2020 Bolivian general election

Snap general elections were held in Bolivia on 18 October 2020 for President, Vice-President, and all seats in both the Senate and Chamber of Deputies.[1]


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Turnout88.42% (Increase 0.11pp)
Presidential election
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Nominee Luis Arce Carlos Mesa Luis Fernando Camacho
Party Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/M' not found. Revolutionary Left Front (Bolivia) Independent
Alliance CC[b] Creemos[a]
Running mate David Choquehuanca Gustavo Pedraza Marco Pumari
Popular vote 3,394,052 1,775,953 862,186
Percentage 55.11% 28.83% 14.00%

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President before election

Jeanine Áñez
Democrat

Elected President

Luis Arce
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Chamber of Deputies


All 130 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
66 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats ±
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/M' not found. 75
Civic Community 39
Creemos 16
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The results of the election was meant to replace the disputed results of the October 2019 elections, which were annulled during a political crisis.

Senator Luis Arce was elected president in a landslide victory.

Candidates

Party Presidential candidate Vice presidential candidate
Movement for Socialism (MAS) Luis Alberto Arce Catacora David Choquehuanca
Civic Community[c] Carlos Mesa Gustavo Pedraza
We Believe[d] Luis Fernando Camacho Marco Pumari
The Front For Victory[2] Chi Hyun Chung Leopoldo Chui
National Action Party of Bolivia Feliciano Mamani Ruth Nina

Results

Party Presidential candidate Votes % Chamber Senate
Seats +/– Seats +/–
Movement for Socialism Luis Arce 2,713,160 53.58 29 6
Civic Community Carlos Mesa 1,494,578 29.52 10 5
We Believe Luis Fernando Camacho 749,478 14.80 6 1
Front For Victory Chi Hyun Chung 78,808 1.56 0 0
National Action Party of Bolivia Feliciano Mamani 25,813 0.51 0 0
LIBRE 21 Jorge Quiroga 1,115 0.02 0 0
Invalid/blank votes 248,126
Total 4,940,583 100 130 0 36 0
Registered voters/turnout 7,332,926
Source: OEP Archived 2019-11-19 at the Wayback Machine (76.62% counted)

2020 Bolivian General Election Media

Notes

  1. Coalition consisting of PDC and UCS
  2. Coalition consisting of FRI, JESUCA and Chuquisaca Para Todos
  3. Coalition consisting of FRI, JESUCA and Chuquisaca Para Todos
  4. Coalition consisting of PDC and UCS

References