1989 Bolivian general election

1989 Bolivian general election

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Registered	2,137,285
Turnout	73.64%
Presidential election
Nominee Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada Hugo Banzer Jaime Paz Zamora Party MNR ADN MIR Running mate Wálter Guevara Luis Ossio Gustavo Fernández Saavedra Popular vote 363,113 357,298 309,033 Percentage 25.65% 25.24% 21.83%   Nominee Carlos Palenque Antonio Araníbar Quiroga Party CONDEPA MIR-BL Running mate Jorge Escobari Cusicanqui Wálter Delgadillo Terceros Popular vote 173,459 113,509 Percentage 12.25% 8.02%
Results by department (left) and province (right)
President before election Víctor Paz Estenssoro MNR Elected President Jaime Paz Zamora MIR

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General elections were held in Bolivia on 7 May 1989.^[1] As no candidate for the presidency received over 50% of the vote, the National Congress was required to elect a president on 6 August. Although the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement had received the most votes, its candidate for President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada was defeated by Jaime Paz Zamora of the Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR) in the congressional vote, despite the MIR only finishing third in the public vote.^[2]