Daniel E. Moreno Morales, senior researcher at Ciudadanía, Comunidad de Estudios Sociales y Acción Pública: “The Bolivian census results define, among many other relevant things, the number of national elected seats for each region of the country, as the law provides for population representation. The current distribution of seats in the lower chamber, elected in 2020, is based on population figures from the latest census, conducted in 2012 (each department has four Senate seats, independent of the population). The next national election will be conducted in 2025, and the number of seats for each region will be based on the results of the new census. That is, unless these results are not officially available by the time of the election, in which case the distribution of seats among departments and regions will have to remain based on the 2012 census. During the last few decades, Bolivia has transitioned from a rural society to a country where three-fourths of the population lives in urban areas…”