Oruro Department - Government

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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