2024 Bolivian judicial election

The 2024 Bolivian judicial election was scheduled to be held on 15 December 2024.

Background The mandate of high judicial authorities who took office in 2018 ended on 31 December 2023. The judicial election system is controversial.

More than 7.3 million voters were eligible to elect the judges of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), Constitutional Tribunal (TCP), Agro-environmental Court and the Council of the Magistracy. The elections were held in a complete way only in La Paz, Oruro, Potosí and Chuquisaca, which are four of the nine regions of the country.

In the departments of Beni, Pando, Cochabamba, Tarija and Santa Cruz, voters were not able to vote for the candidates for the TCP, while in Beni and Pando, the judges of the TSJ were also not be elected. These were the first judicial elections in Bolivian history which were conducted in a partial manner.

Agro-environmental Court Each citizen could vote for one person. The ballot was the same for every citizen nationwide. Three of the elected judges were recommended by the opposition, while two were recommended by MAS-IPSP. CandidateVotes%NotesRocio Vasquez Noza675,28317.90%Elected as titularRoxana Chavez Rodas444,33511.78%Elected as titularVictor Hugo Claure Hinojoza395,82310.49%Elected as titularRichard Cristhian Méndez Rosales386,25310.24%Elected as titularMaría Soledad Peñafiel Bravo376,8679.99%Elected as titularEdwin Almendras Vasquez351,3009.31%Elected as alternateFabiola Lizzeth Arcani Herbas239,3466.34%Elected as alternateMaribel Modesta Ruiz Molina237,6276.30%Elected as alternateSusana Yvon Avila Vargas204,2635.41%Elected as alternateTeodosio Rufino Huanca Aduviri185,6544.92%Elected as alternateRudy Ariel Paca Ancalle160,1624.25%Domingo de Siles Laime Ponce115,6263.06%Total3,772,539100.00%Valid votes3,772,53962.69%Blank and null votes2,244,94137.31%Total votes6,017,480100.00%Registered voters/Turnout7,334,43582.04%Source: OEP

Council of the Magistracy Each citizen could vote for one person. The ballot was the same for every citizen nationwide. All three of the elected judges were recommended by the opposition. CandidateVotes%Notes Manuel Baptista Espinoza904,81823.34%Elected as titular Carlos Spencer Arancibia550,17714.19%Elected as titularGabriela Paula Araoz López331,7128.56%Elected as titularJulio Jhonny Rocha Jiménez219,6355.67%Elected as alternateDora Espada Perez218,2805.63%Elected as alternateFreddy Barbolin Plantarrosa209,9395.42%Elected as alternateCarminia Alejandra Martinez Cusicanqui168,3634.34%Ramiro Froilán Canedo Chávez167,7564.33%Gregorio Merlo Chura143,6493.71%Ludgarda Martinez Borja116,8023.01%Patricia Felisa Castillo Siles114,0292.94%Juan Carlos Arellano Paz106,1082.74%Ruth Isabel Zeballos Saavedra102,7562.65%Candidates with under 100,000 votes522,63613.48%7 candidatesTotal3,876,660100.00%Valid votes3,876,66064.29%Blank and null votes2,153,04435.71%Total votes6,029,704100.00%Registered voters/Turnout7,334,43582.21%Source: OEP

Supreme Tribunal of Justice Each citizen could vote for one male candidate and one female candidate; the winner with more votes was elected as the titular magistrate, while the winner with fewer votes was elected at the deputy magistrate. Each department had different ballots. Five of the elected judges were recommended by the opposition, while two were recommended by MAS-IPSP. In two departments (Beni and Pando) elections to the TSJ were not held and the judges were not elected. Chiquisaca Men CandidateVotes%NotesCarlos Eduardo Ortega Sivila83,31544.55%Elected as titularFavio Chacolla Huanca63,85534.14%Humberto Ortega Martinez39,85621.31%Total187,026100.00%Valid votes187,02663.56%Blank and null votes107,22436.44%Source: OEP

Women CandidateVotes%NotesJanethe Esperanza Castro Martinez72,12144.67%Elected as alternatePatricia Bohorquez Barrientos48,54530.07%Lilian Paredes Gonzales40,77125.26%Total161,437100.00%Valid votes161,43754.86%Blank and null votes132,84245.14%Source: OEP

La Paz Men CandidateVotes%NotesIvan Ramiro Campero Villalba429,09140.66%Elected as alternateFelix Orlando Rojas Alcon335,60631.80%Ramiro Ariel Julio Blanco Fuentes290,57527.54%Total1,055,272100.00%Valid votes1,055,27261.77%Blank and null votes653,03438.23%Source: OEP

Women CandidateVotes%NotesFanny Coaquira Rodriguez595,82662.51%Elected as titularYovana Carla Soria Pinaya357,30137.49%Total 953,127100.00%Valid votes953,12755.79%Blank and null votes755,40144.21%Source: OEP

Cochabamba Men CandidateVotes%NotesGerman Saul Pardo Uribe409,44574.15%Elected as titularPablo Antezana Vargas142,70425.85%Total552,149100.00%Valid votes552,14947.26%Blank and null votes616,09152.74%Source: OEP

Women CandidateVotes%NotesDelina Irma Zurita Herbas288,19049.34%Elected as alternateSarina Sandra Marañon Revollo161,19027.59%Candida Mendez Rorrico134,76323.07%Total584,143100.00%Valid votes584,14349.98%Blank and null votes584,65950.02%Source: OEP

Oruro Men CandidateVotes%NotesPrimo Martinez Fuentes70,62938.26%Elected as titularJose Miguel Vasquez Castelo63,22334.25%Lino Omar Belmonte Galindo27,69415.00%Daniel Rolando Copa Roque23,05312.49%Total184,599100.00%Valid votes184,59960.54%Blank and null votes120,34639.46%Source: OEP

Women CandidateVotes%NotesYesika Maura Daga Prialet58,53837.36%Elected as alternateNancy Blanco Fernandez54,46934.76%Monica Carol Flores Lopez43,68927.88%Total156,696100.00%Valid votes156,69651.41%Blank and null votes148,12448.59%Source: OEP

Potosí Men CandidateVotes%NotesOctavio Boris Janco Villegas73,01432.29%Elected as alternateMarvin Arsenio Molina Casanova69,65430.80%Grover Roberto Gutierrez Mamani43,01719.02%Efrain Erick Olañeta Burgo40,43717.88%Total226,122100.00%Valid votes226,12258.35%Blank and null votes161,42241.65%Source: OEP

Women CandidateVotes%NotesNorma Velasco Mosquera86,84240.53%Elected as titularHjovanna Magaly Alarcon Duran70,21532.77%Yacira Yarusca Cardozo Calizaya57,19526.70%Total214,252100.00%Valid votes214,25255.29%Blank and null votes173,22544.71%Source: OEP

Tarija Men CandidateVotes%NotesSamuel Grover Mita Aquino64,25233.51%Elected as alternateHermes Flores Eguez52,19627.22%Marcos Ramiro Miranda Guerrero49,57825.85%Zacarias Valeriano Rodriguez25,73513.42%Total191,761100.00%Valid votes191,76163.06%Blank and null votes112,31836.94%Source: OEP

Women CandidateVotes%NotesRosmery Ruiz Martinez110,60655.19%Elected as titularMaria Isabel Moreno Cortez89,81144.81%Total200,417100.00%Valid votes200,41765.88%Blank and null votes103,78334.12%Source: OEP

Santa Cruz Men CandidateVotes%NotesRomer Saucedo Gomez738,45770.01%Elected as titularRoberto Parada Mole160,21715.19%Mirael Salguero Palma156,14514.80%Total1,054,819100.00%Valid votes1,054,81966.37%Blank and null votes534,58833.63%Source: OEP

Women CandidateVotes%NotesMirian Rosell Terrazas 717,68173.52%Elected as alternateArminda Mendez Terrazas258,50526.48%Total976,186100.00%Valid votes976,18661.41%Blank and null votes613,53738.59%Source: OEP

Plurinational Constitutional Tribunal Each citizen could vote for one candidate. Each department had different ballots. Two of the elected judges were recommended by the opposition, while two were recommended by MAS-IPSP. In five departments (Beni, Pando, Cochabamba, Tarija and Santa Cruz) elections to the TCP were not held and the judges were not elected. Chiquisaca CandidateVotes%NotesAngel Edson Davalos Rojas43,65922.59%Elected as titularJuan Carlos Mendoza Garcia41,73821.60%Elected as alternateMarco Antonio Baldivieso Jines29,25615.14%Paul Amilcar Tolavi Soruco27,82314.40%Nataly Patricia Flores Aguanta22,49111.64%Juana Atanacia Maturano Trigo14,7887.65%Hilda Mora Mora13,5116.99%Total193,266100.00%Valid votes193,26665.68%Blank and null votes100,98834.32%Source: OEP

La Paz CandidateVotes%NotesBoris Wilson Arias Lopez323,67330.20%Elected as titularMariela Sanchez Salas195,20018.21%Elected as alternatePedro Rolando Cusi Chambi186,99117.45%Israel Ramiro Campero Mendez102,9099.60%Miryam Virginia Aguilar Rodriguez86,4878.07%Angelica Siles Parrado68,3876.38%Maria Irene Vino Mejia62,5735.84%Freddy Huaraz Murillo45,4674.24%Total1,071,687100.00%Valid votes1,071,68762.73%Blank and null votes636,64437.27%Source: OEP

Oruro CandidateVotes%NotesPaola Veronica Prudencio Candia59,69332.59%Elected as titularLuz Veronica Moya Cayoja55.49630.30%Elected as alternateJuan Lixmar Zoto Alvarado35,08319.15%Rene Victor Jimenez Pastor32,90117.96%Total183,173100.00%Valid votes183,17360.07%Blank and null votes121,77039.93%Source: OEP

Potosí CandidateVotes%NotesAmalia Laura Villca133,72158.95%Elected as titularJulio Alberto Miranda Martinez93,12641.05%Elected as alternateTotal226,847100.00%Valid votes226,84758.57%Blank and null votes160,45641.43%Source: OEP

See also Elections in Bolivia

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