Elections in Bolivia: Difference between revisions

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=== 2016 Presidential re-election referendum ===

On February 21, 2016, Bolivian voters rejected<ref>{{cite web|title=Referendo constitucional 2016: Resultados preliminares|url=http://www.oep.org.bo/resultados/|website=Órgano electoral plurinacional|publisher=Tribunal Supremo Electoral|accessdate=11 March 2016|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312025841/http://www.oep.org.bo/resultados/|archivedate=12 March 2016|df=}}</ref> an amendment to the [[Constitution of Bolivia|country's constitution]] that would have allowed President [[Evo Morales]] and Vice President [[Álvaro García Linera]] to run again for re-election in 2019. The amendment, if approved, would have removed Article 168 of the constitution, which allows these officeholders to put themselves forward for re-election only once. The proposed constitutional reform was approved by a combined session of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly on September 26, 2015, by a vote of 112 to 41.<ref>{{Cite web| title = La ALP sancionó la Ley de Reforma parcial de la CPE| work = Vicepresidencia del Estado| accessdate = 2015-11-06| date = 2015-09-26| url = http://www.vicepresidencia.gob.bo/La-ALP-sanciono-la-Ley-de-Reforma-parcial-de-la-CPE}}</ref> Law 757, which convenes the February referendum, was passed 113 to 43, and was promulgated on November 5, 2015.<ref name=R>[https://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/26/us-bolivia-presidency-idUSKCN0RQ0SL20150926 Bolivia passes law to allow Morales to run for fourth term] Reuters, 25 September 2015</ref> On February 24, Morales accepted the defeat of the proposed constitutional reform.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Casey|first1=Nicholas|title=Bolivian President Concedes Defeat in Term-Limit Referendum|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/25/world/americas/bolivian-president-evo-morales-concedes-defeat-in-term-limit-referendum.html?_r=0|accessdate=11 March 2016|work=The New York Times|publisher=The New York Times Company|date=24 Feb 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Bolivia's Morales admits loss in referendum on term limits|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-35651063|accessdate=11 March 2016|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=24 Feb 2016}}</ref>

 

 

=== 2015 Regional election ===

 

===2014 General election===

The last election for national executive and legislative offices, including President and Vice President and the [[Plurinational Legislative Assembly]] was held in late 2014, with new terms beginning 2015. In September 2010, President [[Evo Morales]] suggested he was eligible to run for re-election in 2014. However, Bolivian presidents are only eligible to be re-elected to one successive term under Article 168 of the Constitution. Morales and his supporters argued that his first term, 2006–10, was incomplete. [[Juan del Granado]], leader of the Without Fear Movement (MSM), challenged its former ally, the Movement towards Socialism to carry out a constitutional referendum if it wanted Morales to stand for re-election.<ref>{{Cite news

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===2011 Judicial election===

The first Bolivian judicial election is scheduled to be held on 5 December 2010. However, officials of the [[Plurinational Electoral Organ#Supreme Electoral Tribunal|Supreme Electoral Tribunal]] and of the MAS majority in the [[Plurinational Legislative Assembly]] have suggested that it will be delayed into 2011.<ref>"Ley aplaza elección de autoridades judiciales," ''La Razón'', 12 August 2010.</ref> The national vote will elect magistrates to serve on the Supreme Tribunal of Justice ({{lang-es|Tribunal Supremo de Justicia}}), the Plurinational Constitutional Tribunal ({{lang-es|Tribunal Constitucional Plurinacional}}), the Agro-environmental Tribunal ({{lang-es|Tribunal Agroambiental}}), and members of the Council of the Judiciary ({{lang-es|Consejo de la Magistratura}}).<ref>"[http://www.lostiempos.com/diario/actualidad/nacional/20100205/elecciones-judiciales-seran-el-5-diciembre_56658_101233.html Elecciones judiciales serán el 5 diciembre] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206221008/http://www.lostiempos.com/diario/actualidad/nacional/20100205/elecciones-judiciales-seran-el-5-diciembre_56658_101233.html |date=2010-02-06 }}," ''Los Tiempos'', 5 February 2010.</ref>

 

===2011 Special municipal election===

A special election is due be held for the mayor of five cities where mayors have stepped down or been indicted. In July 2011, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal formally convoked the elections for Mayor in three cities: Sucre, Quillacollo, and Pazña for December 18, 2011.<ref>{{Cite news | title = Convocan a comicios electorales en 3 municipios | work = Página Siete | accessdate = 2011-07-22 | date = 2011-07-22 | url = http://www.paginasiete.bo/2011-07-22/Nacional/Destacados/200000422.aspx | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120317125140/http://www.paginasiete.bo/2011-07-22/Nacional/Destacados/200000422.aspx | archivedate = 2012-03-17 | df = }}</ref>

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===2010 Regional election===

Departmental and municipal authorities will be elected on 4 April 2010. Among the officials to be elected are:

* Governors of all nine [[Departments of Bolivia|departments]]

 

===2009 General election===

{{Bolivian general election, 2009}}

 

===2009 Constitutional referendum===

 

In elections held on 25 January 2009, Bolivian voters approved a new [[Constitution of Bolivia|Constitution]].

 

===2008 Revocation referendum===

{{Bolivian vote of confidence referendum, 2008}}

 

 

===2006 Constituent Assembly election===

 

===2005 Presidential election===

{{Bolivian presidential election, 2005}}

 

===2005 Parliamentary election===

{{Bolivian parliamentary election, 2005}}