3rd Plurinational Legislative Assembly of Bolivia

2020–2025 Term of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional
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The old Legislative Palace and the new Assembly headquarters
Overview
Legislative body	Plurinational Legislative Assembly
Meeting place	New ALP Building, Plaza Murillo, La Paz[1]
Term	3 November 2020 (2020-11-03) –
Election	2020 general election
Government	Movement for Socialism
Opposition	Civic Community Creemos
Website	vicepresidencia.gob.bo web.senado.gob.bo diputados.bo
Chamber of Deputies
Members	130
President of the Chamber of Deputies	(MAS-IPSP)
First Vice President	Miriam Martínez (MAS-IPSP)
Second Vice President	Edwin Rosas (PG)
Party control	Movement for Socialism
Chamber of Senators
Members	36
President of the Assembly[a]	David Choquehuanca (MAS-IPSP)
President of the Chamber of Senators	Andrónico Rodríguez (MAS-IPSP)
First Vice President	Simona Quispe Apaza (MAS-IPSP)
Second Vice President	Santiago Ticona (CC)
Party control	Movement for Socialism

The 3rd Plurinational Legislative Assembly of Bolivia (Spanish: 3° Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional de Bolivia; ALP) is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the Bolivian government, composed of the Chamber of Senators and the Chamber of Deputies. It convened in La Paz on 3 November 2020 during the final week of Jeanine Áñez's presidency and will end in 2025. It will meet during all five years of Luis Arce's presidency.

The 2020 general elections decided control of both chambers. In both the Chamber of Deputies and Senate, the Movement for Socialism (MAS-IPSP) retained their majority —albeit reduced from the two-thirds supermajority from the . This assembly marks the first time in which women make up the majority of the legislature as a whole at 51.9 percent of parliamentarians. In the Senate, women make up the absolute majority at 55.5 percent of senators while in the Chamber of Deputies, they reach near gender parity at 46.9 percent of deputies.^[2]

History[]

Two-thirds controversy[]

Though the MAS achieved a first-round victory in the 2020 general elections, winning absolute majorities in both the Senate —nineteen seats— and Chamber of Deputies —sixty-six seats— the party fell just shy of attaining a supermajority of two-thirds of the legislators in either chamber, as it had done in the two previous legislative terms. In the Senate, the MAS won twenty-one seats, three short of the twenty-four necessary to achieve a two-thirds in that chamber, and in the lower house, it won seventy-three seats; eighty-seven deputies are required to reach a supermajority in the Chamber of Deputies, leaving the MAS fourteen seats short. In total, of the 166 seats making up both chambers, the MAS held ninety-six, leaving it fourteen behind of the 110 votes necessary to attain two-thirds in a plenary session.^[3]

As a result, the MAS was placed in a situation in which it would be forced to negotiate with the opposition on matters requiring two-thirds of the assembly's support, a fact that had not been the case for over a decade, since the opening of the 2010–2015 legislature in January 2010. Political Scientist Franklin Pareja noted that, without two-thirds, the MAS would no longer be able to circumvent legislative debate and pass laws without discussing with the opposition, as it had grown accustomed to doing in previous years. For Pareja, this would hopefully provide for a "healthier" legislature.^[3]

In this context, a major controversy arose when on 27 and 28 October 2020, both chambers in the outgoing assembly used the final hours of their term to amend the articles of their general regulations, eliminating the two-thirds threshold for measures such as the modification of parliamentary committees, the agenda for sessions, promotions of certain public and military officials, and the appointment of ambassadors, reducing the requirement to a simple majority. However, measures requiring two-thirds of both chambers as established by the Constitution, such as the appointment of the prosecutor general, the ombudsman, the comptroller, or members of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, remained unchanged.^[4]

Outgoing senator (MAS) explained the new rules as "an administrative change" meant to push aside "obstacles" to Luis Arce's mandate.^[5] For his part, President-elect Arce endorsed the move, stating that "what our Assembly has done is maintain legality […] and there should be no concern".^[6] Nonetheless, the opposition denounced the change. Outgoing deputy Shirley Franco called it "an affront to democracy. They eliminate the two-thirds to nullify the opposition". At the same time, Carlos Mesa, leader of Civic Community (CC), decried the rule change as an "unacceptable and illegitimate maneuver".^[5] Similarly, Creemos leader Luis Fernando Camacho characterized the regulatory amendment as an "outrage", stating: "the MAS will never leave behind its dictatorial impulse".^[7]

Newspaper Página Siete reported that, in this way, "[the] MAS neutralizes the opposition for five years", primarily due to the fact that the ruling party was now capable of closing legislative debate by a simple majority.^[6] Political analyst Williams Bascopé also noted that the MAS' ability to change the legislative agenda at will provided for the possibility of opposition legislators entering the assembly without being informed of what would be discussed in that session.^[8]

At Arce's inauguration, Mesa and the entire CC caucus left the hemicycle of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly in protest prior to the end of the ceremony. In a press conference, Mesa announced CC's intent to file an appeal with the Plurinational Constitutional Court (TCP) demanding the unconstitutionality of the annulment of the two-thirds requirement.^[9] Three days later, the alliance formally presented the TCP with an appeal containing the signatures of all fifty CC legislators.^[10]

New assembly building[]

Bench of the Deputies' Directive in the hemicycle of the lower house.

This legislative session saw the completion and inauguration of a new Plurinational Assembly headquarters to replace the previous Legislative Palace. The decision to establish a new building was sanctioned by Law N° 313, which also authorized the erection of a new executive building, the Casa Grande del Pueblo, completed in 2018. Construction began in 2016, under the charge of the firm Asociación Accidental Constructoras Bolivianas (Construbol). By the end, the total State investment in the project amounted to Bs473.2 million.^[11]

A hallway adorned with Aymara and Quechua iconography and symbols.

The new legislature covers 44,000m² with nine underground levels and twenty above-ground floors, allowing it to be seen from anywhere in La Paz and El Alto. It is topped by a cubic structure containing the hemicycle of the Chamber of Senators on levels fourteen and fifteen and the Chamber of Deputies on levels seventeen through twenty. The cube measures a length of thirty-six meters, meant to represent the thirty-six nationally recognized indigenous nations. Additionally, the various offices and corridors are adorned with motifs and artwork from all of these groups.^[11]

The new building was inaugurated on 2 August 2020 with the presence of the president, vice president, and most legislators of the ruling party. In his speech, President Arce declared that the legislature symbolized "a new stage" in the country's history. Vice President David Choquehuanca pointed to its establishment as a measure of "decolonized thinking" in the country. Likewise, President of the Chamber of Deputies stated that, with the inauguration of the new infrastructure, Bolivia enters a new "era", definitively leaving behind the Republic of Bolivia that was superseded by the Plurinational State through the passage of the 2009 Constitution.^[12]

Neither CC nor Creemos participated in the inauguration of the new building. In a statement, CC characterized its establishment as "an affront to the country" that wastes economic resources in the midst of a health crisis in order to "satisfy the megalomania of Evo Morales". Creemos Senator Centa Rek stated that the decision of its caucus not to attend was due to the fact it had "nothing to celebrate […] because we are cut in our rights and legislative functions, and they do not allow us to participate and influence the laws that are approved".^[13]

Transfuge in the opposition[]

Ethics Commission: split in Creemos[]

From left to right, top to bottom: Omar Rueda, Runy Callaú, Tito Caero, and Sandra Paz.

While the MAS lay three votes away from reaching two-thirds in the Senate, the daily El Deber noted that swaying that many opposition senators to break ranks would be "almost impossible". However, in the Chamber of Deputies, with its larger pool of possible defectors, the situation was different. Outgoing deputy Amílcar Barral stated that, while it would be difficult, "I would not be surprised if […] some legislators from the Civic Community and Creemos […] betray their parties and go to support the MAS". He pointed out that this had previously occurred with some senators and deputies in the previous two assemblies.^[3]

The first instance of such an occurrence came on 28 January 2021, when Edwin Bazán, head of the Creemos caucus in the Chamber of Deputies, announced the alliance's expulsion of four of its deputies —Tito Caero, Runy Callau, Sandra Paz, and Omar Rueda— for what he described as "moral turpitude".^[14] The decision came due to the events of a month prior, in which, on 22 December 2020, the four expelled deputies presented Rueda as a nominee to the Ethics Commission against Bazán, who was nominated by the rest of the Creemos caucus. With MAS support, Rueda was elected to the commission while Bazán was not taken into account.^[15] Bazán denounced that, in this way, the MAS achieved a majority on the commission, with three of its own deputies and one dissident to the two of CC, a fact he indicated they would use to intimidate the opposition with sanctions and legal processes.^[16] As a result, Bazán announced his alliance's intent to file a lawsuit with the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) for political transfuge in order to regain the seat.^[14] In response, Rueda affirmed that neither he nor his compatriots were allied to the MAS but that they did not hold "favoritism to anyone". He further outlined that his expulsion was not valid because, while Creemos had constituted itself as a subnational political party, nationally, it remained a political alliance and, as such, did not have registered members to expel.^[17] MAS deputy Estefanía Morales pointed out that Bazán himself and other Creemos deputies had run in the annulled 2019 elections as members of CC and later joined Creemos for the 2020 election. She went on to characterize the alliance's disagreements as "internal issues that must be resolved in their caucus".^[18] On 1 February 2022, the TSE rejected Creemos' complaint.^[19][20]

The net result of this was that the MAS reduced the number of legislators it needed to reach two-thirds of the assembly from fourteen to ten. Political analyst Gregorio Lanza stated that the co-option of four Creemos deputies into the MAS had origins in the "fundamentally electoral" formation of the opposition, established for purposes of running in elections and "not united by ideas and vision of the country". He also pointed to the general issue of corruption in the country as a compounding factor.^[21]

All of the defecting parliamentarians represent Santa Cruz and are members of Solidarity Civic Unity (UCS), a component party of the Creemos alliance that supported the presidential campaign of Camacho in 2020 and is led by Santa Cruz Mayor . They make up the entire bloc of UCS members that were elected as titular deputies alongside four alternate deputies and one alternate senator —Fernández's daughter, Paola— who were also elected as representatives of the party.^[22] Creemos deputy José Carlos Gutiérrez of Santa Cruz contended that the strategy of the MAS was to achieve the suspension of four incumbents in order to allow their UCS alternates to take the seats.^[23] On 6 November, one of these alternate deputies, José Luis Durán, also broke with Creemos and joined the ranks of the dissidents.^[24] With the departure of five legislators from Creemos, all from the UCS faction, criticism was raised against Fernández. In response, the Santa Cruz mayor assured that he has "no alliance with the MAS" but also, with the elections over, "no alliance with Creemos" either. In terms of the disunity in Creemos, he qualified Camacho as wholly responsible as party leader for any disagreements within his organization.^[21]

Quarrel over the Deputies Directive[]

From left to right: Edwin Rosas and Keyla Ortiz.

On 30 August 2021, CC deputy Samantha Nogales denounced that members of the MAS had offered bribes in exchange for her vote in favor of a trial of responsibilities against former president Jeanine Áñez, a process that requires two-thirds support.^[25] The following day, CC's Senate leader Andrea Barrientos revealed in a press conference that more than four of its deputies had been offered bribes.^[26] In response, President of the Chamber of Deputies Freddy Mamani Laura announced his intent to report Nogales to the Ethics Commission for making claims without presenting evidence.^[27] MAS Senator denied the allegations, stating that "the right is not committed to the people, it is not committed to the country, it is only committed to generating false discourse".^[28]

Tensions over the defection of opposition legislators came to a head in November 2021 on the occasion of the renewal of the Chamber of Deputies Directive made up of the president, first and second vice presidents, and first through fourth secretaries, of which the second vice presidency and third and fourth secretariats correspond to the opposition as outlined in the chamber's general regulations. On behalf of CC, Carlos Alarcón announced Enrique Urquidi and Walter Villagra, respectively, as their nominees for second vice president and third secretary. However, on 6 November, CC faced an internal crisis when two of its deputies, Edwin Rosas and Keyla Ortiz, declared themselves candidates for these positions. Additionally, the five Creemos dissidents rejected their caucus' nomination of Oscar Michel Flores to the fourth secretariat, instead promoting the continuation of current secretary Sandra Paz in the position. Amid threats and shouts, Mamani delayed the vote in order to allow the opposition to reach a consensus.^[24] The following day, CC elected to expel both deputies from its ranks.^[29]

In order to block the election, rescheduled for the morning of 7 November, the opposition held a vigil in the Chamber of Deputies the night prior. To circumvent this, the MAS moved its members to the former Legislative Palce —out of use since the inauguration of a new headquarters in August— and installed the session without the presence of the opposition. Amid protests, Mamani granted the minority parties a twenty-five-minute stay, after which the session began again with their presence.^[30]

In what Opinión described as "embarrassing" and Los Tiempos called a "scandal", the directive elections were carried out on 7 November. The vote took place amid an atmosphere of screams, insults, pushing, and shoving; at one point, deputies poured water on each other while others tore up their ballots denouncing a "legislative coup". The final result was the reelection of Mamani to the presidency of the Chamber of Deputies, with MAS deputies taking the first vice presidency and first and second secretariats. The dissident Rosas was elected second vice president while Paz continued as fourth secretary. Ortiz was not chosen, with the position of third secretary being granted to Villagra, allowing for one opposition deputy in the chamber's directive.^[31][32][33] Why the MAS elected to ratify Villagra as third secretary is unclear.^[34]

External video
Luis Arce delivers his government report amid shouts and ovations
Luis Arce da informe de gobierno

With the adhesion of two deputies from CC, the MAS now requires eight parliamentarians to reach two-thirds in the assembly: five deputies and three senators.^[35] In view of this, both opposition caucuses assured that the amount of possible "turncoats" within their parties had been exhausted. For Creemos, Deputy Khaline Moreno reported that "we are more united than ever" after the removal of some of its members.^[21] Likewise, Luciana Campero, Rosas' alternate, guaranteed that, of the seventy-eight CC deputies and their alternates, the remaining seventy-six had reached full consensus.^[36]

According to political analyst Hugo San Martín, the relative ease with which the MAS achieves the defection of opposition parliamentarians stems from the fact that "ideological parties" have become "practically non-existent" since the collapse of the traditional political parties in the early 2000s. San Martín asserts that "opposition parties are generated at the influx of elections", leading to "improvised people, who come to parliament and are free thinkers". For CC deputy Toribia Lero, instances of political transfuge result in the "weakening of the little democracy that remains in the country" by keeping the legislature "submissive and obedient". On the other hand, Vice Minister —a member of the MAS— argues that the opposition "cannot blame the MAS" because it "is going to make the most advisable political decision" when presented the opportunity.^[37]

The agitation of the deputies carried into the following day when President Arce delivered his management report after one year in office. The majority of his speech was largely drowned out by shouts for and against him by different legislators, with some members of the opposition raising banners and blowing whistles in protest.^[38] Shortly after the session, MAS deputy Héctor Arce accused his colleague from Creemos, Tatiana Añez, of grabbing and scratching his neck when he tried to stop her from moving to the front to interrupt the president. She, in turn, accused him of grabbing her arm and punching her in the stomach.^[39]

Sessions shutting out opposition[]

Military promotions[]

In December 2021, the Senate attempted to address two draft regulations related to the Armed Forces. The first was Chamber Resolution 004/2021–2022, ratifying a series of military promotions issued by President Arce. The second was Chamber Resolution 005/2021–2022, which ratified the promotions of military personnel that occurred in 1989 and 1990 but precluded those issued in 1987 and 1988. Such laws necessitated the support of two-thirds of the legislators present. The opposition refused to approve the regulations, stating that they contained payroll modifications that contravened the Organic Law of the Armed Forces. They asked that the relevant documents be reviewed to ensure that they were in accordance with the list of promotions originally sent to the Senate in 2019. On 21 December, the MAS attempted twice in vain to install a reserved session to approve the list of promotions sent by the executive. In both cases, the ruling party achieved twenty-two votes in favor —the entire MAS caucus plus one unidentified opposition senator— failing to reach the required twenty-four vote majority by just two votes. As a result, the issue was postponed until January of the following year.^[40][41]

Legislative session to elect the Ethics Commission is suspended
Deputies enter a scuffle amid protests over the election of members of the commission.
José Carlos Gutiérrez y Omar Rueda intercambian gritos y desafíos
Pelea entre Luciana Campero y Gloria Callizaya

The 43rd regular session of the Senate was scheduled for 9:00 a.m. on 20 January 2022. On that occasion, four CC senators —Andrea Barrientos, Javier Martínez, Daly Santa María, and Fernando Vaca— ran late for various reasons. Upon arriving, they were informed that in their absence, the MAS had achieved the necessary two-thirds to install a reserved session, and they were thus prohibited from entering the hemicycle. Barrientos decried the session as "forced and illegitimate", pointing out that no part of the Senate Regulations establish that senators may be precluded from entering a reserved session once it has begun.^[42] Senator Santa María stated that she and her colleagues had arrived at or around 9:20 a.m. but had nonetheless been locked out of the Senate despite having a half-hour grace period. Given the absence of the four opposition senators, the MAS passed the questioned military promotion regulations with the support of two-thirds of the legislators present.^[43] Following the session, President of the Senate Andrónico Rodríguez assured that no irregularities had occurred. He pointed out that one MAS senator had also been excluded from the session for the same reason.^[42]

Ethics Commission II[]

The following month, a similar situation occurred in the Chamber of Deputies. On 17 February 2022, the chamber installed a session to renew the membership of the Ethics Commission. Though majorities in both CC and Creemos presented their own lists of candidates, dissidents from both blocs presented themselves instead. Of these was Deputy Keyla Ortiz, the only opposition dissident who failed to gain a position on the Chamber of Deputies Directive in November 2021.^[44] Deputy Carlos Alarcón denounced that for this, the MAS "owed [her] a favor" and that they intended to elect her to the commission, though the ruling party denied that that was the case.^[45] Regardless, the session quickly devolved into protests, shouts, and shoves. Among the complainants was Deputy José Carlos Gutiérrez of Creemos. He denounced that in the previous year, most of the twenty-seven complaints sent to the commission were against members of the MAS, but they were all rejected with the support of the dissident Omar Rueda. In contrast, all complaints against opposition deputies were accepted. This accusation provoked a shouting match between Gutiérrez and Rueda, in which the latter stated: "Let's go outside, let's go outside. I'm going to teach you respect […]". In another instance, Deputy Luciana Campero of CC denounced that her MAS colleague Gloria Callizaya had grabbed her from behind while she was protesting at the front of the hemicycle. The lack of order forced President Mamani to suspend the session for a later date.^[46]

The session reconvened on 21 February in a process condemned as "rigged" by the opposition. Alarcón denounced that its installation had been called just fifteen minutes in advance, making it impossible for a large part of the opposition to arrive from their respective departments. In response, Deputy Gualberto Arispe of the MAS noted that the previous session had only been intermediately suspended and could thus have been reinstated "at any moment". The few present opposition legislators boycotted the session in protest, leaving the MAS to approve the conformation of the Ethics Commission. No members of the opposition were selected, with dissidents Ortiz of CC and Tito Caero of Creemos being elected to the commission.^[47]

Ombudsman election[]

Legislative session to call an election for an ombudsman is suspended
Legislators of the ruling party and opposition exchange shouts, shoves, and whistles.
Suspenden sesión legislativa para convocatoria a elección del Defensor

The Constitution delegates the task of appointing a new ombudsman to the Legislative Assembly. Crucially, the selection process necessitates two-thirds support from both chambers of the legislature; that is, the MAS could not elect a new official without opposition support. In January 2019, incumbent ombudsman resigned, leaving Nadia Cruz as the acting authority, a position that by 2022 she had maintained for more than three years. Cruz's tenure had been criticized by the opposition, who alleged that she carried a partisan bias in favor of the MAS. Since the inauguration of Arce, they had pushed for the legislature to call an election to appoint a new authority.^[48]

On 25 February 2022, the MAS presented a draft bill to initiate the selection and appointment process of the ombudsman.^[48] In a marathon session on 5 March, the majority-MAS Mixed Commission of the Legislative Constitution approved the regulations to initiate the selection process. Although the MAS took into account some adjustments suggested by the opposition, they were nonetheless criticized for presenting a draft regulation that gave the Mixed Commission complete control over the pre-selection of prospective candidates. Legal analysts agreed that since the MAS controlled the commission, it would only approve MAS-aligned candidates to be presented before the full legislature.^[49][50]

On 9 March, the Senate and Chamber of Deputies installed a legislative session to approve the regulations and issue the call for a new ombudsman. As soon as the session began, CC Senator Silvia Salame of Chuquisaca raised a preliminary motion to establish that the regulation face the approval of two-thirds of the Legislative Assembly. Salame argued that since the Constitution states that the election of the ombudsman requires two-thirds support, necessarily the regulation must also be approved by that amount. Vice President Choquehuanca initially rejected this and asked that the draft bill be read. However, Salame insisted that parliamentary rules dictated that her motion be considered first. To this, Choquehuanca conceded, and he put the motion up for consideration.^[51]

The subsequent events were described as "embarrassing" by multiple media outlets. The debate on Salame's motion erupted into general disorder, with shouts and whistles, as well as physical confrontations between legislators.^[52][53] In one incident, Deputy Samantha Nogales of CC entered into an argument with Deputy Tania Paniagua of the MAS in which Senator Andrea Barrientos of CC also intervened to separate the two, culminating in Nogales being thrown to the ground. Barrientos subsequently made her way to the front of the hemicycle to demand that the vice president suspend the session, but was she also met with blows by Paniagua and two other assemblywomen.^[54] The quarrel forced Choquehuanca to immediately close the session for the day and summon caucus leaders to impose order over their subordinate parliamentarians.^[52][53]

Together with the vice president, caucus leaders met to discuss a solution to the legislative impasse on 14 March. After some hours of negotiations, leaders from all three caucuses announced that they had reached consensus and would reconvene the legislative session the following day. The amended draft regulation excluded multiple provisions, including those that expanded the power of the Mixed Commission to pre-select candidates. Carlos Alarcón of CC and José Carlos Gutiérrez of Creemos both assured that their caucuses would support the bill.^[55] The following day, legislators unanimously passed the bill calling for a new ombudsman.^[56]

Party summary[]

Leadership[]

The Bolivian Constitution designates the vice president as president of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly. The Constitution also calls for a president of the Chamber of Senators and of the Chamber of Deputies, to serve as the presiding officer over their respective bodies. Article 35 of each body's general regulations defines a Chamber Directive elected each year from among its full members by an absolute majority of those present, respecting gender equity criteria. In the Senate, this directive is composed of a president, first vice president, second vice president, first secretary, second secretary, and third secretary. General regulations assert that the presidency, first vice presidency, and the first and third secretariats correspond to the majority bloc; and the second vice presidency and second secretariat correspond to the minority bloc.^[60] In the Chamber of Deputies, the directive is composed of a president, first vice president, second vice president, first secretary, second secretary, third secretary, and fourth secretary. General regulations assert that the presidency, first vice presidency, and the first and second secretariats correspond to the majority bloc; and the second vice presidency and the third and fourth secretariats correspond to the minority bloc.^[61]

Assembly President

David Choquehuanca (MAS-IPSP)

Senate President

Andrónico Rodríguez (MAS-IPSP)

Deputies President

(MAS-IPSP)

Composition[]

Senate[]

All thirty-six seats and thirty-six alternates were filled by election in October 2020.^[68] This legislative term marks the first time in Bolivian history in which women make up a majority of the Senate's composition. Of the thirty-six seats, twenty correspond to women, that is, 55.5% of the chamber. In individual party caucuses, women make up ten of the twenty-one MAS senators (47.6%), eight of the eleven from CC (72.7%), and two of the four from Creemos (50%). This result is due to the fact that the three political organizations that achieved Senate representation predominantly placed women at the top of their electoral lists.^[69]

All thirty-six titular senators were sworn in on 3 November 2020.^[70] All but one of the thirty-six alternate senators were sworn in six days later on 9 November.^[71] Zvonko Matkovic did not arrive to take the oath until 19 November.^[72]

Current Chamber of Senators composition by department

Department	Titular Senator		Party		Alternate Senator[g]		Ref.
Chuquisaca		Roberto Padilla		Movement for Socialism	Laura Parraga		[73]
		Trinidad Rocha		Movement for Socialism	Germán Moscoso Arancibia		[74][75]
		Silvia Salame		Civic Community	Jorge Antonio Zamora		[76][77]
		Santiago Ticona		Civic Community	Sarai Reinaga La Madrid		[78][79]
La Paz				Movement for Socialism	Hilarión Padilla[h]		[82]
		Felix Ajpi		Movement for Socialism	Yolanda Ponce Condo		[83][84]
		Simona Quispe Apaza		Movement for Socialism	Guido Varela		[85]
		Cecilia Requena		Civic Community	Porfirio Menacho		[86][87]
Cochabamba				Movement for Socialism	Lucy Escobar		[88][89]
				Movement for Socialism	Hermo Perez		[90][91]
		Andrónico Rodriguez		Movement for Socialism	Emiliana Dilma Cabrera		[92]
		Andrea Barrientos		Civic Community	Guillermo Seoane		[93][94]
Oruro		Miguel Pérez Sandoval		Movement for Socialism	Mery Choque		[95][96]
		Lindaura Rasguido		Movement for Socialism	Gilmar Huarachi		[97]
		Rubén Gutiérrez		Movement for Socialism	Laura Lujan		[98][99]
		Vania Rocha		Civic Community	Fernando Dehne		[100][101]
Potosí		Hilarión Mamani		Movement for Socialism	Elena Aguilar Flores		[102]
		Ana María Castillo		Movement for Socialism	Santos Ramos		[103][104]
		Pedro Benjamín Vargas		Movement for Socialism	Hilda Vega Rocha		[105]
		Daly Santa María		Civic Community	Pedro Lagrava		[106][107]
Tarija		Rodrigo Paz Pereira		Civic Community (PG)	Zoya Zamora[i]		[109][110]
		Nely Gallo		Civic Community	Javier Martínez		[111][112]
		Gladys Alarcón		Movement for Socialism	Luis Casso Vaca		[113]
		Miguel Rejas		Movement for Socialism	Natividad Aramayo		[114][115]
Santa Cruz		Centa Rek		Creemos	Erik Morón[j]		[121][122]
		Henry Montero		Creemos	Paola Fernández[k]		[123][124]
		Soledad Flores		Movement for Socialism	William Torrez		[125][126]
		Isidoro Quispe		Movement for Socialism	María Muñoz		[127][128]
Beni				Civic Community	Fernando Vaca		[129][130]
		Walter Justiniano		Civic Community	Neila Velarde Salas		[131][132]
		Roxana "Suka" Nacif		Movement for Socialism	Misdrael Mamani Arenas		[133]
		Claudia Égüez		Creemos	Javier Villavicencio		[134]
Pando		Eva Humérez		Movement for Socialism	Ermenegildo Llavera Chusgo		[135]
				Movement for Socialism	Paula Paxi		[136]
		Julio Romaña		Creemos	Dulce María Araujo		[137][138]
		Corina Ferreira		Civic Community	Walter Buitrago		[139][140]

Chamber of Deputies[]

All 130 seats as well as 129 alternates were filled by election in October 2020.^[141] The titular deputies were sworn in on 3 November 2020 and their alternates took office two days later on 5 November.^[70][142]

Current Chamber of Deputies composition
by circumscription (left) and party list (right).

Constituency	Titular Deputy		Party		Alternate Deputy[g]		Ref.
1-Chuquisaca		Pablo Arízaga		Civic Community	Delia Arancibia		[143][144]
2-Chuquisaca		Lily Fernández		Civic Community	Fernando Morales		[145][146]
3-Chuquisaca		Jorge Yucra		Movement for Socialism	Josefina Maturano		[147][148]
4-Chuquisaca		Lidia Limón		Movement for Socialism	Yamil Flores		[149][150]
5-Chuquisaca		Adán Palacios		Movement for Socialism	Crecencia Saldaña		[151][152]
List-Chuquisaca		Blanca López		Movement for Socialism	Gustavo Cuellar		[153][154]
List-Chuquisaca		Gustavo Vega		Movement for Socialism	Yharsina Rengifo		[155][156]
List-Chuquisaca		Pamela Alurralde		Civic Community	Marcelo Solis		[157][158]
List-Chuquisaca		Marcelo Pedrazas		Civic Community	Linda Vega		[159][160]
List-Chuquisaca		Marlene Fernández		Civic Community	Yver Padilla		[161][162]
6-La Paz		Alberto "Beto" Astorga		Civic Community	Rosario Torrez		[163][164]
7-La Paz		Miguel Roca		Civic Community	Elizabeth Mamani		[165][166]
8-La Paz		Ingvar Ellefsen		Civic Community	María Elena Reque		[167][168]
9-La Paz		Ramiro Venegas		Movement for Socialism	Ana María Mendoza		[169][170]
10-La Paz		María Alanoca		Movement for Socialism	Zacarías Laura		[171][172]
11-La Paz		Renán Cabezas		Movement for Socialism	Amanda Iriarte		[173][174]
12-La Paz		Sabina Hilda Condori		Movement for Socialism	Sandro Ramírez		[175][176]
13-La Paz		Félix Mayta		Movement for Socialism	Juana Mamani		[177][178]
14-La Paz		Hernán Durán		Movement for Socialism	Martha Ramos		[179][180]
15-La Paz		Zulay Mamani		Movement for Socialism	Juan David Vargas		[181][182]
16-La Paz		Andrés Flores		Movement for Socialism	Celia Quispe		[183][184]
17-La Paz		Gladys Quispe		Movement for Socialism	Lino Sillo		[185][186]
18-La Paz		Basilia Rojas		Movement for Socialism	Lucho Quispe		[187][188]
19-La Paz		Pasceza Quispe		Movement for Socialism	José Rengel		[189][190]
List-La Paz				Movement for Socialism	Persida Guaygua Tola		[191][192]
List-La Paz		Bertha Acarapi		Movement for Socialism	Juanito Angulo		[193][194]
List-La Paz		Freddy López		Movement for Socialism	Virginia Alanoca		[195][196]
List-La Paz		Betty Yañiquez		Movement for Socialism	Idelfonso Canaza		[197][198]
List-La Paz		Froilán Mamani		Movement for Socialism	Nely Nesta		[199][200]
List-La Paz		Gloria Callizaya		Movement for Socialism	Oscar Guisbely		[201][202]
List-La Paz		Freddy Velásquez		Movement for Socialism	Olimpia Alejo		[203][204]
List-La Paz		Soledad Pérez		Movement for Socialism	Richard Muchia		[205][206]
List-La Paz		Omar Yujra		Movement for Socialism	Maribela Vilela Lipa		[207][208]
List-La Paz		Carlos Alarcón		Civic Community	Krupskaya Oña Sánchez		[209][210]
List-La Paz		Elena Pachacute		Civic Community	José Manuel Ormachea		[211][212]
List-La Paz		Walter Villagra		Civic Community (FRI) [213][214]	Roxana Vidales		[215][216]
List-La Paz		Gabriela Ferrel		Civic Community	Alejandro Reyes		[217][218]
List-La Paz		Gustavo Aliaga		Civic Community	Jhenny Condori		[219][220]
Special-La Paz		Verónica Challco		Movement for Socialism	Johnson Jiménez		[221][222]
20-Cochabamba		Mayra Zalles[d]		Civic Community	None		[223]
21-Cochabamba		Santos Mamani		Movement for Socialism	Cintia Castro		[224][225]
22-Cochabamba		Olivia Guachalla		Movement for Socialism	Damián Laime		[226][227]
23-Cochabamba		Lizeth Morales		Movement for Socialism	Grobert Nogales		[228][229]
24-Cochabamba		Gualberto Arispe		Movement for Socialism	Celida Condori		[230][231]
25-Cochabamba		Héctor Arce		Movement for Socialism	María Lizbeth Vargas		[232][233]
26-Cochabamba		María Cristina Choque		Movement for Socialism	Juan Zurita		[234][235]
27-Cochabamba		Rosario García		Movement for Socialism	Vicente Condori		[236][237]
28-Cochabamba		Pacífico Choque		Movement for Socialism	Overlinda Camacho		[238][239]
List-Cochabamba		Magaly Gómez		Movement for Socialism	Bernardo "Berno" Poca		[240][241]
List-Cochabamba		José Luis Flores		Movement for Socialism	Pamela Terrazas		[242][243]
List-Cochabamba		Felicia Alejo Hidalgo		Movement for Socialism	Cecilio Alanes Cruz		[244][245]
List-Cochabamba		Jhonny Pardo		Movement for Socialism	Eva Salazar Orellana		[246][247]
List-Cochabamba		Toribia Lero		Civic Community	George Komadina		[248][249]
List-Cochabamba		Saúl Lara		Civic Community	Ana María Saavedra		[250][251]
List-Cochabamba		Samantha Nogales		Civic Community	Jorge Pinto		[252][253]
List-Cochabamba		José Maldonado		Civic Community (FRI) [254]	Claudia Torrez[l]		[255][256]
List-Cochabamba		Alejandra Camargo		Civic Community	Rory Ordoñez		[257][258]
Special-Cochabamba		Gildo Hinojosa		Movement for Socialism	Faviola Guaguasú		[259][260]
29-Oruro		Miriam Martínez		Movement for Socialism	Román Mollo		[261][262]
30-Oruro		Juan José Jauregui		Movement for Socialism	Madain Paco		[263][264]
31-Oruro		Celia Salazar		Movement for Socialism	Omar Sánchez		[265][266]
32-Oruro		Quintín Villalón		Movement for Socialism	Jhenny Choquilla		[267][268]
List-Oruro		Lily Bernabé Colque		Movement for Socialism	Elías Choque Ayca		[269][270]
List-Oruro		Enrique Urquidi		Civic Community	Lucía Condori		[271][272]
List-Oruro		Mariel Peñaloza		Civic Community	Orlando Valdez		[273][274]
List-Oruro		Ronald Huanca		Civic Community (FRI) [275]	Tania Cayoja		[276][277]
Special-Oruro		Honorio Chino		Movement for Socialism	María Choque Chachaque		[278][279]
33-Potosí		Juan José Torrez		Civic Community	Mery Mamani Coronado		[280][281]
34-Potosí		Mónica Torres		Civic Community	Ernesto Cárdenas Paz		[282][283]
35-Potosí		Pedro Francisco Coro		Movement for Socialism	Cipriana Guerrero Requelme		[284][285]
36-Potosí		Adriana Tarifa Condori		Movement for Socialism	Dionicio Quispe		[286][287]
37-Potosí		Higinio Farfán		Movement for Socialism	Abad Farfán		[288][289]
38-Potosí		Gladys Chumacero		Movement for Socialism	Luis Yapura		[290][291]
39-Potosí		Israel Huaytari		Movement for Socialism	Casilda Cuellar		[292][293]
List-Potosí		Elsa Alí		Movement for Socialism	Abelardo Colque Vicente		[294][295]
List-Potosí		Antonio Colque		Movement for Socialism	Teodocia Benavidez		[296][297]
List-Potosí		Celia Rivera		Movement for Socialism	Ismael Liquitaya		[298][299]
List-Potosí		Guillermo Benavides		Civic Community	Lissa Claros		[300][301]
List-Potosí		Marina Morales		Civic Community	Gonzalo Borjes Michovich		[302][303]
List-Potosí		Juan Pardo Guevara		Civic Community	Verónica Sanjinés		[304][305]
40-Tarija		Edwin Rosas[e][f]		First the People [m]	Luciana Campero[l]		[308][309]
41-Tarija		Mariela Baldivieso		Civic Community	Herlan Aldana		[310][311]
42-Tarija		Delfor Burgos		Movement for Socialism	Mariela Quispe		[312][313]
43-Tarija		Lidia Tupa		Movement for Socialism	Eloy Maraz		[314][315]
List-Tarija		María Elena Ortega		Civic Community (FRI) [316]	Adrián Vega[l]		[317][318]
List-Tarija		José Luis Porcel		Civic Community	Esther Sánchez Gareca		[319][320]
List-Tarija		José Huanca		Movement for Socialism	Viviana Aparicio		[321][322]
List-Tarija		Alexsandra Zenteno		Movement for Socialism	Bryan Zalles		[323][324]
Special-Tarija		Darlen Velasco		Movement for Socialism	Josué Ayala		[325][326]
44-Santa Cruz		Walthy Egüez		Creemos	Jenniffer Torrico		[327][328]
45-Santa Cruz		José Carlos Gutiérrez		Creemos	Ericka Chávez		[329][330]
46-Santa Cruz		Moira Osinaga		Creemos	José Luis Durán[f][k]		[331][332]
47-Santa Cruz		Tatiana Añez		Creemos	Henry Gutiérrez		[333][334]
48-Santa Cruz		Omar Rueda[c][f]		Solidarity Civic Unity	Haidy Muñoz[n]		[335][336]
49-Santa Cruz		Patricio Mendoza		Movement for Socialism	Amalia Sarabia		[337][338]
50-Santa Cruz		Oscar Michel Flores		Creemos	Roxana Álvarez		[339][340]
51-Santa Cruz		Runy Callaú[c][f]		Solidarity Civic Unity	Verónica Aguilera[n]		[341][342]
52-Santa Cruz		Deisy Choque		Movement for Socialism	Samuel Mamani		[343][344]
53-Santa Cruz		Tania Paniagua		Movement for Socialism	José Nogales		[345][346]
54-Santa Cruz		María René Ávarez		Creemos	Jorge "Chichi" Saucedo		[347][348]
55-Santa Cruz		Hernán Hinojosa		Movement for Socialism	María Goreti Jaldín		[349][350]
56-Santa Cruz		Vicente Condori		Movement for Socialism	María Daniela Arispe		[351][352]
57-Santa Cruz		Danny Daniel Rojas		Movement for Socialism	Faustina Coa		[353][354]
List-Santa Cruz		Marioly Morón		Creemos	Caleb Villarroel		[355][356]
List-Santa Cruz		Erwin Bazán		Creemos	Laura Rojas		[357][358]
List-Santa Cruz		Khaline Moreno		Creemos	Richard Ribera		[359][360]
List-Santa Cruz		Tito Caero[c][f]		Solidarity Civic Unity	Fabiola Guachalla[n]		[361][362]
List-Santa Cruz		Sandra Paz[c][f]		Solidarity Civic Unity	Andrés Romero[n]		[363][364]
List-Santa Cruz		Estefanía Morales		Movement for Socialism	Rolando Cuellar[o]		[366][367]
List-Santa Cruz		Jerges Mercado Suárez		Movement for Socialism	Cinda Luana Nolasco		[368][369]
List-Santa Cruz		Alina Canaviri		Movement for Socialism	Valuis Sequeli		[370][371]
List-Santa Cruz		Anyelo Céspedes		Movement for Socialism	Ninoska Morales		[372][373]
List-Santa Cruz		Luisa Nayar		Civic Community	Jairo Guiteras		[374][375]
List-Santa Cruz		Daniel Prieto		Civic Community	María José Salazar		[376][377]
List-Santa Cruz		Senaida Rojas		Civic Community	Iván Canaviri		[378][379]
List-Santa Cruz		Aldo Terrazas		Civic Community	Solimar Veizaga		[380][381]
Special-Santa Cruz		Elsa Sánchez Romero		Movement for Socialism	Luis Alfonso Changaray		[382][383]
58-Beni		Fernando Llapiz		Creemos	Mariel Marín		[384][385]
59-Beni		Aleida Joseff		Movement for Socialism	Santos Cori		[386][387]
60-Beni		Keyla Ortiz[e][f]		Independent	Herbert Taboada[l]		[388][389]
61-Beni		Leonardo Ayala		Creemos	None[p]		[391]
List-Beni		Janira Román		Civic Community	Genghis Justiniano		[392][393]
List-Beni		Oscar Balderas		Civic Community	Prisila Dantes		[394][395]
List-Beni		Sarah Crespo		Movement for Socialism	Roque Mapaquine		[396][397]
Special-Beni		Enrique Cunai		Movement for Socialism	Fátima Achipa Vaca		[398][399]
62-Pando		María José Rodríguez		Movement for Socialism	Kemer Quiroga		[400][401]
63-Pando		Roy Suárez Medina		Movement for Socialism	Ariana Gonzales Aguirre		[402][403]
List-Pando		Sergio Maniguary		Creemos	Deisy Maita		[404][405]
List-Pando		Sebastian Divico		Civic Community	Raquel Rodríguez		[406][407]
Special-Pando		Tacni Mendoza		Movement for Socialism	Javier Machuqui		[408][409]

See also[]

• 2020 Bolivian general election (elections leading to this Assembly)
• (elections during this Assembly, leading to the next Assembly)

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