Electoral Management Design Database

Ministry of Education (Ministerio de Educación), Political Constitution of the State (Constitución Política del Estado), last amended 2009, accessed 25 August 2025 [unofficial translation]

Article 205.
I. The Plurinational Electoral Body is composed of:
1. The Supreme Electoral Tribunal.
2. The Departmental Electoral Tribunals.
3. The Electoral Courts.
4. The Polling Station Juries.
5. The Electoral Notaries.
II. The jurisdiction, powers, and attributions of the Electoral Body and its different levels are defined in this Constitution and the law.

Article 206.
I. The Supreme Electoral Tribunal is the highest level of the Electoral Body and has national jurisdiction.
II. The Supreme Electoral Tribunal is composed of seven members, who will serve for six years without the possibility of reelection, and at least two of whom will be of indigenous or peasant origin.
III. The Plurinational Legislative Assembly, by two-thirds of the votes of those present, shall elect six of the members of the Plurinational Electoral Body. The President of the State shall appoint one of its members.
IV. The election of the members of the Plurinational Electoral Body shall require a prior public call for applications and qualifications and merits through a public competition.
V. The Departmental Legislative Assemblies or Departmental Councils shall select, by two-thirds of the votes of their present members, a shortlist for each of the members of the Departmental Electoral Tribunals. From these shortlists, the Chamber of Deputies shall elect the members of the Departmental Electoral Tribunals, by two-thirds of the votes of those present, ensuring that at least one of its members belongs to the Indigenous and Native Peasant Nations of the Department.

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