Bolivian legislative election, 1997
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Bolivia
held a general election on 1 June 1997, electing both a new President of the Republic
and a new National Congress, 1997–2002.
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
held a general election on 1 June 1997, electing both a new President of the Republic
President of Bolivia
The President of Bolivia is head of state and head of government of Bolivia. According to the current Constitution, the president is elected by popular vote to a five year term, renewable once...
and a new National Congress, 1997–2002.
Congressional Elections results
| Party/Alliance | Votes | % | Deputies | Senate | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADN, PDC, FSB, NFR, KND, ARBOL | 484.705 | 22,26% | 32 | 11 | 43 | |
| Nationalist Democratic Action Nationalist Democratic Action Nationalist Democratic Action is a right-wing political party in Bolivia led by Jorge Quiroga. ADN was founded on March 23, 1979 by the military dictator Hugo Banzer after he stepped down from power. It later expanded to include the Revolutionary Left Party and a faction of the Bolivian Socialist... |
ADN | *** | *** | 20 | 10 | 30 |
| Christian Democratic Party Christian Democratic Party (Bolivia) The Christian Democratic Party is a progressive Christian-democratic political party in Bolivia.... |
PDC | *** | *** | 01 | 00 | 01 |
| Bolivian Socialist Falange Bolivian Socialist Falange The Bolivian Socialist Falange was a Bolivian political party established in the year 1937. A right-wing party drawing inspiration from fascism, it was the country's second-largest party between approximately 1954 and 1974... |
FSB | *** | *** | 01 | 00 | 01 |
| New Republican Force New Republican Force The New Republican Force is a center-right personalist political party in Bolivia.At the legislative elections in 2002, the party won 26.5 % of the popular vote and 25 out of 130 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and two out of 27 seats in the Senate... |
NFR | *** | *** | 09 | 01 | 10 |
| National Democratic Katarismo | KND | *** | *** | 01 | 00 | 01 |
| Bolivian Renewal Alliance | ARBOL | *** | *** | 00 | 00 | 00 |
| Revolutionary Nationalist Movement Revolutionary Nationalist Movement The Revolutionary Nationalist Movement is a Bolivian political party, perhaps the most important in the country during the 20th century. At the legislative elections in 2002, the party won, in an alliance with the Free Bolivia Movement, 26.9% of the popular vote and 36 out of 130 seats in the... |
MNR | 396.235 | 18,20% | 26 | 04 | 30 |
| Conscience of Fatherland Conscience of Fatherland Conscience of the Fatherland was a populist political party in Bolivia in the late 20th century. The party was led by Carlos Palenque.-Goals:CONDEPA was founded in Tiwanaku on September 21, 1988... |
Condepa | 373.528 | 17,16% | 19 | 03 | 22 |
| MIR, PCML, ASD | 365.005 | 16,77% | 23 | 07 | 30 | |
| Revolutionary Left Movement Revolutionary Left Movement (Bolivia) The Revolutionary Left Movement - New Majority is a social democratic political party in Bolivia... |
MIR | *** | *** | 21 | 06 | 27 |
| Communist Party of Bolivia (Marxist–Leninist) | PCML | *** | *** | 01 | 01 | 02 |
| Alternative to Democratic Socialism | ASD | *** | *** | 01 | 00 | 01 |
| Solidarity Civic Union | UCS | 350.728 | 16,11% | 21 | 02 | 23 |
| United Left United Left (Bolivia) The United Left was a political coalition in Bolivia. IU was launched ahead of the 1989 national elections, as a successor of the United People's Front... |
IU | 80.806 | 03,71% | 04 | 00 | 04 |
| Movement of the Revolutionary Left-Masses | MIR-M | *** | *** | 00 | 00 | 00 |
| Communist Party of Bolivia Communist Party of Bolivia The Communist Party of Bolivia is a communist party in Bolivia. It was founded in 1950 by Raúl Ruiz González and other former members of the Revolutionary Left Party . It remained small and did not hold its first national party congress until 1959.... |
PCB | *** | *** | 00 | 00 | 00 |
| Revolutionary Workers' Party-Unified Revolutionary Workers' Party-Unified The Revolutionary Workers' Party-Unified was a small Trotskyist political party formed in Bolivia in 1984 by the merging of the Revolutionary Workers' Party-Struggle and the Workers' Vanguard Party .In 1985 POR-U allied with the Revolutionary Liberation Movement Tupaq Katari and its candidate... |
POR-U | *** | *** | 00 | 00 | 00 |
| Socialist Party-One Socialist Party (Bolivia, 1971) The Socialist Party was a left-wing political party in Bolivia.This Socialist Party was established on 1 May 1971 by the merger of three small parties supporting the former military Co-President and the President General Alfredo... |
PS-1 | *** | *** | 00 | 00 | 00 |
| Movement for Socialism- Unzaguista | MAS-U | *** | *** | 00 | 00 | 00 |
| Revolutionary Workers Party Trotskyist-Posadist Revolutionary Workers Party Trotskyist-Posadist The Revolutionary Workers Party Trotskyist-Posadist was a small Trotskyist political party in Bolivia.... |
POR-TP | *** | *** | 00 | 00 | 00 |
| Katarist United Liberation Front Katarist United Liberation Front The Katarist United Liberation Front was a Katarist political party in Bolivia. The party was launched by Jenaro Flores Santos ahead of the 1989 elections. FULKA was formed after a split in the Tupaq Katari Revolutionary Movement at the 1988 congress of MRTK... |
FULKA | *** | *** | 00 | 00 | 00 |
| National Salvation Front National Salvation Front The National Salvation Front was the governing body of Romania in the first weeks after the Romanian Revolution of 1989, subsequently turned into a political party... |
FSN | *** | *** | 00 | 00 | 00 |
| Assembly for the Sovereignty of the Peoples Assembly for the Sovereignty of the Peoples The Assembly for the Sovereignty of the Peoples was a political organization in Bolivia. It was formed as a "political instrument" of the popular movements of the country. Alejo Véliz was the national president of ASP.-History:... |
ASP | *** | *** | 04 | 00 | 04 |
| Free Bolivia Movement Free Bolivia Movement The Free Bolivia Movement is a progressive political party in Bolivia. The party was formed on January 15, 1985, following a split in MIR... |
MBL | 67.244 | 03,09% | 05 | 00 | 05 |
| Socialist Vanguard of Bolivia | VSB | 30.212 | 01,39% | 00 | 00 | 00 |
| Patriotic National Convergency Axis | EJE | 18.327 | 00,84% | 00 | 00 | 00 |
| Bolivian Democratic Party | PDB | 10.381 | 00,48% | 00 | 00 | 00 |
| Valid votes | *** | 2.177.171 | 100,00% | 130 | 27 | 157 |
| Invalid votes | *** | 143.946 | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Votes cast | *** | 2.321.117 | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Registered voters | *** | 3.252.501 | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Population | *** | 7.767.059 | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Chamber of Deputies
| Party / Department | Chuquisaca Chuquisaca Department Chuquisaca is a department of Bolivia located in the center south. It borders on the departments of Cochabamba, Tarija, Potosí, and Santa Cruz. The departmental capital is Sucre, which is also the constitutional capital of Bolivia.-Geography:... |
La Paz | Cochabamba Cochabamba Department Cochabamba is one of the nine component departments of Bolivia. It is known to be the "granary" of the country because of its variety of agricultural products due to Cochabamba's geographical position. It has an area of 55,631 km². Its population, in the 2007 census, was 1,750,000... |
Oruro Oruro Department Oruro is a department in Bolivia, with an area of 53,588 km². Its capital is the city of Oruro. At the time of census 2001 it had a population of 391,870.- Provinces of Oruro :... |
Potosi Potosí Department Potosí Department is a department in southwestern Bolivia. It comprises 118,218 km² with 709,013 inhabitants . The capital is the city of Potosí.... |
Tarija Tarija Department Tarija is a department in Bolivia. It is located in south-eastern Bolivia bordering Argentina to the south and Paraguay to the east. According to the 2001 census, it has a population of 391,226 inhabitants. It has an area of 37.623 km²... |
Santa Cruz | Béni Beni Department Beni, sometimes El Beni, is a northeastern department of Bolivia, in the lowlands region of the country. It is the second largest department in the country , covering 213,564 square kilometers , and it was created by supreme decree on November 18, 1842 during the administration of General José... |
Pando Pando Department Pando is a department of Bolivia, with an area of , adjoining the border with Brazil. Pando has a population 66,689 . Its capital is the city of Cobija.... |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADN, PDC, FSB, NFR, KND, ARBOL | 2 (AND) | 6 (3 AND, 2 NFR, 1 PDC) | 5 (1 AND, 4 NFR) | 3 (1 KND, 2 NFR) | 3 (2 AND, 1 NFR) | 1 (1 AND) | 6 (5 AND, 1 FSB) | 3 (3 AND) | 3 (3 AND) | 32 |
| CONDEPA | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| MBL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| MIR, PCML, ASD | 2 (MIR) | 3 (MIR) | 4 (3 MIR, 1 PCML) | 2 (1 MIR, 1 ASD) | 3 (MIR) | 4 (MIR) | 3 (MIR) | 1 (MIR) | 1 (MIR) | 23 |
| MNR | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 26 |
| UCS | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| IU | 0 | 0 | 4 (ASP) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 11 | 31 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 130 |
Chamber of Senators
| Party / Department | Chuquisaca Chuquisaca Department Chuquisaca is a department of Bolivia located in the center south. It borders on the departments of Cochabamba, Tarija, Potosí, and Santa Cruz. The departmental capital is Sucre, which is also the constitutional capital of Bolivia.-Geography:... |
La Paz | Cochabamba Cochabamba Department Cochabamba is one of the nine component departments of Bolivia. It is known to be the "granary" of the country because of its variety of agricultural products due to Cochabamba's geographical position. It has an area of 55,631 km². Its population, in the 2007 census, was 1,750,000... |
Oruro Oruro Department Oruro is a department in Bolivia, with an area of 53,588 km². Its capital is the city of Oruro. At the time of census 2001 it had a population of 391,870.- Provinces of Oruro :... |
Potosi Potosí Department Potosí Department is a department in southwestern Bolivia. It comprises 118,218 km² with 709,013 inhabitants . The capital is the city of Potosí.... |
Tarija Tarija Department Tarija is a department in Bolivia. It is located in south-eastern Bolivia bordering Argentina to the south and Paraguay to the east. According to the 2001 census, it has a population of 391,226 inhabitants. It has an area of 37.623 km²... |
Santa Cruz | Béni Beni Department Beni, sometimes El Beni, is a northeastern department of Bolivia, in the lowlands region of the country. It is the second largest department in the country , covering 213,564 square kilometers , and it was created by supreme decree on November 18, 1842 during the administration of General José... |
Pando Pando Department Pando is a department of Bolivia, with an area of , adjoining the border with Brazil. Pando has a population 66,689 . Its capital is the city of Cobija.... |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADN, PDC, FSB, NFR, KND, ARBOL | 1 (AND) | 1 (AND) | 2 (1 AND, 1 NFR) | 2 (AND) | 1 (AND) | 0 | 0 | 2 (AND) | 2 (AND) | 11 (10 AND 1 NFR) |
| CONDEPA | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| MIR, PCML, ASD | 2 (MIR) | 0 | 1 (MIR) | 0 | 2 (MIR) | 2 (1 MIR, 1 PCML) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| MNR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| UCS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 03 | 03 | 03 | 03 | 03 | 03 | 03 | 03 | 03 | 27 |