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Plurinational Legislative Assembly

Plurinational Legislative Assembly
Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional
Type
Type
Houses Senate,
Chamber of Deputies
Leadership
President of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly (ex oficio as Vice President)
President of the Senate
Gabriela Montaño Viaña, MAS-IPSP
President of the Chamber of Deputies
Betty Asunta Tejada Soruco, MAS-IPSP
Structure
Seats 166
36 Senators
130 Deputies
Senado de Bolivia elecciones 2014.svg
Senate political groups
Cámara de Diputados de Bolivia elecciones 2014.svg
Chamber of Deputies political groups
Elections
Party-list proportional representation
Chamber of Deputies voting system
Additional Member System
Senate last election
5 October 2014
Chamber of Deputies last election
5 October 2014
Senate next election
2019
Chamber of Deputies next election
2019
Meeting place
Palacio de Congresos Bolivia.jpg
Website
http://www.senado.bo
http://www.diputados.bo

Coordinates: 16°29′46″S 68°07′59″W / 16.49611°S 68.13306°W / -16.49611; -68.13306

The Plurinational Legislative Assembly (Spanish: Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional) is the national legislature of Bolivia, placed in La Paz, the country's seat of government.

The assembly is bicameral, consisting of a lower house (the Chamber of Deputies or Cámara de Diputados) and an upper house (the Senate, or Cámara de Senadores). The Vice President of Bolivia also serves as the President of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly. Each house elects its own directorate: a President, first and second Vice Presidents, and three or four Secretaries (for the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, respectively). Each party is said to have a bench (Spanish: bancada) consisting of its parliamentarians. The representatives of each department comprise a brigade (brigada). Each house considers legislation in standing committees.

The Senate has 36 seats. Each of the country's nine departments returns four senators elected by proportional representation (using the D'Hondt method). (From 1985 to 2009, the Senate had 27 seats: three seats per department: two from the party or formula that receives the most votes, with the third senator representing the second-placed party.) Senators are elected from party lists to serve five-year terms, and the minimum age to hold a Senate seat is 35 years.


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