2009 Bolivian general election
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The 2009 Bolivian general election was a nationwide vote in which Bolivians chose their president, vice president, and legislature, resulting in the re-election of incumbent leader Evo Morales and consolidating his party’s political dominance.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
general election
ⓘ
national election ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Bolivia ⓘ |
| date | 6 December 2009 ⓘ |
| electorate | Bolivian citizens ⓘ |
| follows | 2005 Bolivian general election ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentAfterElection | Evo Morales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentBeforeElection | Evo Morales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headOfStateAfterElection | Evo Morales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| incumbentCandidate | Evo Morales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageContext |
Spanish
ⓘ
indigenous languages of Bolivia ⓘ |
| legalBasis | 2009 Constitution of Bolivia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legislativeBodyElected |
Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Senate of Bolivia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Bolivia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCandidate |
Evo Morales
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Manfred Reyes Villa NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Doria Medina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officeContested |
Plurinational Legislative Assembly
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
President of Bolivia ⓘ Vice President of Bolivia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oppositionAlliance | Plan Progreso para Bolivia – Convergencia Nacional NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oppositionCandidate |
Manfred Reyes Villa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Samuel Doria Medina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organizedBy | Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Bolivia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Bolivian electoral history ⓘ |
| politicalContext | rise of left-wing governments in Latin America ⓘ |
| politicalOrientationOfWinner | left-wing ⓘ |
| precedes | 2014 Bolivian general election NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presidentialWinner | Evo Morales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result |
Movement for Socialism obtained a two-thirds majority in the Plurinational Legislative Assembly
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
consolidation of Movement for Socialism’s political dominance ⓘ re-election of Evo Morales as President of Bolivia ⓘ re-election of Álvaro García Linera as Vice President of Bolivia ⓘ |
| scope | nationwide ⓘ |
| type |
legislative election
ⓘ
presidential election ⓘ |
| vicePresidentAfterElection | Álvaro García Linera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vicePresidentBeforeElection | Álvaro García Linera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vicePresidentialWinner | Álvaro García Linera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| votingSystem |
proportional representation for legislative elections
ⓘ
two-round system for presidential election ⓘ |
| winningAlliance | Movement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winningParty | Movement for Socialism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| year | 2009 ⓘ |
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