Current members of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly

2015–2020 Term of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Senate Chamber of Deputies
Leadership
President of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly (ex oficio as Vice President)	Álvaro García Linera, MAS-IPSP
President of the Senate	Gabriela Montaño Viaña, MAS-IPSP[1]
President of the Chamber of Deputies	Betty Asunta Tejada Soruco, MAS-IPSP[2]
Structure
Seats	166 36 Senators 130 Deputies
Senate political groups	MAS-IPSP (25)      UD (9)      PDC (2)
Chamber of Deputies political groups	MAS-IPSP (88)      UD (32)      PDC (10)
Elections
Senate voting system	Party-list proportional representation
Chamber of Deputies voting system	Additional Member System
Senate last election	5 October 2014
Chamber of Deputies last election	5 October 2014
Senate next election	2019
Chamber of Deputies next election	2019
Meeting place
Website
http://www.senado.bo http://www.diputados.bo

The 2010–2015 Plurinational Legislative Assembly of Bolivia is the first class of the Bolivian legislature, also known as the Plurinational Legislative Assembly, to go by that name. The Assembly is controlled in both houses by the governing Movement for Socialism (MAS-IPSP), elected with a 2/3 supermajority. Just four incumbent members of the 2005–2010 Congress returned: Deputy Antonio Franco; Deputy Javier Zabaleta (MAS-IPSP/MSM); Senator René Martínez (MAS-IPSP), who was a deputy; and Senator Róger Pinto, previously of Podemos and now representing PPB-CN.^[3]

The Assembly was elected as part of general elections on 12 October 2014. After the votes were counted, the results were as follows:

Party	Presidential candidate	Votes	%	Seats
				Chamber		Senate
				Seats	+/–	Seats	+/–
Movement for Socialism	Evo Morales	3,173,304	61.36	88	0[lower-alpha 1]	25	–1
Democrat Unity	Samuel Doria Medina	1,253,288	24.23	32	–	9	–
Christian Democratic Party	Jorge Quiroga	467,311	9.04	10	–	2	–
Movement without Fear	Juan del Granado	140,285	2.71	0	-4[lower-alpha 2]	0	–
Green Party of Bolivia	Fernando Vargas	137,240	2.65	0	–	0	–
Total (94.2% of ballots cast; 86.6% of electorate)		5,171,428	100	130	0	36	0
Invalid (null) votes		208,061	3.8
Blank votes		108,187	2.0
Total ballots cast (91.9% of electorate)		5,487,676
Registered voters		5,971,152
Source:Tribunal Supremo Electoral (Final Results in Spanish; Final results by department, province, and municipality). The previous Movement for Socialism total included four deputies belonging to the Movement without Fear. Four deputies belonging to the Movement without Fear were elected in alliance with the Movement for Socialism in 2009.

Chamber of Deputies

Commissions

The Chamber of Deputies has twelve legislative commissions (Spanish: comisión legislative), whose leadership is chosen annually.

References

1. "Directiva del Senado". Cámara de Senadores. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
2. "Directiva Camaral". Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
3. "MAS confirma 26 senadores, 85 diputados y asegura 2/3". FM Bolivia. 2009-12-17. Retrieved 2010-05-21.