2010 Bolivian regional elections

The 2010 Bolivian regional elections were held on 4 April 2010. Departmental and municipal authorities were elected by an electorate of approximately 5 million people. Among the officials elected are: Governors of all nine departments Members of Departamental Legislative Assemblies in each department; 23 seats in these Assemblies will represent indigenous communities, and have been selected by traditional usos y costumbres in the weeks prior to the election Provincial Subgovernors and Municipal Corregidors (executive authorities) in Beni Sectional Development Executives at the provincial level in Tarija Mayors and Council members in all 337 municipalitiesCorte Nacional Electoral, Elecciones departamentales y municipales 2010 . The five members of the Regional Assembly in the autonomous region of Gran Chaco

Political parties participating The political parties contesting elections in each department are as follows: Beni: Amazon Convergence (Convergencia Amazónica), Beni First (Primero El Beni), Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario; MNR), Movement towards Socialism (Movimiento Al Socialismo - Instrumento Político por la Soberanía de los Pueblos; MAS-IPSP), and Autonomous Nationalities for Change and Empowerment (Nacionalidades Autónomas por el Cambio y Empoderamiento; NACER). Chuquisaca:We are all Chuquisaca (Chuquisaca somos Todos, a coalition of the National Unity Front and Popular Consensus), Renewing Freedom and Democracy (Libertad y Democracia Renovadora), Falange April 19, Without Fear Movement (Movimiento sin Miedo; MSM), and Movement towards Socialism. Cochabamba: All for Cochabamba (Todos por Cochabamba), Revolutionary Nationalist Movement, Without Fear Movement, and Movement towards Socialism. La Paz:National Unity Front (Frente de Unidad Nacional), Patriotic Social Alliance (Alianza Social Patriótica), Revolutionary Nationalist Movement, Movement towards Socialism, Without Fear Movement, and Movement for Sovereignty (Movimiento por la Soberanía). Oruro: National Unity Front (Frente de Unidad Nacional), Revolutionary Nationalist Movement, Movement towards Socialism, and Without Fear Movement. Pando: Popular Consensus (Consenso Popular), Without Fear Movement, and Movement towards Socialism. Potosí: Potosí Regional Civic Front (Frente Cívico Regional Potosinista), Uqarikuna Citizen Association (Agrupación Ciudadana Uqarikuna), Social Alliance (Alianza Social), Revolutionary Nationalist Movement, Movement towards Socialism. Santa Cruz: Broad Front of Revolutionary Nationalist Movement and Autonomy for Bolivia (Frente Amplio), All for Santa Cruz (Todos por Santa Cruz), Nationalist Citizen Force (Fuerza Ciudadana Nacionalista), Truth and Social Democracy (Verdad y Democracía Social-Verdes), Without Fear Movement, and Movement towards Socialism. Tarija: Path towards Change (Camino al Cambio (Alianza Departamental)), National Autonomous Power (Poder Autonómico Nacional), and Movement towards Socialism.Corte Nacional Electoral, ¿Qué eligiremos el 4 de abril? .

Including these parties, a total of 191 political forces contested municipal elections. Only the Movement towards Socialism was involved in all 337 municipal contests."Elecciones en Bolivia ," Bolivia Prensa, 3 April 2010. Other parties participating in large numbers of contests are as follows: Party Number of Municipalities Mayors elected Movement towards Socialism 337 231 Without Fear Movement 176 21 Movement for Sovereignty 53 6 Front for Victory 50 2 Patriotic Social Alliance 38 2 VERDES, Truth and Social Democracy 33 15 National Unity Front 31 Broad Front of MNR and Autonomy for Bolivia 31 2 All for Santa Cruz 30 Social Alliance 22 1 Beni First 19 8 MNR-Pueblo 19 3 Popular Solidarity Alliance 16 Originary Popular Movement 15 Revolutionary Nationalist Movement 15 Popular Consensus 15 8 All for Cochabamba 12 0

Irregularities, alleged fraud, and additional voting Irregularities and fraud in the voting have been alleged in at least four departments, those of the so-called media luna, Beni, Pando, Tarija, and Santa Cruz. In all four departments, the MAS-IPSP has denounced fraud and called for legal action against those responsible, some times joined by opposing political parties. Departmental Electoral Courts have invalidated votes at a number of voting tables where fraud or irregularities have been confirmed. Voters enrolled at these tables were called to cast votes again on April 18.

In Santa Cruz, the Departmental Electoral Court annulled the results of 117 voting tables on April 11, mostly in the capital province of Andrés Ibáñez, but also in Warnes, Obispo Santistevan, Germán Busch, Cordillera, Guarayos, Ñuflo de Chávez, Vallegrande, Chiquitos, Ichilo, and other locations. 25,124 voters are entitled to a revote, about 2.7% of the department's total electorate. The president of the Court declared "We are going to repeat these acts because there was crime. The quantity of votes was altered and modified; someone interfered in the act, and that is a crime." The pro-MAS Departmental Worker's Central (Central Obrero Departamental) is calling for a revote in the entire department."CDE cruceña anula 117 mesas y sospecha de adulteraciones ," La Prensa, 12 April 2010. In Beni, the MAS has alleged fraud, including at the electoral table of its candidate, Jessica Jordan.The Departmental Electoral Court has not annulled any results, and fraud accusations are being considered by the prosecutor's office."Suárez gana a Jordan en Beni, y el Vice cuestiona su legitimidad," La Prensa, 12 April 2010. In La Paz, the Departmental Electoral Court found irregularities in 27 electoral tables, where the number of recorded votes exceeded the number of voters, although often by only one or two votes. These tables were annulled and will be re-voted. Officials considered both mathematical errors on the part of vote counters and fraud to be possible explanations. In Pando, the Departmental Electoral Court announced on April 7 that it will conduct a re-vote of 5 voting tables. Those tables are located in the municipalities of Filadelfia (1), El Sena (3), and Nueva Esperanza (1). Opposition senator Eva Gonzales, of Plan Progreso para Bolivia, has called for 18 tables to be re-voted due to electoral fraud.CNE: nueva votación en 5 mesas en Pando, el domingo 18 , Agencia Boliviana de Información, 10 April 2010. One table in Oruro will be subject to a re-vote.Iván Paredes, "Costas pide al MAS que reconozca resultados," La Razón, 13 April 2010. Due to a tie, there will be a runoff for the departmental assembly member from Villamontes in the Chaco region. In the municipality of Pailón, an initial tie between Armando Mamani (of MAS) and Luis Alberto Ruiz (of Todos por Santa Cruz) was broken on 19 April, by the reinstatement of 5 votes for Ruiz by the National Electoral Court. This brought the margin to 1,284-1,279 in Ruiz's favor. The MAS candidate has announced plans to press to change the outcome through a judicial complaint as well as a road blockade."MAS pierde una Alcaldía cruceña por cinco votos," Los Tiempos, 20 April 2010.

Results

Departmental results As of 12 Abril, with counting nearly complete, all Governor's contests were effectively decided. The MAS-IPSP won 6 governorships, in Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Oruro, Pando, and Potosí. Victors in other races were: Beni First's Ernesto Suárez, Rubén Costas of the Greens in Santa Cruz, and Mario Cossío of the Path towards Change in Tarija.

Complete vote totals are as follows:

Beni

The indigenous representatives were elected separately in an Assembly of the Indigenous People of Beni held in the Pastoral Center of the Apostolic Vicarate of Beni on 22 March 2010. Lola Tabo (of the Cavineño people, nominated by the Central Indígena de la Región Amazónica de Bolivia, CIRABO) and William Cuellar (Sirionó, nominated by the Central de Pueblos Indígenas del Beni, CPIB) were elected as departmental assembly members. Inocencio Yubanure (Mojeño-Ignaciano, nominated by the Central de Pueblos Étnicos Mojeños del Beni, CPEMB) and Dolores Muiba Noza (Mojeño-Trinitario, nominated by the Central de Mujeres Indígenas Beni, CMIB) were the chosen alternates.Elección de Asambleístas Indígenas en el Beni, ConstituyenteSoberana.org, 2010.

Chuquisaca

|- style="background:#E9E9E9;" ! colspan="2" | Gubernatorial Candidate ! Party ! Votes for Governor ! Percentage ! Assembly Members by Territory ! Votes for Assembly by Population ! Percentage ! Assembly Members by Population ! Total Assembly Members |- | style="background-color:blue" | | style="text-align:left;" |Esteban Urquizu | style="text-align:left;" | Movement for Socialism | 109.270 | 53,6% | 9 | 90.921 | 53,3% | 6 | 15 |- | style="background-color:red" | | style="text-align:left;" | Jhon Cava | style="text-align:left;" | We Are All Chuquisaca | 72.314 | 35,5% | 1 | 53.801 | 31,5% | 3 | 4 |- | style="background-color:orange" | | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Renewing Freedom and Democracy (LIDER) | 8.752 | 4,3% | 0 | 10.012 | 5,9% | 0 | 0 |- | style="background-color:#7FFF00;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Bernabé Paredes | style="text-align:left;" | Without Fear Movement | 8.044 | 3,9% | 0 | 9.799 | 5,7% | 0 | 0 |- | style="background-color:black" | | style="text-align:left;" | Horacio Poppe | style="text-align:left;" | Falange F-19 | 5.476 | 2,7% | 0 | 6.127 | 3,6% | 0 | 0

| colspan="2" style="text-align:right;" | Indigenous Representatives

2010 Bolivian regional elections

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