Bolivian regional elections, 2015
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The 2015 Bolivian regional elections were held on 29 March 2015. Departmental and municipal authorities were elected by an electorate of approximately 6 million people. Among the officials elected were:
- Governors of all nine departments
- Members of Departamental Legislative Assemblies in each department; 23 seats in these Assemblies will represent indigenous communities, and have been selected by traditional usos y costumbres in the weeks prior to the election
- Mayors and Council members in all 339 municipalities[1]
- Provincial Subgovernors and Municipal Corregidors (executive authorities) in Beni
- Sectional Development Executives at the provincial level in Tarija
- The nine members of the Regional Assembly in the autonomous region of Gran Chaco[2]
Altogether, 2,642 officials were elected.[3] Almost every elected office, but not Mayor, included a simultaneously elected alternate of the same party.
Political parties participating
Only the Movement towards Socialism was involved in all 339 municipal contests.[4] Other parties participating in large numbers of contests are as follows:
| Party | Number of Municipalities | Mayors elected[5] | Significant Cities Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Movement towards Socialism | 339 | 225 | Two departmental capitals: Sucre, Potosí. |
| Democrats | 23 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Cochabamba, its other 21 municipalities are in Santa Cruz Department. | |
| Movement for Sovereignty | 14 | All in La Paz Department | |
| Revolutionary Nationalist Movement | 11 | 9 in Beni, and 4 in Santa Cruz | |
| Autonomous Nationalities for Change and Empowerment (NACER) | 3 | ||
| National Unity Front (UN) | 2 | El Alto | |
| Pando United and Dignified | 2 | Cobija | |
| UNIR | 2 | Tarija | |
Results
Winning party in departmental governors' elections
Bolivia's ruling MAS party suffered some defeats and setbacks in the subnational elections compared to its performance in 2010 and its victory in the 2014 presidential election.[6]
Governors
| Party | Votes | % | Candidates | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Movement for Socialism | MAS-IPSP | 1 909 314 | 41,79 % | 9 | 6 |
| Social Democrat Movement | DEMOCRATAS | 940 286 | 20,58 % | 4 | 1 |
| Sovereignty and Freedom | SOL-BO | 673 244 | 14,73 % | 1 | 1 |
| National Unity Front | UN | 182 404 | 3,99 % | 4 | 0 |
| Revolutionary Nationalist Movement | MNR | 108 544 | 2,37 % | 5 | 0 |
| Autonomist Departmental Unity | UD-A | 105 391 | 2,31 % | 1 | 1 |
| Front for Victory | FPV | 101 871 | 2,23 % | 6 | 0 |
| We Are All Chuquisaca | CST | 101 257 | 2,22 % | 1 | 0 |
| United for Cochabamba | UNICO | 76 907 | 1,68 % | 1 | 0 |
| Movement for Sovereignty | MPS | 63 941 | 1,40 % | 1 | 0 |
| People's Originary Movement of Potosí | POTOSI-MOP | 53 287 | 1,17 % | 1 | 0 |
| Autonomous Nationalities for Change and Empowerment | NACER | 49 214 | 1,08 % | 1 | 0 |
| New Citizen Power | NPC | 47 220 | 1,03 % | 1 | 0 |
| Tarija For All | TPT | 31 310 | 0,68 % | 1 | 0 |
| Popular Participation | PP | 28 700 | 0,63 % | 1 | 0 |
| Solidarity Civic Unity | UCS | 20 042 | 0,44 % | 1 | 0 |
| Patriotic Social Alliance | ASP | 18 513 | 0,41 % | 1 | 0 |
| Strength and Hope | FE | 17 082 | 0,37 % | 1 | 0 |
| Pando United and Dignified | PUD | 13 042 | 0,28 % | 1 | 0 |
| Up with Chuquisaca | ACH | 11 427 | 0,25 % | 1 | 0 |
| Revolutionary Left Front | FRI | 9070 | 0,20 % | 1 | 0 |
| Integrity, Security, and Autonomy | ISA | 5768 | 0,13 % | 1 | 0 |
| Amazon Social Power | PASO | 1142 | 0,02 % | 1 | 0 |
| Valid votes | 4 568 976 | 88,08 % | 32 | 9 | |
| Blank votes | 356 048 | 6,86 % | |||
| Null votes | 261 942 | 5,05 % | |||
| Total ballots cast | 5 186 966 | 100,00 % | |||
| Source: Tribunal Supremo Electoral, Resultados Elecciones Subnacionales 2015 | |||||
The governors of Beni and Tarija were elected in a May 3 runoff election.
References
- ↑ "Bolivia elige hoy 4.975 nuevas autoridades subnacionales". La Razón. 2015-03-29. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
- ↑ Cardozo G., Jesús (2010-03-29). "Los números y datos de las elecciones subnacionales". El País (Tarija, Bolivia). Retrieved 2015-05-08.
- ↑ Órgano Electoral Plurinacional (2016). Informe de labores, rendición de cuentas: Gestión 2015 y desafios para la gestión 2016.
- ↑ "Elecciones en Bolivia," Bolivia Prensa, 3 April 2010.
- ↑ "MAS gana en 225 de los 339 municipios del país". El Deber (Santa Cruz, Bolivia). 2016-04-05. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
- ↑ "A Vote for Local Democracy in Bolivia's Regional Elections". NACLA. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
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