2009 Bolivian general election

2009 Bolivian general election

6 December 2009
Presidential election
Registered5,139,554
Turnout94.54% ( 10.05pp)
 
Nominee Evo Morales Manfred Reyes Villa Samuel Doria Medina
Party MAS-IPSP PPB-CN UN
Running mate Álvaro García Linera Leopoldo Fernández Gabriel Helbing
Popular vote 2,943,209 1,212,795 258,971
Percentage 64.22% 24.46% 5.65%


President before election

Evo Morales
MAS-IPSP

Elected President

Evo Morales
MAS-IPSP

Legislative election

All 36 seats in the Chamber of Senators
All 130 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
Party Seats +/–
Chamber of Senators
MAS-IPSP

26 +14
PPB-CN

10 New
Chamber of Deputies
MAS-IPSP

88 +16
PPB-CN

37 New
UN

3 −5
Social Alliance

2 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

General elections were held in Bolivia on December 6, 2009, following a constitutional referendum held on 25 January 2009. The election was initially expected to be held in 2010. Voters elected:

The five departments which had not already done so all voted to have departmental autonomy. Eleven municipalities voted to have indigenous autonomy, out of twelve holding such referendums. One province voted to have regional autonomy.