Government
The chief executive office of Bolivia departments (since May 2010) is the governor; until then, the office was called the prefect, and until 2006 the prefect was appointed by the President of Bolivia. The current governor, Edmundo Novillo Aguilar of the Movement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples was elected on 4 April 2010 and took office 30 May.
Under the 2009 Constitution, Bolivian departments have an elected legislature, the Departmental Legislative Assembly. The Cochabamba Assembly has 34 members including two indigenous representatives.
The most recent election results are as follows:
| Gubernatorial Candidate | Party | Votes for Governor | Percentage | Assembly Members by Territory | Votes for Assembly by Population | Percentage | Assembly Members by Population | Total Assembly Members | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edmundo Novillo Aguilar | Movement for Socialism | 415.245 | 61,9% | 16 | 360.785 | 60,7% | 11 | 27 | |
| Marvell José María Leyes Justiniano | National Unity Front-Popular Consensus (All for Cochabamba) | 174.175 | 26,0% | 0 | 147.442 | 24,8% | 4 | 4 | |
| José Ronald Del Barco Alcocer | Without Fear Movement | 52.516 | 7,8% | 0 | 63.614 | 10,7% | 1 | 1 | |
| María Casta Jaimes Arriaran | Nationalist Revolutionary Movement | 29.250 | 4,4 | 0 | 22.800 | 3,8% | 0 | 0 | |
| Indigenous Representatives | Elected through usos y costumbres by the Yuqui and Yuracaré peoples | 2 | |||||||
| Valid votes | 671.186 | 81,9% | 594.641 | 72,7% | |||||
| Blank votes | 111.510 | 13,6 | 183.077 | 22,4% | |||||
| Null votes | 36.905 | 4,5% | 40.713 | 5,0% | |||||
| Total votes | 819.601 | 87,2% of registered voters | 16 | 818.431 | 87,1% of registered voters | 16 | 34 | ||
| Source: Corte Nacional Electoral, Acto de Computo Nacional | |||||||||
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