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Latin America & Caribbean 路 Capital: La Paz

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Upcoming elections

  • General election

    2027 Bolivian general election

    Date to be announcedPresident, Vice President, Senate, Chamber of Deputies, and supra-state parliamentary representatives

    Date expected
  • General election

    2029 Bolivian general election

    Date to be announcedPresident, Vice President, Chamber of Senators, Chamber of Deputies, and supra-state parliamentary representatives

    Date expected

How Bolivia is governed

System of government
Unitary presidential plurinational republic with decentralized autonomies

oep.org.bo News report

Entre los 18 y 70 a帽os de edad es obligatorio votar.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

oep.org.bo News report

El voto en Bolivia es obligatorio, universal, directo, individual, secreto y libre para todas las personas que cumplan 18 a帽os hasta el d铆a de la elecci贸n.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Head of state
President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia

oep.org.bo News report

Entre los 18 y 70 a帽os de edad es obligatorio votar.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

oep.org.bo News report

El voto en Bolivia es obligatorio, universal, directo, individual, secreto y libre para todas las personas que cumplan 18 a帽os hasta el d铆a de la elecci贸n.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Head of government
President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia

oep.org.bo News report

Entre los 18 y 70 a帽os de edad es obligatorio votar.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

oep.org.bo News report

El voto en Bolivia es obligatorio, universal, directo, individual, secreto y libre para todas las personas que cumplan 18 a帽os hasta el d铆a de la elecci贸n.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Voting age
18

oep.org.bo News report

Entre los 18 y 70 a帽os de edad es obligatorio votar.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

oep.org.bo News report

El voto en Bolivia es obligatorio, universal, directo, individual, secreto y libre para todas las personas que cumplan 18 a帽os hasta el d铆a de la elecci贸n.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Compulsory voting
Yes

oep.org.bo News report

Entre los 18 y 70 a帽os de edad es obligatorio votar.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

oep.org.bo News report

El voto en Bolivia es obligatorio, universal, directo, individual, secreto y libre para todas las personas que cumplan 18 a帽os hasta el d铆a de la elecci贸n.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Electoral authority
脫rgano Electoral Plurinacional, headed by the Tribunal Supremo Electoral

oep.org.bo News report

Entre los 18 y 70 a帽os de edad es obligatorio votar.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

oep.org.bo News report

El voto en Bolivia es obligatorio, universal, directo, individual, secreto y libre para todas las personas que cumplan 18 a帽os hasta el d铆a de la elecci贸n.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Legislature

oep.org.bo News report

Entre los 18 y 70 a帽os de edad es obligatorio votar.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

oep.org.bo News report

El voto en Bolivia es obligatorio, universal, directo, individual, secreto y libre para todas las personas que cumplan 18 a帽os hasta el d铆a de la elecci贸n.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

  • Chamber of Senators 36 seats 路 5-year term 路 Four senators per department, elected by universal, direct and secret vote using proportional representation based on the presidential vote
  • Chamber of Deputies 130 seats 路 5-year term 路 Mixed system: 63 uninominal deputies, 60 plurinominal deputies elected proportionally, and 7 deputies from special indigenous-origin campesino constituencies

The President is both head of state and head of government and is elected jointly with the Vice President for five years. A presidential runoff is held between the two leading tickets if no ticket wins more than 50 percent of valid votes or at least 40 percent with a 10-point lead; voting is compulsory, with the obligation generally applying from ages 18 through 70.

oep.org.bo News report

Entre los 18 y 70 a帽os de edad es obligatorio votar.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

oep.org.bo News report

El voto en Bolivia es obligatorio, universal, directo, individual, secreto y libre para todas las personas que cumplan 18 a帽os hasta el d铆a de la elecci贸n.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Elected offices

  • President and Vice President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia head of state 路 1 seats 路 5-year term 路 Direct universal election on a joint ticket; a runoff between the two leading tickets is required unless a ticket wins more than 50 percent of valid votes or at least 40 percent with a lead of at least 10 percentage points
  • Representatives to supranational parliamentary organizations supranational 路 9 seats 路 5-year term

Past elections

Newest first. Results are as the sources published them.

Results

The latest elections with a result table. Provisional figures can change until the count is certified.

2025 Bolivian presidential election

Final resultsTurnout 85.3%

Share of the vote (%): all 2 lines, as in the table
Results of 2025 Bolivian presidential election
Party or candidateVotesShareSource
Christian Democratic Party (PDC) Rodrigo Paz Pereyra and Edmand Lara Monta帽o Elected3,579,53455%

web.oep.org.bo Official source

el PDC obtuvo 3.579.534 votos v谩lidos (54,96 %), mientras que la alianza Libre ... alcanz贸 2.884.661 votos (45,04 %).

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

LIBRE Jorge Quiroga Ram铆rez and Juan Pablo Velasco (LIBRE - Freedom and Democracy)2,884,66145%

web.oep.org.bo Official source

el PDC obtuvo 3.579.534 votos v谩lidos (54,96 %), mientras que la alianza Libre ... alcanz贸 2.884.661 votos (45,04 %).

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

2025 Bolivian general election 路 17 August 2025

Final resultsTurnout 87%

Results of 2025 Bolivian general election
Party or candidateVotesShareSeatsSource
Christian Democratic Party (PDC) Elected1,683,89132.2%49

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Christian Democratic Party 1,683,891 32.15 17 ... 30 ... 2 ... 49

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

data.ipu.org News report

Registered voters 7,936,515; Voters 6,900,418; Voter turnout 86.9%

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

LIBRE (LIBRE - Freedom and Democracy) Elected1,397,22626.7%39

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Christian Democratic Party 1,683,891 32.15 17 ... 30 ... 2 ... 49

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

data.ipu.org News report

Registered voters 7,936,515; Voters 6,900,418; Voter turnout 86.9%

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Unity Bloc Elected1,039,42619.9%26

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Christian Democratic Party 1,683,891 32.15 17 ... 30 ... 2 ... 49

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

data.ipu.org News report

Registered voters 7,936,515; Voters 6,900,418; Voter turnout 86.9%

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Popular Alliance Elected439,3888.4%8

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Christian Democratic Party 1,683,891 32.15 17 ... 30 ... 2 ... 49

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

data.ipu.org News report

Registered voters 7,936,515; Voters 6,900,418; Voter turnout 86.9%

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Autonomy for Bolivia - S煤mate (Autonomy for Bolivia - S煤mate (APB-S煤mate)) Elected347,5746.6%5

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Christian Democratic Party 1,683,891 32.15 17 ... 30 ... 2 ... 49

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

data.ipu.org News report

Registered voters 7,936,515; Voters 6,900,418; Voter turnout 86.9%

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Movement for Socialism (Movement for Socialism (MAS-IPSP)) Elected166,9173.2%2

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Christian Democratic Party 1,683,891 32.15 17 ... 30 ... 2 ... 49

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

data.ipu.org News report

Registered voters 7,936,515; Voters 6,900,418; Voter turnout 86.9%

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Yuqui Bia Recuate Indigenous Council (Yuqui Bia Recuate Indigenous Council (BIA-YUQUI)) Elected4121%1

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Christian Democratic Party 1,683,891 32.15 17 ... 30 ... 2 ... 49

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

data.ipu.org News report

Registered voters 7,936,515; Voters 6,900,418; Voter turnout 86.9%

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Open 2025 Bolivian general election

Bolivia in numbers

From the World Bank, each with the year it is from.

Sources

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