National Congress of Bolivia
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Plurinational Legislative Assembly Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional |
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| Houses | Senate, Chamber of Deputies |
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President of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly (ex oficio as Vice President)
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President of the Senate
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Gabriela Montaño Viaña, MAS-IPSP
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President of the Chamber of Deputies
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Betty Asunta Tejada Soruco, MAS-IPSP
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166 36 Senators 130 Deputies |
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Senate political groups
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Chamber of Deputies political groups
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| Elections | |
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Senate voting system
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Party-list proportional representation |
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Chamber of Deputies voting system
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Additional Member System |
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Senate last election
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5 October 2014 |
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Chamber of Deputies last election
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5 October 2014 |
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Senate next election
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2019 |
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Chamber of Deputies next election
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2019 |
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| Website | |
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http://www.senado.bo http://www.diputados.bo |
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Coordinates: 16°29′46″S 68°07′59″W / 16.49611°S 68.13306°W
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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