- Elections in Bolivia
Elections in Bolivia gives information on
election s and election results in Bolivia.Bolivia elects on national level a
head of state – the president – and alegislature . The president and the vice-president are elected for a five-year term by the people (first round) or parliament (second round). The National Congress ("Congreso Nacional") has two chambers. The Chamber of Deputies ("Cámara de Diputados") has 130 members, elected for a five-year term by a mixture ofproportional representation andfirst-past-the-post . The Chamber of Senators ("Cámara de Senadores") has 27 members: each of the country's nine departments returns three senators: two from the party or formula that receives the most votes, with the third senator representing the second-placed party.Bolivia has a
multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to formcoalition government s.Latest elections
2006 Constituent Assembly election
2005 Presidential election
2005 Parliamentary election
Past elections
ee also
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Electoral calendar
*Electoral system External links
* [http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/b/bolivia/ Adam Carr's Election Archive]
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