| Parliament name (generic / translated) |
Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional / Plurinational Legislative Assembly |
| Structure of parliament |
Bicameral |
| Chamber name (generic / translated) |
Cámara de Diputados / Chamber of Deputies |
| Related chamber (for bicameral parliaments) |
Cámara de Senadores / Chamber of Senators
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| LEGAL FRAMEWORK |
| Electoral Law |
30 April 2002
Last updated on 30 June 2010 (La Ley No. 026 de Régimen Electoral) |
| Mode of designation |
directly elected 130 |
| Constituencies |
- 70 single-member constituencies
- 9 multi-member constituencies (seats allocated according to population) corresponding to the country's departments. |
| Voting system |
Mixed:
Mixed system:
- simple majority vote for 68 seats.
- party-list proportional representation vote with a double quotient system.
Only lists which receive a number of valid votes in excess of the simple electoral quotient may share the allocation of seats. A second quotient is then computed which only takes account of the votes obtained by the participating lists and which determines the exact allocation of seats, with each list receiving as many seats as the number of times it fulfils this quotient. Seats not filled in this first count are attributed to parties with the greatest remainders. Lists eliminated in the first count may participate in this second count.
Vacancies arising between general elections are filled by substitutes elected at the same time as titular members of Congress or, failing this, by the "next-in-line" candidate on the same party list.
Voting is compulsory. |
| Voter requirements |
- age: 18 years
- Bolivian citizenship
|
| CANDIDATES |
| Eligibility |
- age: 25 years
- Bolivian citizenship by birth
- fulfillment of military obligations
- literacy
- full possession of civil rights
- ineligibility: arrest, imprisonment |
| Incompatibilities |
- Minister of the Government
- diplomat
- civil servant or employee
- military or police officer on active duty
- contractor for public works or services
- manager or administrator of a State-related company or enterprise
- certain ecclesiastics |
| Candidacy requirements |
- nomination by political parties, coalition of parties or duly-recognised civic institutions
- Candidacies are presented on the basis of gender equality, with women and men alternating on the list. At least 50 per cent of candidates (both titular and substitutes) must be women. |
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