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On 8 November 2024, Evo Morales (), former president of Bolivia (2006–2019), [15] became the first and only Bolivian citizen to be banned for life from running as a presidential candidate by the Plurinational Constitutional Tribunal.
General elections were held in Bolivia on 18 October 2020 for President, Vice-President, and all seats in both the Senate and Chamber of Deputies. [1] Luis Arce of the Movement for Socialism (MAS) party was elected president in a landslide, [2] [3] [4] winning 55% of the vote and securing majorities in both chambers of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly.
General elections were held in 1956, 1960, and 1964; and purely legislative elections were held in 1958 and 1962. Democracy was interrupted in 1964 by René Barrientos Ortuño , who proceeded to hold and win an election in 1966 and to convoke the Constituent Assembly of 1966-67 to rewrite the Constitution of Bolivia . [ 4 ]
[117] [118] The 2020 Bolivian general election was indeed held on that date, resulting in a first-round win by MAS candidate Luis Arce, former minister of economy and public finance and ally of Evo Morales. In the election, which took place under the surveillance of OAS and other international organizations, MAS received 55% of the votes with a ...
The Movement for Socialism (MAS) was an upstart populist party, led by former coca farmer and union leader Evo Morales. It rose to prominence during the campaign by promising to restore coca production and championing indigenous rights, which had not had much power in the decades leading up to the election (before 2002, indigenous parties never won more than 5% of the vote. [5])
The mandate of high judicial authorities who took office in 2018 ended on 31 December 2023. [2] The judicial election system is controversial. [3]More than 7.3 million voters were eligible to elect the judges of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), Constitutional Court (TCP), Agro-environmental Court and the Council of the Magistracy.
The 2021 Bolivian regional elections were held on 7 March 2021. Departmental and municipal authorities were elected by an electorate of approximately 7 million people. This was the third regional election under the 2009 constitution.
General elections were held in Bolivia on 9 July 1978. [3] The elections were the first held since 1966, with several military coups taking place during the late 1960s and early 1970s. [3] Although Juan Pereda of the Nationalist Union of the People won the presidential elections according to official statements, more votes were cast than there ...