Bolivia’s Founding Pacts: The Pact for Democracy and the Patriotic Accord through an Electoral Lens
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Abstract
Institutional design in Bolivia, mainly through electoral reforms, has had a dramatic impact on the capacity of Bolivian governments to forge and maintain ruling coalitions even since the transition to democracy. To move toward democracy, elections were held in July 1979 with the Popular Democratic Unity’s (UDP) Hernan Siles Zuazo emerging as the most voted candidate with 38.74 percent. MNR’s Paz Estenssoro obtained 20.15 percent of the vote and ADN’s Hugo Banzer came in third with 16.83 percent. The 1979 stalemate ensued when no agreement was reached among parliamentarians as to who should become president.
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Political Party Presidential Candidate Popular Vote Congressional Election Governing Coalition
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Notes
- 1.Carey, John. “Interview with Guillermo Bedegral,” MNR deputy. La Paz, Bolivia, May 2001.Google Scholar
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