2015 Bolivian regional elections
The 2015 Bolivian regional elections were held on 29 March 2015. Departmental and municipal authorities were elected by an electorate of approximately 6 million people. Among the officials elected were:
- 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
- Mayors and Council members in all 339 municipalities
- Provincial Subgovernors and Municipal Corregidors in Beni
- Sectional Development Executives at the provincial level in Tarija
- The nine members of the Regional Assembly in the autonomous region of Gran Chaco
Political parties participating
Only the Movement towards Socialism was involved in all 339 municipal contests. Other parties participating in large numbers of contests are as follows:Party | Number of Municipalities | Mayors elected | Significant Cities Won |
Movement towards Socialism | 339 | 225 | Two departmental capitals: Sucre, Potosí. |
Democrats | 23 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Cochabamba, its other 21 municipalities are in Santa Cruz Department. | |
Movement for Sovereignty | 14 | All in La Paz Department | |
Revolutionary Nationalist Movement | 11 | 9 in Beni, and 4 in Santa Cruz | |
Autonomous Nationalities for Change and Empowerment | 3 | - | |
National Unity Front | 2 | El Alto | |
Pando United and Dignified | 2 | Cobija | |
UNIR | 2 | Tarija |