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Chamber of Deputies (Bolivia)

Lower house of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly

Field	Value
name	Chamber of Deputies
native_name	Cámara de Diputados
coa_pic	Escudo de Bolivia.svg
logo	Logo Chamber of Deputies (Bolivia) 2025.png
foundation	1831
house_type	Lower house
body	Plurinational Legislative Assembly
leader1_type	President of the Chamber of Deputies
leader1	Roberto Castro Salazar
party1	PDC
election1	6 November 2025
members	130
structure1	File:Bolivia Chamber of Deputies 2025.svg
structure1_res	250px
voting_system1	Two vote seat linkage compensation mixed electoral system (Mixed-member proportional representation) - the list votes are the same as used as votes for president and Senate elections (DSV)
last_election1	[17 August 2025](2025-bolivian-general-election)
next_election1	By 2030
session_room	Proyecto de Ley aprobado en Dputados favorece con predios a la UMSA.jpg
meeting_place	Legislative Palace
website	[diputados.bo](http://www.diputados.bo)

Government (75)

PDC (49)
Unity (26) Supported by (44)
Libre (39)
APB Súmate (5) Opposition (11)
AP (8)
MAS-IPSP (2)
(1)

The Chamber of Deputies () is the lower house of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly of Bolivia. The composition and powers of this house are established in the Political Constitution of the State. The session room is located in the Legislative Palace building in Plaza Murillo.

Deputies

Deputies serve five-year terms, and must be aged at least 25 on the day of the election.

Electoral system

The Chamber of Deputies comprises 130 seats (including the seven special seats), elected using a seat linkage based mixed compensatory system using a two votes: 63 deputies are elected by first-preference plurality to represent single-member electoral districts, 60 are elected by closed list party-list proportional representation from party lists on a departmental basis (in districts of varying sizes corresponding to Bolivia's nine departments with a threshold of 3%). The list seats in each region are awarded proportionally based on the vote for the presidential candidates, subtracting the number of single-member districts won (to provide mixed-member proportional representation). The remaining seven seats are reserved indigenous seats elected by the usos y costumbres. A voter can only vote in one of either the normal constituencies or special constituencies (coexistence).

The election uses the same votes as the votes for the President and the Senate, making it a double (triple) simultaneous vote. Voters may therefore not split their ticket between these elections, but they may vote for a candidate of a different list in the election of the Chamber as the deputies from the single-member districts are elected using separate votes.

Party lists are required to alternate between men and women, and in the single-member districts, men are required to run with a female alternate, and vice versa. At least 50% of the deputies from single-member districts are required to be women.

Elections

2025 election

Main article: 2025 Bolivian general election

Party / coalition	%	MPs	Seats	+/–
Christian Democratic Party (Bolivia)}}	Christian Democratic Party	1,683,891	32.15	49	29
Libre (Bolivia)}}	Libre – Liberty and Democracy	1,397,226	26.68	39	0
Unity (Bolivia)}}	Unity	1,039,426	19.85	26	26
Popular Alliance (Bolivia)}}	Popular Alliance	439,388	8.39	8	New
APB Súmate}}	Autonomy for Bolivia – Súmate	347,574	6.64	5	New
Movimiento al Socialismo}}	Movimiento al Socialismo	166,917	3.19	2	73
Solidarity Civic Unity}}	Force of the People	86,154	1.65	0	16
Nationalist Democratic Action}}	Liberty and Progress ADN	76,349	1.46	0	0

Parliamentary parties

Main article: List of political parties in Bolivia

References

"Bolivia: Ley del Régimen Electoral, 30 de junio de 2010".

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