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, Santos Tito of the Movement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples, was elected on 4 April 2010.
The chief legislative body of the department is the Departmental Legislative Assembly, a body also first elected on 4 April 2010. It consists of 33 members: 16 elected by each of the department's provinces; 16 elected based on proportional representation; and minority indigenous representative selected by the Uru-Chipaya people.
| Gubernatorial Candidate | Party | Votes for Governor | Percentage | Assembly Members by Territory | Votes for Assembly by Population | Percentage | Assembly Members by Population | Total Assembly Members | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santos Tito | Movement for Socialism | 107.576 | 59,6% | 15 | 83.220 | 56,1% | 10 | 25 | |
| Iver Pereira Vásquez | Without Fear Movement | 53.111 | 29,4 | 1 | 47.319 | 31,9% | 5 | 6 | |
| National Unity Front | 13.933 | 7,7% | 0 | 12.277 | 8,3% | 1 | 1 | ||
| Guillermo Zolá Eugenio | Nationalist Revolutionary Movement | 5.800 | 3,2% | 0 | 5.612 | 3,8% | 0 | 0 | |
| Indigenous Representatives | Elected through usos y costumbres | 1 | |||||||
| Valid votes | 180.420 | 81,5% | 148.428 | 67,1% | |||||
| Blank votes | 28.055 | 12,7 | 62.222 | 30,2% | |||||
| Null votes | 12.939 | 5,8% | 10.706 | 4,8% | |||||
| Total votes | 221.414 | 87,5% of registered voters | 16 | 221.356 | 87,4% of registered voters | 16 | 33 | ||
| Source: Corte Nacional Electoral, Acto de Computo Nacional, Boletín 22: Explicación asignación de escaños departamentales | |||||||||
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