Editing Elections in Bolivia (section)

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{{Politics of Bolivia}}
[[Bolivia]] elects on national level a [[head of state]] &ndash; the [[President of Bolivia|president]] &ndash;  and a [[legislature]]. The president and the vice-president are elected for a five-year term by the people. The [[National Congress of Bolivia|National Congress]] (''Congreso Nacional'') has two [[bicameralism|chambers]]. The [[Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia|Chamber of Deputies]] (''Cámara de Diputados'') has 130 members, elected for a five-year term using a two vote [[seat linkage]] compensatory system (for [[mixed-member proportional representation]]) and in the case of seven indigenous seats by ''[[usos y costumbres]]''. The [[Senate of Bolivia|Chamber of Senators]] (''Cámara de Senadores'') has 36 members: each of the country's [[Departments of Bolivia|nine departments]] returns four senators allocated proportionally.<ref name=RegimenElectoral>{{cite web|title=Bolivia: Ley del Régimen Electoral, 30 de junio de 2010|url=http://www.lexivox.org/norms/BO-L-N26.xhtml|website=Lexivox|access-date=10 February 2015}}</ref>

Bolivia has a [[multi-party]] system, with numerous [[political parties|parties]]. During the first 23 years of renewed democracy beginning 1982, no one party succeeded in gaining power alone, and [[political parties|parties]] had to work with each other to form [[coalition government]]s. Since 2005, a single party has achieved a parliamentary majority.

Ahead of any national election a period of prohibition takes effect. This is with the intention of preventing inebriated nationals voting in error. Nationals are also forbidden from travelling around during the same period. This is to prevent voters from voting in more than one district. On polling day it is difficult to obtain a taxi or bus, due to the limitations placed upon travel and transport.