Chamber	Senate
	Republican Socialist Unity Party	45	14
	Revolutionary Left Party	36	4
	Liberal Party	16	7
	Revolutionary Nationalist Movement	4	1
	Revolutionary Workers' Party	3	1
	Social Democratic Party	2	0
	BSF Independents	1	0
	Independents	4	0
Total		111	27

Source: Political Handbook of the World 1948

1947 Bolivian general election