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April 7, 2026

What Do Local Election Results Mean for Bolivia?

Local elections last month in Bolivia produced highly fragmented results, with the formerly dominant MAS party failing to even compete as a unified national party. The country’s capital, La Paz, is pictured. // File Photo: Parallelepiped09 via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0.

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  • Bolivians went to the polls on March 22 to elect nine departmental governors, more than 300 mayors and thousands of local legislators. The results were highly fragmented, with the formerly dominant MAS party of ex-President Evo Morales failing to compete as a unified national party and the allies of President Rodrigo Paz winning only the governorship of Tarija department outright. What are the most significant results from the election? What do the fragmented results suggest about the state of Bolivian politics? What issues resonated with voters in the election, and what do the results mean for Paz’s agenda as president?

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