Bolivian general election, 2014

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Bolivian general election, 2014
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  2009 October 12, 20142019 

President, all 36 + 130 seats in the Plurinational Legislative Assembly
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Nominee Evo Morales Samuel Doria Medina Jorge Quiroga
Party MAS-IPSP National Unity Christian Democratic Party
Running mate Álvaro García Linera Ernesto Suárez Tomasa Yarhui
Popular vote3,173,3041,253,288467,311
Percentage61.36%24.23%9.04%

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Nominee Juan del Granado Fernando Vargas
Party Movement Without Fear Green Party
Running mate Adriana Gil Margot Soria Saravia
Popular vote140,285137,240
Percentage2.71%2.65%

President before election

Evo Morales
MAS-IPSP

Elected President

Evo Morales
MAS-IPSP

The Bolivian general election, 2014 was Bolivia's second to take place under the country's 2009 constitution, and the first supervised by the Plurinational Electoral Organ, a newly created fourth branch of government. Incumbent President Evo Morales was re-elected for a third term.

Bolivia country in South America

Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia is a landlocked country located in western-central South America. The capital is Sucre while the seat of government and financial center is located in La Paz. The largest city and principal industrial center is Santa Cruz de la Sierra, located on the Llanos Orientales a mostly flat region in the east of Bolivia.

The Plurinational Electoral Organ is the independent electoral branch of the government of Bolivia. It replaced the National Electoral Court in 2010. The branch consists of the 7-member Supreme Electoral Tribunal, the nine Departmental Electoral Tribunals, Electoral Judges, the anonymously selected Juries at Election Tables, and Electoral Notaries, as well as three operative branches. Its operations are mandated by the Constitution and regulated by the Electoral Regime Law. The seat of the Organ and of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal are in La Paz; while the ruling MAS-IPSP party offered the headquarters to Sucre during the controversy over capital status during the 2006–07 Constituent Assembly, negotiations were inconclusive. In June 2010, the Bolivian Senate rejected calls from Chuquisaca parliamentarians to place the headquarters in Sucre.

Evo Morales Bolivian politician

Juan Evo Morales Ayma, commonly known as Evo Morales, is a Bolivian politician and cocalero activist who has served as President of Bolivia since 2006. Widely regarded as the country's first president to come from the indigenous population, his administration has focused on the implementation of leftist policies, poverty reduction, and combating the influence of the United States and multinational corporations in Bolivia. A socialist, he is the head of the Movement for Socialism (MAS) party.

Contents

The vote was held in October 2014. [1] Bolivian voters elected the President and Vice President of the Republic, 130 members of the Chamber of Deputies, and 36 members of the Senate, as well as the five first directly elected deputies to the Andean Parliament. [2]

President of Bolivia position

The President of Bolivia officially known as the President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is head of state and head of government of Bolivia. According to the current Constitution, the president is elected by popular vote to a five-year term, renewable once. In 2016, in a referendum the country voted to maintain term limits. Since 2009, if no candidate wins a majority, the top two candidates advance to a runoff election. Prior to 2009, if no candidate won half the popular vote, the president was chosen by a vote in a joint legislative session from among the top two candidates.

Vice President of Bolivia

The Vice President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia or Vice President of Bolivia, is the second highest political position in Bolivia. The Vice President replaces the President in his definitive absence or others impediment and is the President of the Legislative Assembly.

Andean Parliament international parliament

The Andean Parliament is the governing and deliberative body of the Andean Community. It was created on October 25, 1979 in La Paz (Bolivia), through the Constitutive Treaty signed by the chancellors of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. It entered into force in January 1984.

Background

In April 2013, the Supreme Court ruled that the first term of President Evo Morales did not count towards constitutional term limits as the constitution of Bolivia had since been amended. On 20 May, Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera signed a bill into law in the presence of MPs, members of the armed forces and Movement for Socialism representatives. He said: "President Evo Morales is constitutionally permitted to run for re-election in 2015." This was despite Morales not having made an announcement to run. Unnamed opposition leaders said they would appeal the ruling in trying to overturn it. [3]

Constitution of Bolivia

The current Constitution of Bolivia came into effect on February 7, 2009 when it was promulgated by President Evo Morales. after being approved in a referendum with 90.24% participation. The referendum was held on January 25, 2009, and the constitution was approved by 61.43% of voters.

Movement for Socialism (Bolivia) Bolivian political party

The Movement for Socialism–Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples, alternately referred to as "Movement Toward Socialism" or "Movement to Socialism", is a Bolivian left-wing socialist political movement led by Evo Morales, founded in 1998. Its followers are known as masistas.

Election schedule

The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) said in November 2013 that it is considering holding the election in October 2014, so any second round of presidential voting could take place in December, the traditional month for presidential elections. [4] The TSE formally convened the election for October 12, 2014. Registration for new voters opened May 10 and ran through June 9. [5] Formal inter-party alliances needed to be finalized by July 14 to appear on the ballot. Campaign advertising was permitted only from September 12 to October 8. [5] Bolivia observes limits on electoral activity in the days immediately preceding an election, and special restrictions on election day. [5]

To win candidate needed either an absolute majority (more than 50%) of the vote or alternately, at least 40% of the vote with a 10% lead over the second-place candidate. If neither threshold is met, a run-off election will be held on December 7, 2014. [5] [6] In the case of an exact tie in elections for uninominal legislative seats, a district-wide run-off will occur on November 9. [5]

Seats in the legislature

Election to the Plurinational Legislative Assembly is simultaneous with the presidential election. Senators and plurinominal deputies are awarded based on the party's vote in the presidential contest. Single-district (uninominal) deputies are chosen by a separate line on the ballot. [7]

Each of Bolivia's nine departments has four Senators, which are assigned by proportional representation. [7]

Seats in the Chamber of Deputies were reapportioned among Bolivia's nine departments according to the results of the 2012 national census. [8] Plurinominal seats are elected by proportional representation in each department. Uninominal seats are elected by simple majority in each district. Indigenous or Campesino seats are chosen by the usos y costumbres of minority groups. Each candidate has an elected alternate of the same party. All candidate lists must alternate between men and women; in single-district votes, men must run with female alternates and vice versa. [7] The Supreme Electoral Tribunal has promised to announce new district boundaries for uninominal seats by mid-April. [9]

DepartmentTotal DeputiesUninominal DeputiesPlurinominal DeputiesSpecial Indigenous
or Campesino Deputies
Senators
La Paz29141414
Santa Cruz28141314
Cochabamba199914
Potosí137604
Chuquisaca105504
Oruro94414
Tarija94414
Beni84314
Pando52214
Total1306360736
Source: Ley de distribución de escaños entre departamentos, 7 October 2013.

Parties and candidates

Five parties (including one party alliance) will contest the election at the presidential level.

Movement for Socialism

Sitting President Evo Morales Ayma and Vice President Álvaro García Linera are seeking re-election, following victories in 2005 and 2009. Their candidacy was endorsed by the Movement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples (MAS-IPSP) at its 18th anniversary gathering in March 2013 and its Seventh General Congress in October 2013. [10] [11]

Without Fear Movement

The center-left Without Fear Movement (MSM) nominated party founder, and 2000–2010 Mayor of La Paz Juan del Granado as its candidate for president on November 11, 2013. [12] Both the party and its candidate were allies with the first Evo Morales administration, and the MSM ran on a joint slate with the MAS-IPSP in the 2009 election, but the alliance ruptured shortly afterwards.

Democrat Unity Coalition

The largest opposition parties—the Democrats (MDS), National Unity Front (UN; convener of the Broad Front), and Without Fear Movement—held a variety of talks discussing possible alliances from late 2013 through June 2014. On June 17, the Democrats and National Unity announced the formation of the Democrat Unity Coalition (Spanish : Concertación Unidad Demócrata; CUD). CUD's candidates for president and vice president were UN leader Samuel Doria Medina and Ernesto Suárez, respectively. [13] Suárez is the former governor of Beni and leader of the Beni First party, which collaborated in the formation of the MDS.

Democrat Social Movement

Rubén Costas, governor of Santa Cruz department, founded the Democrat Social Movement to contest the 2014 elections. [14] The party fused Costas' Truth and Social Democracy (VERDES) party, Renewing Freedom and Democracy (Libertad y Democracia Renovadora; LIDER), and Popular Consensus, although the merger was not legally recognized. [15] Costas was chosen as the party's presidential nominee at its National Congress on December 15, 2013. [16] [17] However, the party entered into an alliance with the National Unity Front, and supported the latter group's candidate Samuel Doria Medina.

Broad Front

National Unity Front, the party led by Samuel Doria Medina, named its alliance for 2014 the Broad Front (Spanish : Frente Amplio). Doria Medina, a presidential candidate in 2005 and 2009, was the presumed candidate for the Front for months. [18] [19] On December 23, 2013, the Broad Front and the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (MNR) signed an agreement to present a common candidate, to be selected by an internal primary election. Leaders of both parties said they were seeking a coalition with the Democrats and the Without Fear Movement. [20]

On April 19–20, 2014, the Broad Front held a poll of its members in the nine departmental capitals of Bolivia. Doria Medina received a majority of 69% among the 2,652 people polled, making him the party's official presidential candidate. Other candidates participating were: indigenous leader Rafael Quispe of CONAMAQ, political scientist Jimena Costa and MNR faction leader Erick Morón. While the party did not officially announce the vote totals received by other contenders, the newspaper La Razón reported that Costa received 14%, Quispe 10%, and Morón 6%. [21]

Christian Democratic Party

Former president Jorge Fernando "Tuto" Quiroga Ramírez was the candidate of the Christian Democratic Party, which had recently been part of the PODEMOS opposition front. His running mate was Tomasa Yarhui, a lawyer and former Minister of Campesino Affairs.

Green Party

The Green Party, led by Margot Soria Saravia and affiliated with the Global Greens, sealed an alliance with the National Council of Ayllus and Markas of Qullasuyu (CONAMAQ) to campaign jointly for the 2014 elections. [22] CONAMAQ leader Rafael Quispe had considered heading the ticket, but he publicly stated that his organization's goal is not to win the presidency but to gain independent representation in the Plurinational Assembly: "God willing I am wrong, but I don't think that we will arrive to power yet in 2014, as we have discussed [among ourselves]. We could put in assembly members and those assembly members will have to work for a Plurinational State and in [the] 2019 [elections] we would arrive in power to transform the Colonial State into a Plurinational State." [23] The Confederation of Indigenous Peoples of Bolivia separately committed to contest the elections in alliance with CONAMAQ, and independently of the MAS and other major parties (Without Fear, National Unity, or Social Democrat). [24]

On June 26, the Green Party finalized its candidates: Fernando Vargas, leader of the indigenous communities of the Isiboro Sécure National Park and Indigenous Territory for president, and Margot Soria Saravia for vice president. [25]

Other alliances among parties

Official alliances between parties allow for joint candidates and ballot lines. These must be finalized by the July 14 deadline for candidacies. Aside from the Democrat Unity Coalition, other political forces engaged in alliance talks.

The largest opposition parties—the Democrats (MDS), National Unity Front (UN; convener of the Broad Front), and Without Fear Movement—held a variety of talks discussing possible alliances from late 2013 through June 2014. In the end, the Democrats and National Unity were able to reach an agreement, while the Without Fear Movement remained separate.

Seven smaller parties—Revolutionary Nationalist Movement, Nationalist Democratic Action, New Republican Force, Civic Solidarity Union, Front for Victory, Andean Amazonic Power, and Colla Power—reported progress towards a common alliance on June 18. The bloc would be called United for Bolivia (Unidos por Bolivia), and a congressional deputy involved in alliance talks promised it would be finalized on June 25. [26] Several of these parties—Nationalist Democratic Action, New Republican Force, the faction of the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement led by Johnny Torres, as well the Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR), Bolivian Socialist Falange (FSB), and New Citizen Power (NPC)—threw their support behind the Christian Democrats and candidate Jorge Tuto Quiroga. [27]

Eligible parties

As of November 2013, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal deemed twelve political parties eligible to participate in the election at a national level:

Eleven further applications were still being considered as of November 9, 2013. [28]

Policy issues

Energy policy

The incumbent MAS-IPSP has proposed building a nuclear power plant, while the opposition Christian Democrats and Without Fear Movement oppose the development of nuclear energy. The Christian Democrats describe the move as dangerous and likely to generate international opposition, while the Without Fear Movement describes a power plant as a megaproject "that will leave nothing for the people." [29]

Opinion polls

An unnamed poll in April 2013 suggested in an hypothetical race Morales would get 41% and Samuel Doria Medina would get 17% of the vote. [3] A poll conducted by Página Siete in February 2014 showed Morales would get 45.7% of the vote, Medina would get 13.4%, Rubén Costas would get 9%, and Juan del Granado would get 4%. [30] According to poll conducted by Ipsos in August 2014 Evo Morales would get 59% and Samuel Doria Medina would get 17% of the vote. [31]

Results

Election result by department:
Departments where Morales won
Departments where Doria Medina won 2014 Bolivian elections map.png
Election result by department:
   Departments where Morales won
   Departments where Doria Medina won
PartyPresidential candidateVotes%Seats
ChamberSenate
Seats+/–Seats+/–
Movement for Socialism Evo Morales 3,173,30461.3688025–1
Democrat Unity Samuel Doria Medina 1,253,28824.23329
Christian Democratic Party Jorge Quiroga 467,3119.04102
Movement without Fear Juan del Granado 140,2852.710–40
Green Party of Bolivia Fernando Vargas137,2402.6500
Invalid/blank votes316,248
Total5,487,6761001300360
Registered voters/turnout5,971,15291.90
Source: TSE

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