1st Plurinational Legislative Assembly of Bolivia

The 20102015 Plurinational Legislative Assembly of Bolivia was the first class of the Bolivian legislature, also known as the Plurinational Legislative Assembly, to go by that name. The Assembly was controlled in both houses by the governing Movement for Socialism (MAS-IPSP), elected with a 2/3 supermajority, although some members later separated themselves from the majority. Just four incumbent members of the 20052010 Congress returned: Deputy Antonio Franco; Deputy Javier Zabaleta (MAS-IPSP/MSM); Senator René Martínez (MAS-IPSP), who was a deputy; and Senator Róger Pinto, previously of Podemos and now representing PPB-CN.

2010–2015 Term of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly

Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional
Type
Type
HousesSenate
Chamber of Deputies
Leadership
President of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly (ex oficio as Vice President)
Álvaro García Linera, MAS-IPSP
President of the Senate
President of the Chamber of Deputies
Betty Asunta Tejada Soruco, MAS-IPSP
Structure
Seats166
36 Senators
130 Deputies
Senate political groups
  •   MAS-IPSP (26)
  •   PPB-CN (10)
Chamber of Deputies political groups
  •   MAS-IPSP (88)
  •   PPB-CN (37)
  •   UN (3)
  •   AS (2)
Elections
Proportional representation system by department
Chamber of Deputies voting system
Mixed member system
Last Senate election
6 November 2009
Last Chamber of Deputies election
6 November 2009
Next Senate election
5 October 2014
Next Chamber of Deputies election
5 October 2014
Meeting place
Website
http://www.senado.bo
http://www.diputados.bo

The Assembly was elected as part of general elections on 9 December 2009. After the votes were counted, party strengths in Congress were as follows:

Party Votes Percentage Deputies Senators
  Movement for Socialism 2.943.209 64,22 88 26
  Plan Progress for Bolivia – National Convergence 1.212.795 26,46 37 10
  National Unity Front 258.971 5,65 3
  Social Alliance 106.027 2,31 2
  Social Patriotic Unity Movement 23.257 0,51
  People 15.627 0,34
  Peoples for Liberty and Sovereignty 12.995 0,28
  Social Democratic Bolivia 9.905 0,22
Source: Comisión Nacional Electoral

As part of a break between the MAS-IPSP and its ally the Without Fear Movement (MSM), the latter party's four deputies, elected on the MAS slate pledged in late March 2010, "to act in accord with our political identity, with our conscience, and with the people who elected us with their vote." Consequently, MAS-IPSP had 84 members in the Chambers of Deputies, while the MSM has four. However, two MSM deputies re-affiliated with the MAS-IPSP. In late 2011, at least five indigenous deputies distanced themselves from the MAS-IPSP and announced the formation of an Indigenous Bloc in the Assembly, independent of the MAS. While the Assembly's leadership has yet to officially recognize these two defections, the MAS now controls less than two-thirds of all Assembly seats.

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