1993 Bolivian general election

General elections were held in Bolivia on 6 June 1993.[1] As no candidate for the presidency received over 50% of the vote, the National Congress was required to elect a President on 4 August. Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada of the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement–Revolutionary Liberation Movement Tupaq Katari alliance was subsequently elected unopposed.

Campaign

Prior to the elections the Nationalist Democratic Action and Revolutionary Left Movement parties formed the Patriotic Accord alliance, whilst eight left-wing parties continued the United Left coalition.[2]

Results

Election result by department:

  Departments where Sánchez de Lozada won

  Departments where Banzer won

Party	Presidential candidate	Votes	%	Seats
				Chamber	+/–	Senate	+/–
MNR–MRTKL	Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada	585,837	35.6	52	+12	17	+8
Patriotic Accord (ADN–MIR)	Hugo Banzer	346,865	21.1	35	–36	8	–8
CONDEPA–MP	Carlos Palenque	235,427	14.3	13	+4	1	–1
Civic Solidarity Union	Max Fernández Rojas	226,816	13.8	20	New	1	New
Free Bolivia Movement	Antonio Araníbar Quiroga	88,260	5.4	7	–	0	0
Bolivian Renewal Alliance	Casanio Ancalle Choque	30,867	1.9	1	New	0	New
Alternative to Democratic Socialism	Jerjes Justiniano Talavera	30,286	1.8	1	New	0	New
Revolutionary Vanguard of 9 April	Carlos Serrate Reich	21,100	1.3	0	New	0	New
Bolivian Socialist Falange	Mario Serrate Paz	20,947	1.2	0	0	0	0
Axis of Patriotic Accordance	Félix Aguilar	18,176	1.1	1	–	0	–
United Left	Ramiro Romero	16,137	0.9	0	–10	0	0
National Katarista Movement	Fernando Untoja Choque	12,627	0.8	0	New	0	New
National Organisation of Independents	Oscar Bonifáz	8,096	0.5	0	New	0	New
Democratic Federalist Movement	Carlos Valverde	6,269	0.4	0	New	0	New
Invalid/blank votes		83,599	–	–	–	–	–
Total		1,731,309	100	130	0	27	0
Registered votes/turnout		2,399,197	72.2	–	–	–	–
Source: Nohlen

By department

Department	PA	RNM-RLMTK	CSU	CF	Others
Beni	36.93%	41.40%	11.52%	1.25%	8.89%
Chuquisaca	26.23%	31.95%	12.67%	2.52%	26.62%
Cochabamba	21.05%	40.45%	18.75%	3.73%	16.02%
La Paz	13.85%	31.33%	10.52%	30.58%	13.72%
Oruro	18.24%	33.27%	20.31%	11.71%	16.47%
Pando	50.72%	33.09%	6.96%	0.43%	8.80%
Potosi	22.58%	30.65%	19.48%	6.29%	21.00%
Santa Cruz	26.98%	40.52%	13.01%	4.35%	15.15%
Tarija	30.29%	42.34%	13.79%	1.76%	11.82%
Source: Constituency-Level Election Archive

Congressional ballot

Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada was the only candidate in the Congressional election, and was supported by his own MNR–MRTKL alliance, as well as the Civic Solidarity Union and the Free Bolivia Movement. All other parties abstained from voting.[3]

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada	MNR–MRTKL	97	100
Invalid/blank votes		0	–
Total		97	100
Registered voters/turnout		157	61.8
Source: Morales

See also

• Bolivian National Congress, 1993–1997

References

1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p133 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
2. Elections held in 1993 IPU
3. Walter Q Morales (2003) A brief history of Bolivia New York: Facts On File, p205