2015 Bolivian regional elections

none The 2015 Bolivian regional elections were held on 29 March 2015. Departmental and municipal authorities were elected by an electorate of approximately 6 million people. Among the officials elected were: Governors of all nine departments 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 Mayors and Council members in all 339 municipalities Bolivia elige hoy 4.975 nuevas autoridades subnacionales La Razón 2015-05-08 2015-03-29 http://www.la-razon.com/nacional/animal_electoral/Bolivia-elige-nuevas-autoridades-subnacionales_0_2242575839.html Provincial Subgovernors and Municipal Corregidors (executive authorities) in Beni Sectional Development Executives at the provincial level in Tarija The nine members of the Regional Assembly in the autonomous region of Gran Chaco Cardozo G. Jesús Los números y datos de las elecciones subnacionales El País Tarija, Bolivia 2015-05-08 2010-03-29 http://www.elpaisonline.com/index.php/2013-01-15-14-16-26/centrales/item/164949-los-numeros-y-datos-de-las-elecciones-subnacionales Altogether, 2,642 officials were elected. Órgano Electoral Plurinacional Informe de labores, rendición de cuentas: Gestión 2015 y desafios para la gestión 2016 2016 Almost every elected office, but not Mayor, included a simultaneously elected alternate of the same party. Political parties participating Only the Movement towards Socialism was involved in all 339 municipal contests."Elecciones en Bolivia https://web.archive.org/web/20110708082017/http://www.boliviaprensa.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=196:elecciones-en-bolivia&catid=13:featured-news 2011-07-08 ," Bolivia Prensa, 3 April 2010. Other parties participating in large numbers of contests are as follows: Party Number of Municipalities Mayors elected MAS gana en 225 de los 339 municipios del país El Deber Santa Cruz, Bolivia 2016-03-13 2016-04-05 http://www.eldeber.com.bo/elecciones/mas-controla-225-339-municipios.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160314012634/http://www.eldeber.com.bo/elecciones/mas-controla-225-339-municipios.html dead 2016-03-142016-03-22 El MAS ganó en 227 de 339 municipios de Bolivia https://www.lostiempos.com/lt-data/20150429/mas-gano-227-339-municipios-bolivia 2021-03-04 Los Tiempos es Significant Cities Won Movement towards Socialism 339 227 Two departmental capitals: Sucre, Potosí. Democrats 24 Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Cochabamba, its other 21 municipalities are in Santa Cruz Department. Movement for Sovereignty 14 All in La Paz Department Revolutionary Nationalist Movement 11 9 in Beni, and 4 in Santa Cruz Autonomous Nationalities for Change and Empowerment (NACER) 3 National Unity Front (UN) 2 El Alto Pando United and Dignified 2 Cobija UNIR 2 Tarija Results thumb|Winning party in departmental governors' elections Bolivia's ruling MAS party suffered some defeats and setbacks in the subnational elections compared to its performance in 2010 and its victory in the 2014 presidential election.https://nacla.org/blog/2015/04/17/vote-local-democracy-bolivia%27s-regional-elections A Vote for Local Democracy in Bolivia's Regional Elections NACLA 12 July 2015 Governors PartyVotes%CandidatesElectedMovement for SocialismMAS-IPSP1 909 31441,79 %96Social Democrat MovementDEMOCRATAS940 28620,58 %41Sovereignty and FreedomSOL-BO673 24414,73 %11National Unity FrontUN182 4043,99 %40Revolutionary Nationalist MovementMNR108 5442,37 %50Autonomist Departmental UnityUD-A105 3912,31 %11Front for VictoryFPV101 8712,23 %60We Are All ChuquisacaCST101 2572,22 %10United for CochabambaUNICO76 9071,68 %10Movement for SovereigntyMPS63 9411,40 %10People's Originary Movement of PotosíPOTOSI-MOP53 2871,17 %10Autonomous Nationalities for Change and EmpowermentNACER49 2141,08 %10New Citizen PowerNPC47 2201,03 %10Tarija For AllTPT31 3100,68 %10Popular ParticipationPP28 7000,63 %10Solidarity Civic UnityUCS20 0420,44 %10Patriotic Social AllianceASP18 5130,41 %10Strength and HopeFE17 0820,37 %10Pando United and DignifiedPUD13 0420,28 %10Up with ChuquisacaACH11 4270,25 %10Revolutionary Left FrontFRI90700,20 %10Integrity, Security, and AutonomyISA57680,13 %10Amazon Social PowerPASO11420,02 %10Valid votes4 568 97688,08 %329Blank votes356 0486,86 %Null votes261 9425,05 %Total ballots cast5 186 966100,00 %Source: Tribunal Supremo Electoral, Resultados Elecciones Subnacionales 2015 The governors of Beni and Tarija were elected in a May 3 runoff election. References Category:Elections in Bolivia Category:2015 elections in South America Regional