| Parliament name (generic / translated) |
Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional / Plurinational Legislative Assembly |
| Structure of parliament |
Bicameral |
| Chamber name (generic / translated) |
Cámara de Senadores / Chamber of Senators |
| Related chamber (for bicameral parliaments) |
Cámara de Diputados / Chamber of Deputies
|
| 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 36 |
| Constituencies |
9 multi-member (4 seats each) constituencies corresponding to the country's departments. |
| Voting system |
Proportional:
Party-list majority system.
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: 35 years
- Bolivian citizenship by birth
- fulfilment of military obligations
- literacy
- full possession of civil rights
- ineligibility: arrest, imprisonment |
| Incompatibilities |
- Government minister
- 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. |
Compare data for parliamentary chambers in the Electoral system module
