2013 Beni special gubernatorial election

Beni special election for Governor, 2013 Bolivia presidential no 2010 Bolivian regional election 2010 2015 Bolivian regional election 2015 January 20, 2013 Carmelo Lens Beni First 71,161 52.27 Jessica Jordan Movement for Socialism (Bolivia) 60,382 44.35 Pedro Nuni Front for Victory (Beni) 3,606 2.65 Ademirzon Algarañaz Autonomous Nationalities for Change and Empowerment 986 0.72 Governor Haysen Ribera Leigue (interim) Revolutionary Nationalist Movement Carmelo Lens Beni First The 2013 Beni special gubernatorial election was held on 20 January 2013. The elections were held to replace the interim governor of Beni Department with an elected executive who will serve until 2015. Numerous observers described the election as an important test of political strength in eastern Bolivia: a MAS victory would signal the retreat of the Media Luna right-wing alliance to Santa Cruz department alone; while a Beni First victory would dash MAS' political ambitions in the department. Aguilar Agramont Ricardo Elecciones en Beni, un termómetro regional para las justas de 2014 La Razón 2013-01-21 2013-01-13 http://www.la-razon.com/suplementos/animal_politico/Elecciones-Beni-termometro-regional-justas_0_1759624034.html Prior to the election, Beni had an interim governor, Haysen Ribera Leigue, who was selected by the Departmental Legislative Assembly on 16 December 2011. Suspendido... Suárez cae en el Beni MNR asume interinato El Día Santa Cruz, Bolivia 2011-12-17 2011-12-17 http://eldia.com.bo/index.php?c=Portada&articulo=Suspendido...-Suarez-cae-en-el-Beni-MNR-asume-interinato&cat=1&pla=3&id_articulo=81279 Governor Ernesto Suárez Sattori, who was elected on 4 April 2010, was suspended following his indictment for irregular expenditures related to a power plant in San Borja, Beni, in compliance with a Bolivian legal mandate that indicted officials may not continue to serve. Early unofficial results, tabulated by the exit poll firm IPSOS, gave Carmelo Lens of Beni First a first-round victory with 52.6%, ahead of Jessica Jordan (44.1%), Pedro Nuni (2.4%) and Ademirzon Algarañaz (0.9%). Lens derrotó en el Beni a la candidata oficialista Jordan La Jornada 2013-01-21 2013-01-21 http://www.jornadanet.com/n.php?a=86054-1 https://web.archive.org/web/20140308205100/http://www.jornadanet.com/n.php?a=86054-1# 2014-03-08 dead While Lens and his supporters celebrated victory, Jordan pledged to await official results. On January 22, Evo Morales and the national leadership of the MAS–IPSP conceded defeat. Evo reconoce derrota en Beni Los Tiempos 2013-02-06 2013-01-23 http://www.lostiempos.com/diario/actualidad/nacional/20130123/evo-reconoce-derrota-en-beni_199789_426351.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130125044056/http://www.lostiempos.com/diario/actualidad/nacional/20130123/evo-reconoce-derrota-en-beni_199789_426351.html 2013-01-25 Since Lens won more that a 50% majority, there will not be a two-candidate runoff on March 21. Lens was scheduled to be sworn in on March 1. Final results were released on February 3, 2013 by the Plurinational Electoral Organ (nearly complete results with 997 of the 1000 electoral tables reporting had been released earlier). They showed that Carmelo Lens won 71,161 votes, a 52.27% majority and well ahead of Jessica Jordan's 60,382 votes (44,35%).Órgano Electoral Plurinacional Tribunal Electoral Departamental del Beni Elección de gobernadora o gobernador departamental del Beni, 2013: Computo final con control de calidad 2013-02-06 2013-02-03 http://www.oep.org.bo/oep/archivos/elecciones2013/ComputoFinalBeni2013.pdf October 2016 InternetArchiveBot yes Political parties and candidates Four political parties chose nominees by the deadline.Sortean ubicación de frentes en la papeleta para elecciones en Beni http://www.la-razon.com/nacional/Sortean-ubicacion-papeleta-elecciones-Beni_0_1719428131.html 19 November 2012 La Razón 6 November 2012 They are as follows: Front for Victory (Frente Para la Victoria; FPV): Pedro Nuni, indigenous deputy in the Plurinational Legislative Assembly Movement towards Socialism (Movimiento Al Socialismo, MAS-IPSP): Jessica Jordan, representative of the Agency for the Development of Macroregions and Border Zones in Beni, former Miss Bolivia (Agencia de las Macrorregiones y Zonas Fronterizas; Ademaf) Autonomous Nationalities for Change and Empowerment (Nacionalidades Autónomas por el Cambio y Empoderamiento; NACER): Ademirzon Algarañaz Beni First (Primero El Beni): Carmelo Lens, a lawyer and subgovernor of Vaca Diez province. He previously served as a judged and a university docent. Paredes Iván ‘Pedro Nuni fue precandidato (como yo) y le gané’ La Razón 2013-01-21 2012-11-11 http://www.la-razon.com/suplementos/animal_politico/Pedro-Nuni-precandidato-gane_0_1721827855.html References Category:Gubernatorial elections in Bolivia Category:2013 elections in South America General Category:January 2013 in South America