The 2010 Bolivian regional elections were held on 4 April 2010. Departmental and municipal authorities were elected by an electorate of approximately 5 million people. Among the officials elected are:
* Governors of all nine
departments
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
* Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
* 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
* Provincial Subgovernors and Municipal Corregidors (executive authorities) in
Beni
* Sectional Development Executives at the provincial level in
Tarija
Tarija or San Bernardo de la Frontera de Tarixa is a city in southern Bolivia. Founded in 1574, Tarija is the largest city and capital and municipality within the Tarija Department, with an airport ( Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza Airport, (TJA)) of ...
* Mayors and Council members in all 337
municipalities
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
* The five members of the Regional Assembly in the autonomous region of
Gran Chaco
The Gran Chaco or simply Chaco is a sparsely populated, hot and semiarid lowland tropical dry broadleaf forest natural region of the Río de la Plata basin, divided among eastern Bolivia, western Paraguay, northern Argentina, and a portion o ...
Political parties participating
The
political parties
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...
contesting elections in each department are as follows:
*
Beni:
Amazon Convergence (''Convergencia Amazónica''),
Beni First
Beni First () is a regional, right-leaning political party in Beni Department. The party won the 4 April 2010 regional election, the only one it has ever contested, electing both Ernesto Suárez Sattori as governor and a plurality of 11 members of ...
(''Primero El Beni''),
Revolutionary Nationalist Movement
The Revolutionary Nationalist Movement ( , MNR) is a centre-right, conservative political party in Bolivia. It was the leading force behind the Bolivian National Revolution from 1952 to 1964. It influenced much of the country's history since 19 ...
(''Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario''; MNR),
Movement towards Socialism (''Movimiento Al Socialismo - Instrumento Político por la Soberanía de los Pueblos''; MAS-IPSP), and
Autonomous Nationalities for Change and Empowerment
In developmental psychology and moral, political, and bioethical philosophy, autonomy is the capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision. Autonomous organizations or institutions are independent or self-governing. Autonomy can also be defi ...
(''Nacionalidades Autónomas por el Cambio y Empoderamiento''; NACER).
*
Chuquisaca:
We are all Chuquisaca
We Are All Chuquisaca (), was an electoral alliance created for the 2010 Bolivian regional elections that were held on April 4, 2010, in Cochabamba Department, Bolivia.
History
John Cava, the former president of the Chuquisaca Civic Committe ...
(''Chuquisaca somos Todos'', a coalition of the National Unity Front and Popular Consensus),
Renewing Freedom and Democracy (''Libertad y Democracia Renovadora''), Falange April 19,
Without Fear Movement (''Movimiento sin Miedo''; MSM), and
Movement towards Socialism.
*
Cochabamba
Cochabamba (; ) is a city and municipality in central Bolivia in a valley in the Andes mountain range. It is the capital (political), capital of the Cochabamba Department and the list of cities in Bolivia, fourth largest city in Bolivia, with ...
:
All for Cochabamba All for Cochabamba () is an electoral alliance of the National Unity Front and Popular Consensus parties in the 2010 elections in Cochabamba department
Cochabamba (, , ), from Quechua ''qucha'' or ''qhucha'', meaning "lake", ''pampa'' meani ...
(''Todos por Cochabamba''),
Revolutionary Nationalist Movement
The Revolutionary Nationalist Movement ( , MNR) is a centre-right, conservative political party in Bolivia. It was the leading force behind the Bolivian National Revolution from 1952 to 1964. It influenced much of the country's history since 19 ...
,
Without Fear Movement, and
Movement towards Socialism.
*
La Paz
La Paz, officially Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Aymara language, Aymara: Chuqi Yapu ), is the seat of government of the Bolivia, Plurinational State of Bolivia. With 755,732 residents as of 2024, La Paz is the List of Bolivian cities by populati ...
:
National Unity Front
The National Unity Front ( Spanish: ''Frente de Unidad Nacional'') is a political party in Bolivia. It was founded in late 2003 by Samuel Jorge Doria Medina Auza, who had broken with the Revolutionary Left Movement earlier that year. It has 3 ...
(''Frente de Unidad Nacional''),
Patriotic Social Alliance (''Alianza Social Patriótica''),
Revolutionary Nationalist Movement
The Revolutionary Nationalist Movement ( , MNR) is a centre-right, conservative political party in Bolivia. It was the leading force behind the Bolivian National Revolution from 1952 to 1964. It influenced much of the country's history since 19 ...
,
Movement towards Socialism,
Without Fear Movement, and
Movement for Sovereignty The Movement for Sovereignty (Spanish: ''Movimiento por la Soberanía'', MPS) is a leftist, indigenist Bolivian political party founded by dissidents of the Movement for Socialism (MAS-IPSP). Its leader, and fourth-place candidate for Governor of ...
(''Movimiento por la Soberanía'').
*
Oruro
Oruro (Hispanicized spelling) or Uru Uru is a city in Bolivia with a population of 264,683 (2012 calculation), about halfway between La Paz and Sucre in the Altiplano, approximately above sea level.
It is Bolivia's fifth-largest city by populat ...
:
National Unity Front
The National Unity Front ( Spanish: ''Frente de Unidad Nacional'') is a political party in Bolivia. It was founded in late 2003 by Samuel Jorge Doria Medina Auza, who had broken with the Revolutionary Left Movement earlier that year. It has 3 ...
(''Frente de Unidad Nacional''),
Revolutionary Nationalist Movement
The Revolutionary Nationalist Movement ( , MNR) is a centre-right, conservative political party in Bolivia. It was the leading force behind the Bolivian National Revolution from 1952 to 1964. It influenced much of the country's history since 19 ...
,
Movement towards Socialism, and
Without Fear Movement.
*
Pando:
Popular Consensus
Popular Consensus (, CP) was a Bolivian political party founded in 2009. CP founder Óscar Ortiz Antelo was President of the Senate of Bolivia from 2008 to 2010. In the 2009 national election, the party formed an electoral alliance with the Nati ...
(''Consenso Popular''),
Without Fear Movement, and
Movement towards Socialism.
*
Potosí
Potosí, known as Villa Imperial de Potosí in the colonial period, is the capital city and a municipality of the Potosí Department, Department of Potosí in Bolivia. It is one of the list of highest cities in the world, highest cities in the wo ...
:
Potosí Regional Civic Front
Potosí, known as Villa Imperial de Potosí in the colonial period, is the capital city and a municipality of the Department of Potosí in Bolivia. It is one of the highest cities in the world at a nominal 4,067 m (13,343 ft). For centuries, it ...
(''Frente Cívico Regional Potosinista''),
Uqarikuna Citizen Association (''Agrupación Ciudadana Uqarikuna''),
Social Alliance
The Social Alliance is a Bolivian political party founded on 9 October 2005. It was granted juridical personhood by the National Electoral Court on 22 December 2006. The party grew out of the successful 2004 campaign of leader René Joaquino Cab ...
(''Alianza Social''),
Revolutionary Nationalist Movement
The Revolutionary Nationalist Movement ( , MNR) is a centre-right, conservative political party in Bolivia. It was the leading force behind the Bolivian National Revolution from 1952 to 1964. It influenced much of the country's history since 19 ...
,
Movement towards Socialism.
*
Santa Cruz: Broad Front of
Revolutionary Nationalist Movement
The Revolutionary Nationalist Movement ( , MNR) is a centre-right, conservative political party in Bolivia. It was the leading force behind the Bolivian National Revolution from 1952 to 1964. It influenced much of the country's history since 19 ...
and
Autonomy for Bolivia
In developmental psychology and moral, political, and bioethical philosophy, autonomy is the capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision. Autonomous organizations or institutions are independent or self-governing. Autonomy can also be defi ...
(''Frente Amplio''),
All for Santa Cruz (''Todos por Santa Cruz''),
Nationalist Citizen Force (''Fuerza Ciudadana Nacionalista''),
Truth and Social Democracy (''Verdad y Democracía Social-Verdes''),
Without Fear Movement, and
Movement towards Socialism.
*
Tarija
Tarija or San Bernardo de la Frontera de Tarixa is a city in southern Bolivia. Founded in 1574, Tarija is the largest city and capital and municipality within the Tarija Department, with an airport ( Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza Airport, (TJA)) of ...
:
Path towards Change (''Camino al Cambio (Alianza Departamental)''),
National Autonomous Power (''Poder Autonómico Nacional''), and
Movement towards Socialism.
Including these parties, a total of 191 political forces contested municipal elections. Only the
Movement towards Socialism was involved in all 337 municipal contests. Other parties participating in large numbers of contests are as follows:
Irregularities, alleged fraud, and additional voting
Irregularities and fraud in the voting have been alleged in at least four departments, those of the so-called ''media luna'', Beni, Pando, Tarija, and Santa Cruz. In all four departments, the MAS-IPSP has denounced fraud and called for legal action against those responsible, some times joined by opposing political parties. Departmental Electoral Courts have invalidated votes at a number of voting tables where fraud or irregularities have been confirmed. Voters enrolled at these tables were called to cast votes again on April 18.
*In Santa Cruz, the Departmental Electoral Court annulled the results of 117 voting tables on April 11, mostly in the capital province of
Andrés Ibáñez
Andres or Andrés may refer to:
*Andres, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Will County, Illinois, US
*Andres, Pas-de-Calais, a commune in Pas-de-Calais, France
*Andres (name)
*Hurricane Andres
* "Andres" (song), a 1994 song by L7
See also ...
, but also in Warnes, Obispo Santistevan, Germán Busch, Cordillera, Guarayos, Ñuflo de Chávez, Vallegrande, Chiquitos, Ichilo, and other locations. 25,124 voters are entitled to a revote, about 2.7% of the department's total electorate. The president of the Court declared "We are going to repeat these acts because there was crime. The quantity of votes was altered and modified; someone interfered in the act, and that is a crime." The pro-MAS Departmental Worker's Central (''Central Obrero Departamental'') is calling for a revote in the entire department.
[CDE cruceña anula 117 mesas y sospecha de adulteraciones]
" ''La Prensa'', 12 April 2010.
*In Beni, the MAS has alleged fraud, including at the electoral table of its candidate,
Jessica Jordan.The Departmental Electoral Court has not annulled any results, and fraud accusations are being considered by the prosecutor's office.
*In La Paz, the Departmental Electoral Court found irregularities in 27 electoral tables, where the number of recorded votes exceeded the number of voters, although often by only one or two votes. These tables were annulled and will be re-voted. Officials considered both mathematical errors on the part of vote counters and fraud to be possible explanations.
*In Pando, the Departmental Electoral Court announced on April 7 that it will conduct a re-vote of 5 voting tables. Those tables are located in the municipalities of Filadelfia (1), El Sena (3), and Nueva Esperanza (1). Opposition senator Eva Gonzales, of Plan Progreso para Bolivia, has called for 18 tables to be re-voted due to electoral fraud.
*One table in Oruro will be subject to a re-vote.
[Iván Paredes, "Costas pide al MAS que reconozca resultados," ''La Razón'', 13 April 2010.]
*Due to a tie, there will be a runoff for the departmental assembly member from Villamontes in the Chaco region.
*In the municipality of Pailón, an initial tie between Armando Mamani (of MAS) and Luis Alberto Ruiz (of Todos por Santa Cruz) was broken on 19 April, by the reinstatement of 5 votes for Ruiz by the National Electoral Court. This brought the margin to 1,284-1,279 in Ruiz's favor. The MAS candidate has announced plans to press to change the outcome through a judicial complaint as well as a road blockade.
Results
Departmental results
As of 12 Abril, with counting nearly complete, all Governor's contests were effectively decided. The MAS-IPSP won 6 governorships, in Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Oruro, Pando, and Potosí. Victors in other races were:
Beni First
Beni First () is a regional, right-leaning political party in Beni Department. The party won the 4 April 2010 regional election, the only one it has ever contested, electing both Ernesto Suárez Sattori as governor and a plurality of 11 members of ...
's Ernesto Suárez,
Rubén Costas
Rubén Armando Costas Aguilera (born 6 October 1955) is a Bolivian politician and the prefect and then governor of Santa Cruz Department in Bolivia from 2006 to 2021, and also the leader of the Democrat Social Movement (MDS).
Early life and ...
of the Greens in Santa Cruz, and
Mario Cossío
Mario (; ) is a character created by the Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the star of the ''Mario'' franchise, a recurring character in the ''Donkey Kong'' franchise, and the mascot of the Japanese video game company Nintendo. ...
of the
Path towards Change in Tarija.
Complete vote totals are as follows:
Beni
, - style="background:#E9E9E9;"
! colspan="2" , Gubernatorial Candidate
! Party
! Votes for Governor
! Percentage
! Assembly Members
''24 elected by territory''
, -
, style="background-color:#7FFF00;" ,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Ernesto Suárez
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Beni First
Beni First () is a regional, right-leaning political party in Beni Department. The party won the 4 April 2010 regional election, the only one it has ever contested, electing both Ernesto Suárez Sattori as governor and a plurality of 11 members of ...
, style="text-align:right;" , 64.055
, style="text-align:right;" , 42,5%
, style="text-align:right;" , 11
, -
, style="background-color:blue" ,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Jessica Jordan
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Movement for Socialism
Movement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples (; MAS or MAS-IPSP), is a socialist political party in Bolivia. Its followers are known as ''Masistas''. In the 2005 Bolivian general election, December 2005 el ...
, style="text-align:right;" , 60.477
, style="text-align:right;" , 40,1%
, style="text-align:right;" , 10
, -
, style="background-color:pink" ,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Nationalist Revolutionary Movement
The Revolutionary Nationalist Movement ( , MNR) is a centre-right, conservative political party in Bolivia. It was the leading force behind the Bolivian National Revolution from 1952 to 1964. It influenced much of the country's history since 194 ...
-Pueblo
, style="text-align:right;" , 18.269
, style="text-align:right;" , 12,1%
, style="text-align:right;" , 3
, -
, style="background-color:green" ,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Amazon Convergence
, style="text-align:right;" , 5.949
, style="text-align:right;" , 3,9%
, style="text-align:right;" , 0
, -
, style="background-color:red" ,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Autonomous Nationalities for Change and Empowerment
In developmental psychology and moral, political, and bioethical philosophy, autonomy is the capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision. Autonomous organizations or institutions are independent or self-governing. Autonomy can also be defi ...
, style="text-align:right;" , 1.894
, style="text-align:right;" , 1,3%
, style="text-align:right;" , 0
, -
,
, colspan="2" style="text-align:right;" , Indigenous Representatives
, colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" , ''Elected through
usos y costumbres''
, style="text-align:right;" , 2
, -
,
, colspan="2" style="text-align:right;" , Peasant Representatives
, colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" , ''Elected through
usos y costumbres''
, style="text-align:right;" , 2
, -
, style="background-color:white" ,
,
, style="text-align:left;" , Valid votes
, style="text-align:right;" , 150.644
, style="text-align:right;" , 91,6%
,
, -
, style="background-color:white" ,
,
, style="text-align:left;" , ''Blank votes''
, style="text-align:right;" , ''8.739''
, style="text-align:right;" , ''5,3''
,
, -
, style="background-color:white" ,
,
, style="text-align:left;" , ''Null votes''
, style="text-align:right;" , ''5.009''
, style="text-align:right;" , ''3,0%''
,
, -
, style="background-color:white" ,
,
, style="text-align:left;" , Total votes
, style="text-align:right;" , 164.392
, style="text-align:right;" , ''86,8% of registered voters''
, style="text-align:right;" , 28
, -
, colspan="10" style="text-align:left;" , Source: Corte Nacional Electoral
Acto de Computo Nacional
The indigenous representatives were elected separately in an Assembly of the Indigenous People of Beni held in the Pastoral Center of the Apostolic Vicarate of Beni on 22 March 2010. Lola Tabo (of the Cavineño people, nominated by the Central Indígena de la Región Amazónica de Bolivia, CIRABO) and William Cuellar (Sirionó, nominated by the Central de Pueblos Indígenas del Beni, CPIB) were elected as departmental assembly members. Inocencio Yubanure (Mojeño-Ignaciano, nominated by the Central de Pueblos Étnicos Mojeños del Beni, CPEMB) and Dolores Muiba Noza (Mojeño-Trinitario, nominated by the Central de Mujeres Indígenas Beni, CMIB) were the chosen alternates.
Chuquisaca
, - style="background:#E9E9E9;"
! colspan="2" , Gubernatorial Candidate
! Party
! Votes for Governor
! Percentage
! Assembly Members by Territory
! Votes for Assembly by Population
! Percentage
! Assembly Members by Population
! Total Assembly Members
, -
, style="background-color:blue" ,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Esteban Urquizu
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Movement for Socialism
Movement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples (; MAS or MAS-IPSP), is a socialist political party in Bolivia. Its followers are known as ''Masistas''. In the 2005 Bolivian general election, December 2005 el ...
, 109.270
, 53,6%
, 9
, 90.921
, 53,3%
, 6
, 15
, -
, style="background-color:red" ,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Jhon Cava
, style="text-align:left;" ,
We Are All Chuquisaca
We Are All Chuquisaca (), was an electoral alliance created for the 2010 Bolivian regional elections that were held on April 4, 2010, in Cochabamba Department, Bolivia.
History
John Cava, the former president of the Chuquisaca Civic Committe ...
, 72.314
, 35,5%
, 1
, 53.801
, 31,5%
, 3
, 4
, -
, style="background-color:orange" ,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Renewing Freedom and Democracy (LIDER)
, 8.752
, 4,3%
, 0
, 10.012
, 5,9%
, 0
, 0
, -
, style="background-color:#7FFF00;" ,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Bernabé Paredes Bernabé may refer to:
People
As a given name
* Bernabé Ballester (born 1982), Spanish footballer
* Bernabé Barragán (born 1993), Spanish footballer
* Bernabé Cobo, (1582–1657), Spanish Jesuit missionary and writer
* Bernabé Ferreyra (1909 ...
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Without Fear Movement
, 8.044
, 3,9%
, 0
, 9.799
, 5,7%
, 0
, 0
, -
, style="background-color:black" ,
, style="text-align:left;" , Horacio Poppe
, style="text-align:left;" , Falange F-19
, 5.476
, 2,7%
, 0
, 6.127
, 3,6%
, 0
, 0
, -
,
, colspan="2" style="text-align:right;" , Indigenous Representatives
, colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" , ''Elected through
usos y costumbres by the Guaraní people''
, style="text-align:right;" , 2
, -
, style="background-color:white" ,
,
, style="text-align:left;" , Valid votes
, 203.856
, 86,3%
,
, 170.660
, 72,4%
,
,
, -
, style="background-color:white" ,
,
, style="text-align:left;" , ''Blank votes''
, style="text-align:right;" , ''19.966''
, style="text-align:right;" , ''8,5%''
,
, style="text-align:right;" , ''55.051''
, style="text-align:right;" , ''23,4%''
,
,
, -
, style="background-color:white" ,
,
, style="text-align:left;" , ''Null votes''
, style="text-align:right;" , ''12.439''
, style="text-align:right;" , ''5,3%''
,
, style="text-align:right;" , ''9.849''
, style="text-align:right;" , ''4,2%''
,
,
, -
,
,
, style="text-align:left;" , Total votes
, style="text-align:right;" , 236.261
, style="text-align:right;" , ''86,7% of registered voters''
, style="text-align:right;" , 10
, style="text-align:right;" , 235.560
, style="text-align:right;" , ''86,4% of registered voters''
, style="text-align:right;" , 9
, style="text-align:right;" , 21
, -
, colspan="10" style="text-align:left;" , Source: Corte Nacional Electoral
Acto de Computo Nacional
Cochabamba
, - style="background:#E9E9E9;"
! colspan="2" , Gubernatorial Candidate
! Party
! Votes for Governor
! Percentage
! Assembly Members by Territory
! Votes for Assembly by Population
! Percentage
! Assembly Members by Population
! Total Assembly Members
, -
, style="background-color:blue" ,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Edmundo Novillo Aguilar
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Movement for Socialism
Movement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples (; MAS or MAS-IPSP), is a socialist political party in Bolivia. Its followers are known as ''Masistas''. In the 2005 Bolivian general election, December 2005 el ...
, style="text-align:right;" , 415.245
, style="text-align:right;" , 61,9%
, style="text-align:right;" , 16
, style="text-align:right;" , 360.785
, style="text-align:right;" , 60,7%
, style="text-align:right;" , 11
, style="text-align:right;" , 27
, -
, style="background-color:yellow" ,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Marvell José María Leyes Justiniano
, style="text-align:left;" ,
National Unity Front
The National Unity Front ( Spanish: ''Frente de Unidad Nacional'') is a political party in Bolivia. It was founded in late 2003 by Samuel Jorge Doria Medina Auza, who had broken with the Revolutionary Left Movement earlier that year. It has 3 ...
-
Popular Consensus
Popular Consensus (, CP) was a Bolivian political party founded in 2009. CP founder Óscar Ortiz Antelo was President of the Senate of Bolivia from 2008 to 2010. In the 2009 national election, the party formed an electoral alliance with the Nati ...
(
All for Cochabamba All for Cochabamba () is an electoral alliance of the National Unity Front and Popular Consensus parties in the 2010 elections in Cochabamba department
Cochabamba (, , ), from Quechua ''qucha'' or ''qhucha'', meaning "lake", ''pampa'' meani ...
)
, style="text-align:right;" , 174.175
, style="text-align:right;" , 26,0%
, style="text-align:right;" , 0
, style="text-align:right;" , 147.442
, style="text-align:right;" , 24,8%
, style="text-align:right;" , 4
, style="text-align:right;" , 4
, -
, style="background-color:#7FFF00;" ,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
José Ronald Del Barco Alcocer
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Without Fear Movement
, style="text-align:right;" , 52.516
, style="text-align:right;" , 7,8%
, style="text-align:right;" , 0
, style="text-align:right;" , 63.614
, style="text-align:right;" , 10,7%
, style="text-align:right;" , 1
, style="text-align:right;" , 1
, -
, style="background-color:pink" ,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
María Casta Jaimes Arriaran
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Nationalist Revolutionary Movement
The Revolutionary Nationalist Movement ( , MNR) is a centre-right, conservative political party in Bolivia. It was the leading force behind the Bolivian National Revolution from 1952 to 1964. It influenced much of the country's history since 194 ...
, style="text-align:right;" , 29.250
, style="text-align:right;" , 4,4
, style="text-align:right;" , 0
, style="text-align:right;" , 22.800
, style="text-align:right;" , 3,8%
, style="text-align:right;" , 0
, style="text-align:right;" , 0
, -
,
, colspan="2" style="text-align:right;" , Indigenous Representatives
, colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" , ''Elected through
usos y costumbres by the Yuqui and Yuracaré peoples''
, style="text-align:right;" , 2
, -
, style="background-color:white" ,
,
, style="text-align:left;" , Valid votes
, style="text-align:right;" , 671.186
, style="text-align:right;" , 81,9%
,
, style="text-align:right;" , 594.641
, style="text-align:right;" , 72,7%
,
,
, -
, style="background-color:white" ,
,
, style="text-align:left;" , ''Blank votes''
, style="text-align:right;" , ''111.510''
, style="text-align:right;" , ''13,6''
,
, style="text-align:right;" , ''183.077''
, style="text-align:right;" , ''22,4%''
,
,
, -
, style="background-color:white" ,
,
, style="text-align:left;" , ''Null votes''
, style="text-align:right;" , ''36.905''
, style="text-align:right;" , ''4,5%''
,
, style="text-align:right;" , ''40.713''
, style="text-align:right;" , ''5,0%''
,
,
, -
, style="background-color:white" ,
,
, style="text-align:left;" , Total votes
, style="text-align:right;" , 819.601
, style="text-align:right;" , ''87,2% of registered voters''
, style="text-align:right;" , 16
, style="text-align:right;" , 818.431
, style="text-align:right;" , ''87,1% of registered voters''
, style="text-align:right;" , 16
, style="text-align:right;" , 34
, -
, colspan="10" style="text-align:left;" , Source: Corte Nacional Electoral
Acto de Computo Nacional
La Paz
Oruro
Pando
, - style="background:#E9E9E9;"
! colspan="2" , Gubernatorial Candidate
! Party
! Votes for Governor
! Percentage
! Assembly Members by Territory
! Total Assembly Members
, -
, style="background-color:blue" ,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Luis Adolfo Flores
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Movement for Socialism
Movement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples (; MAS or MAS-IPSP), is a socialist political party in Bolivia. Its followers are known as ''Masistas''. In the 2005 Bolivian general election, December 2005 el ...
, 17.192
, 49,7%
, 7
, 7
, -
, style="background-color:orange" ,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Paulo Jorge Bravo
Paulo is a Portuguese masculine given name equivalent to the English name Paul. Notable people with the name include:
* Paulo Jr., Brazilian bassist
* Paulo Jr. (footballer), Brazilian footballer
* Paulo Alho (born 1980), Portuguese race car ...
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Popular Consensus
Popular Consensus (, CP) was a Bolivian political party founded in 2009. CP founder Óscar Ortiz Antelo was President of the Senate of Bolivia from 2008 to 2010. In the 2009 national election, the party formed an electoral alliance with the Nati ...
, 16.744
, 48,4%
, 8
, 8
, -
, style="background-color:#7FFF00;" ,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Egidio Tuesta
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Without Fear Movement
, 657
, 1,9%
, colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" , ''did not contest''
, -
,
, colspan="2" style="text-align:right;" , Indigenous Representatives
, colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" , ''Elected through
usos y costumbres''
, style="text-align:right;" , 1
, -
, style="background-color:white" ,
,
, style="text-align:left;" , Valid votes
, 34.593
, 93,4%
,
,
, -
, style="background-color:white" ,
,
, style="text-align:left;" , ''Blank votes''
, style="text-align:right;" , ''1.292''
, style="text-align:right;" , ''3,5%''
,
,
, -
, style="background-color:white" ,
,
, style="text-align:left;" , ''Null votes''
, style="text-align:right;" , ''1.168''
, style="text-align:right;" , ''3,2%''
,
,
, -
,
,
, style="text-align:left;" , Total votes
, style="text-align:right;" , 37.053
, style="text-align:right;" , ''85,5% of registered voters''
, style="text-align:right;" , 15
, style="text-align:right;" , 16
, -
, colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" , Source: Corte Nacional Electoral
Acto de Computo Nacional
Potosí
, - style="background:#E9E9E9;"
! colspan="2" , Gubernatorial Candidate
! Party
! Votes for Governor
! Percentage
! Assembly Members by Territory
! Votes for Assembly by Population
! Percentage
! Assembly Members by Population
! Total Assembly Members
, -
, style="background-color:blue" ,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Félix Gonzáles
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Movement for Socialism
Movement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples (; MAS or MAS-IPSP), is a socialist political party in Bolivia. Its followers are known as ''Masistas''. In the 2005 Bolivian general election, December 2005 el ...
, 163.989
, 66,8%
, 16
, 123.663
, 63,1%
, 11
, 27
, -
, style="background-color:green" ,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Richard Alejo
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Social Alliance
The Social Alliance is a Bolivian political party founded on 9 October 2005. It was granted juridical personhood by the National Electoral Court on 22 December 2006. The party grew out of the successful 2004 campaign of leader René Joaquino Cab ...
, 31.564
, 12,9%
, 0
, 39.152
, 20,0%
, 3
, 4
, -
, style="background-color:yellow" ,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Orlando Careaga
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Uqarikuna Citizen Association
, 27.873
, 11,4%
, 0
, 13.569
, 6,9%
, 1
, 1
, -
, style="background-color:orange" ,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Miguel Ángel Pineda
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Potosí Regional Civic Front
Potosí, known as Villa Imperial de Potosí in the colonial period, is the capital city and a municipality of the Department of Potosí in Bolivia. It is one of the highest cities in the world at a nominal 4,067 m (13,343 ft). For centuries, it ...
, 15.960
, 6,5%
, 0
, 14.275
, 7,3%
, 1
, 1
, -
, style="background-color:pink" ,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Guillermo Condori Ramos
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Revolutionary Nationalist Movement
The Revolutionary Nationalist Movement ( , MNR) is a centre-right, conservative political party in Bolivia. It was the leading force behind the Bolivian National Revolution from 1952 to 1964. It influenced much of the country's history since 19 ...
, 6.066
, 2,5%
, 0
, 5.171
, 2,6%
, 0
, 0
, -
, style="background-color:white" ,
,
, style="text-align:left;" , Valid votes
, 245.452
, 80,4%
,
, 195.830
, 64,2%
,
,
, -
, style="background-color:white" ,
,
, style="text-align:left;" , ''Blank votes''
, style="text-align:right;" , ''37.311''
, style="text-align:right;" , ''12,2%''
,
, style="text-align:right;" , ''96.033''
, style="text-align:right;" , ''31,5%''
,
,
, -
, style="background-color:white" ,
,
, style="text-align:left;" , ''Null votes''
, style="text-align:right;" , ''22.599''
, style="text-align:right;" , ''7,4%''
,
, style="text-align:right;" , ''13.226''
, style="text-align:right;" , ''4,3%''
,
,
, -
,
,
, style="text-align:left;" , Total votes
, style="text-align:right;" , 305.362
, style="text-align:right;" , ''83,2% of registered voters''
, style="text-align:right;" , 16
, style="text-align:right;" , 305.089
, style="text-align:right;" , ''83,1% of registered voters''
, style="text-align:right;" , 16
, style="text-align:right;" , 32
, -
, colspan="10" style="text-align:left;" , Source: Corte Nacional Electoral
Acto de Computo Nacional
Santa Cruz
, - style="background:#E9E9E9;"
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" , Gubernatorial Candidate
! style="text-align:center;" , Party
! style="text-align:center;" , Votes for Governor
! style="text-align:center;" , Percentage
! style="text-align:center;" , Assembly Members by Territory
! style="text-align:center;" , Votes for Assembly by Population
! style="text-align:center;" , Percentage
! style="text-align:center;" , Assembly Members by Population
! style="text-align:center;" , Total Assembly Members
, -
, style="background-color:green" ,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Rubén Armando Costas Aguilera
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Truth and Social Democracy (Verdes)
, 515.370
, 52,6%
, 7
, 411.019
, 50,6%
, 5
, 12
, -
, style="background-color:blue" ,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Jerjes Justiniano Talavera
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Movement for Socialism
Movement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples (; MAS or MAS-IPSP), is a socialist political party in Bolivia. Its followers are known as ''Masistas''. In the 2005 Bolivian general election, December 2005 el ...
, 374.326
, 38,2%
, 6
, 294.948
, 36,3%
, 3
, 9
, -
, style="background-color:orange" ,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Juan Carlos Urenda
, style="text-align:left;" ,
All for Santa Cruz
, 43.929
, 4,5%
, 0
, 46.591
, 5,7%
, 0
, 0
, -
, style="background-color:pink" ,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Willams Paniagua Yépez
, style="text-align:left;" , Broad Front of
Revolutionary Nationalist Movement
The Revolutionary Nationalist Movement ( , MNR) is a centre-right, conservative political party in Bolivia. It was the leading force behind the Bolivian National Revolution from 1952 to 1964. It influenced much of the country's history since 19 ...
and
Autonomy for Bolivia
In developmental psychology and moral, political, and bioethical philosophy, autonomy is the capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision. Autonomous organizations or institutions are independent or self-governing. Autonomy can also be defi ...
, 25.031
, 2,6%
, 2
, 34.709
, 4,3%
, 0
, 2
, -
, style="background-color:#7FFF00;" ,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
José Carlos Gutiérrez Vargas
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Without Fear Movement
, 11.530
, 1,2%
, 0
, 17.016
, 2,1%
, 0
, 0
, -
, style="background-color:yellow" ,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Érika Oroza Werner
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Nationalist Citizen Force
, 8.937
, 0,9%
, 0
, 8.660
, 1,1%
, 0
, 0
, -
,
, colspan="2" style="text-align:right;" , Indigenous Representatives
, colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" , ''Elected through
usos y costumbres''
, style="text-align:right;" , 5
, -
, style="background-color:white" ,
,
, style="text-align:left;" , Valid votes
, 979.123
, 93,0%
,
, 812.943
, 78,3%
,
,
, -
, style="background-color:white" ,
,
, style="text-align:left;" , ''Blank votes''
, style="text-align:right;" , ''39.955''
, style="text-align:right;" , ''3,8%''
,
, style="text-align:right;" , ''203.015''
, style="text-align:right;" , ''19,5%''
,
,
, -
, style="background-color:white" ,
,
, style="text-align:left;" , ''Null votes''
, style="text-align:right;" , ''33.348''
, style="text-align:right;" , ''3,2%''
,
, style="text-align:right;" , ''22.929''
, style="text-align:right;" , ''2,2%''
,
,
, -
,
,
, style="text-align:left;" , Total votes
, style="text-align:right;" , 1.052.426
, style="text-align:right;" , ''85,9% of registered voters''
, style="text-align:right;" , 15
, style="text-align:right;" , 1.038.887
, style="text-align:right;" , ''84,7% of registered voters''
, style="text-align:right;" , 8
, style="text-align:right;" , 28
, -
, colspan="10" style="text-align:left;" , All party percentages are the percent of valid votes. Percentages of valid, blank, and null votes are the percent of total votes emitted. Source: Corte Nacional Electoral
Acto de Computo Nacional
Tarija
, - style="background:#E9E9E9;"
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" , Gubernatorial Candidate
! style="text-align:center;" , Party
! style="text-align:center;" , Votes for Governor
! style="text-align:center;" , Percentage
! style="text-align:center;" , Assembly Members by Territory
! style="text-align:center;" , Assembly Members by Population
! style="text-align:center;" , Total Assembly Members
, -
, style="background-color:orange" ,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Mario Adel Cossio Cortez
, style="text-align:left;" , Path to Change (MNR - CDC - FRI alliance)
, 97.726
, 48,9%
, 5
, 6
, 11
, -
, style="background-color:blue" ,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Carlos Cabrera
Carlos Rodrigo Cabrera (born October 18, 1959) is a Colombian former newsman and professional wrestling commentator signed to All Elite Wrestling and Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide. He is best known for his time with WWE, where he was one half of t ...
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Movement for Socialism
Movement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples (; MAS or MAS-IPSP), is a socialist political party in Bolivia. Its followers are known as ''Masistas''. In the 2005 Bolivian general election, December 2005 el ...
, 88.014
, 44,1%
, 5
, 6
, 11
, -
, style="background-color:green" ,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Edwin Flores
, style="text-align:left;" , National Power of Autonomy
, 13.909
, 7,0%
, 2
, 3
, 5
, -
,
, colspan="2" style="text-align:right;" , Indigenous Representatives
, colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" , ''Elected through
usos y costumbres by the Guaraní, Weenhayek, and Tapiete peoples''
, style="text-align:right;" , 3
, -
, style="background-color:white" ,
,
, style="text-align:left;" , Valid votes
, 199.649
, 88,7%
,
,
,
, -
, style="background-color:white" ,
,
, style="text-align:left;" , ''Blank votes''
, style="text-align:right;" , ''16.827''
, style="text-align:right;" , ''7,5%''
,
,
,
, -
, style="background-color:white" ,
,
, style="text-align:left;" , ''Null votes''
, style="text-align:right;" , ''8.574''
, style="text-align:right;" , ''3,8%''
,
,
,
, -
,
,
, style="text-align:left;" , Total votes
, style="text-align:right;" , 225.050
, style="text-align:right;" , ''85,0% of registered voters''
, style="text-align:right;" , 12
, style="text-align:right;" , 15
, style="text-align:right;" , 30
, -
, colspan="10" style="text-align:left;" , All party percentages are the percent of valid votes. Percentages of valid, blank, and null votes are the percent of total votes emitted. Source: Corte Nacional Electoral
Acto de Computo Nacional
Mayors results
As of 12 April, MAS-IPSP had won the Mayor's race in 229 of the country's 337
municipalities
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The term ''municipality' ...
. However, among major cities (the departmental capitals plus
El Alto
El Alto (Spanish for "The Heights") is the List of Bolivian cities by population, second-largest city in Bolivia, located adjacent to La Paz in Pedro Domingo Murillo Province on the Altiplano highlands. El Alto is today one of Bolivia's fastest- ...
) it won just three, Cochabamba, Cobija (Pando Department), and El Alto.
Without Fear Movement candidates will be Mayors of La Paz (Luis Revilla) and Oruro. Regional candidates won in the following major cities:
Jaime Barrón
Jaime Barrón Poveda (born 1959 in Sucre) is former mayor of the city of Sucre, Bolivia, representing the Pact of Social Integration (PAÍS) political party, which is closely aligned with the Inter-Institutional Committee of Chuquisaca. Following ...
(PAÍS) in Sucre, Óscar Montes (Unidos para Renovar) in Tarija, Percy Fernández in Santa Cruz, Moisés Shriqui (Beni First) in Trinidad, and René Joaquino (Social Alliance) in Potosí.
Other municipal results are as follows:
* In Beni department,
Beni First
Beni First () is a regional, right-leaning political party in Beni Department. The party won the 4 April 2010 regional election, the only one it has ever contested, electing both Ernesto Suárez Sattori as governor and a plurality of 11 members of ...
won 8 of the 19 mayor's races, including the capital, Trinidad. The MAS-IPSP also won the race for mayor in 8 municipalities. The MNR-Pueblo alliance won the remaining three races.
* In Chuquisaca department, MAS-IPSP won 23 of the 29 mayor's races.
The
Without Fear Movement won in 3 municipalities: Culpina, Las Carreras, and Huacaya.
Jaime Barrón
Jaime Barrón Poveda (born 1959 in Sucre) is former mayor of the city of Sucre, Bolivia, representing the Pact of Social Integration (PAÍS) political party, which is closely aligned with the Inter-Institutional Committee of Chuquisaca. Following ...
of the
Pact of Social Integration (PAÍS) won the capital, Sucre, defeating MAS candidate Ana María Quinteros. LIDER won in Huacareta and NA-C in Monteagudo.
* In Cochabamba department, the MAS-IPSP won mayor's races in 40 of the 47 municipalities, and a council majority in 39. Its candidate, Edwin Castellanos became the Mayor of Cercado Municipality (Cochabamba, the city) by defeating Arturo Murillo (All for Cochabamba, TPC). In the capital, MAS-IPSP and
All for Cochabamba All for Cochabamba () is an electoral alliance of the National Unity Front and Popular Consensus parties in the 2010 elections in Cochabamba department
Cochabamba (, , ), from Quechua ''qucha'' or ''qhucha'', meaning "lake", ''pampa'' meani ...
each hold 5 of the 11 council seats, with the last belonging to
Front for Victory
The Front for Victory (, FPV) was a centre-left Peronist electoral alliance in Argentina, and is formally a faction of the Justicialist Party. Former presidents Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner were elected as representatives ...
. The
Without Fear Movement won the mayor's office in 3 municipalities, Colomi, Kuchumuela and Tolata, and has council members in 23 municipalities. MAS-IPSP holds the council majority in Colomi. Unity New Hope () won the mayor's office in
Quillacollo
Quillacollo is the capital of Quillacollo Province in Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. The municipality was established on 14 September 1905 under the Presidency of Ismail Montes.
Population and growth
The city of Quillacollo is located westwar ...
, as well as 5 seats on the council, joined by 5 MAS-IPSP council members, and one from
Front for Victory
The Front for Victory (, FPV) was a centre-left Peronist electoral alliance in Argentina, and is formally a faction of the Justicialist Party. Former presidents Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner were elected as representatives ...
. The Indígena Martín Uchu movement won the mayor's race and five of seven council seats in
Punata. The ARI grouping won the mayor's seat and two of five council seats in San Benito (2 belong to MAS-IPSP; 1 to All for Cochabamba). The PUN grouping won both the mayor's race and a 3 of 5 council majority in Pasorapa. Pasorapa mayor elect Cintia Guisela Ávila and Toco mayor elect Janeth Flores Ferrufino are the only two women to head municipal governments. In accordance with the law of alternation among candidates, there are 272 women and 275 men among the council members.
* In La Paz department, the MAS-IPSP won the race for mayor in 58 municipalities: Achocalla, Ancoraimes, Santiago de Huata, Caquiaviri, Comanche, Charaña, Waldo Ballivián, Nazacara de Pacajes, Santiago de Callapa, Puerto Acosta, Mocomoco, Chuma, Aucapata, Guanay, Tacacoma, Tipuani, Teoponte, Pelechuco, Viacha, Guaqui, Tiwanaku, Desaguadero, Jesús de Machaca, Luribay, Yaco, Cairoma, Quime, Colquiri, Choca, Licoma Pampa, Irupana, Yanacachi, Palos Blancos, Laja, Batallas, Sica Sica, Ayo Ayo, Calamarca, Patacamaya, Colquencha, Collana, Coroico, Coripata, Ixiamas, San Buenaventura, Charazani, Curva, Copacabana, San Pedro de Tiquina, San Pedro de Curahuara Papel Pampa, Chacarilla, Santiago de Machaca, Catacora, Caranavi, Alto Beni and El Alto. The victory in El Alto was accomplished by Édgar Patana over Abel Mamani (MSM). The
Without Fear Movement won in 7 municipalities: La Paz, Humanata, Quiabaya, Mapiri, Apolo, Malla and Tito Yupanqui. Luis "Lucho' Revilla was its successful candidate in the capital, defeating the MAS-IPSP's
Elizabeth Salguero. The
Movement for Sovereignty The Movement for Sovereignty (Spanish: ''Movimiento por la Soberanía'', MPS) is a leftist, indigenist Bolivian political party founded by dissidents of the Movement for Socialism (MAS-IPSP). Its leader, and fourth-place candidate for Governor of ...
won in 6 municipalities: Achacachi, Mecapaca, Escoma, Sorata, Combaya, and Pucarani. The
Patriotic Social Alliance won in the two municipalities of Ayata and Puerto Pérez. The
Departmental Association of Coca Growers won in the two municipalities of Chulumani y Cajuata. The
Front for Victory
The Front for Victory (, FPV) was a centre-left Peronist electoral alliance in Argentina, and is formally a faction of the Justicialist Party. Former presidents Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner were elected as representatives ...
won in the two municipalities of Inquisivi y Sapahaqui. Other organizations won one municipality each: TP-A in La Asunta, Cumi in Calacoto, TS in Puerto Carabuco, CAOSAM in San Andrés de Machaca, and CAOTM in Taraco. Just 21 women contested for mayor in the 85 municipalities, and only five were elected.
* In Oruro department, MAS-IPSP won the mayor's office in 31 of the 35 municipalities. The
Without Fear Movement won three, including the capital, Oruro.
* In Pando department,
Popular Consensus
Popular Consensus (, CP) was a Bolivian political party founded in 2009. CP founder Óscar Ortiz Antelo was President of the Senate of Bolivia from 2008 to 2010. In the 2009 national election, the party formed an electoral alliance with the Nati ...
won 8 of the 15 mayor's races. MAS-IPSP won the remaining seven, including the capital, Cobija.
Ana Lucía Reis, an
environmentalist
Environmentalism is a broad Philosophy of life, philosophy, ideology, and social movement about supporting life, habitats, and surroundings. While environmentalism focuses more on the environmental and nature-related aspects of Green politics, g ...
and former Congressional Deputy affiliated with the MNR, is the new mayor of Cobija.
* In Potosí department, MAS-IPSP won the mayor's office in 34 of the 40 municipalities. The
Without Fear Movement won three.
Social Alliance
The Social Alliance is a Bolivian political party founded on 9 October 2005. It was granted juridical personhood by the National Electoral Court on 22 December 2006. The party grew out of the successful 2004 campaign of leader René Joaquino Cab ...
won the capital, Potosí.
* In Santa Cruz department, MAS-IPSP won the mayor's office in 25 of the 56 municipalities.
Truth and Social Democracy (VERDES) won 15 mayor's races. The Broad Front (MNR-APB) won three. Two mayor's races were won by the Chiquitana Indigenous Organization (Organización Indígena Chiquitana; OICH).
The
Without Fear Movement and several local political forces–SOL, NEGRO, VOCES, LIDER, SAN, CHINO, MATICO, MANOS, and GH–each won one.
* In Tarija department, MAS-IPSP won 5 of the 11 mayor's races: : Caraparí, El Puente, San Lorenzo, Yunchará, and Padcaya.
Six other political forces each won one: UNIR in the capital,
Path Towards Change in Concepción, MAR in Bermejo, PAN in Yacuiba, RHP in Villa Montes, and ARO in Entre Ríos.
References
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