The 2015 Bolivian regional elections were held on 29 March 2015. Departmental and municipal authorities were elected by an electorate of approximately 6 million people.
Among the officials elected were:
Altogether, 2,642 officials were elected.[3] Almost every elected office, but not Mayor, included a simultaneously elected alternate of the same party.
Only the Movement towards Socialism was involved in all 339 municipal contests.[4] Other parties participating in large numbers of contests are as follows:
| Party | Number of Municipalities | Mayors elected[5] [6] | Significant Cities Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| 339 | 227 | Two departmental capitals: Sucre, Potosí. | |
| Democrats | 24 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Cochabamba, its other 21 municipalities are in Santa Cruz Department. | |
| 14 | All in La Paz Department | ||
| 11 | 9 in Beni, and 4 in Santa Cruz | ||
| Autonomous Nationalities for Change and Empowerment (NACER) | 3 | ||
| National Unity Front (UN) | 2 | El Alto | |
| Pando United and Dignified | 2 | Cobija | |
| UNIR | 2 | Tarija | |
Bolivia's ruling MAS party suffered some defeats and setbacks in the subnational elections compared to its performance in 2010 and its victory in the 2014 presidential election.[7]
| Party | Votes | % | Candidates | Elected | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Movement for Socialism | MAS-IPSP | 1 909 314 | 41,79 % | 9 | 6 | |
| Social Democrat Movement | DEMOCRATAS | 940 286 | 20,58 % | 4 | 1 | |
| Sovereignty and Freedom | SOL-BO | 673 244 | 14,73 % | 1 | 1 | |
| National Unity Front | UN | 182 404 | 3,99 % | 4 | 0 | |
| Revolutionary Nationalist Movement | MNR | 108 544 | 2,37 % | 5 | 0 | |
| Autonomist Departmental Unity | UD-A | 105 391 | 2,31 % | 1 | 1 | |
| Front for Victory | FPV | 101 871 | 2,23 % | 6 | 0 | |
| We Are All Chuquisaca | CST | 101 257 | 2,22 % | 1 | 0 | |
| United for Cochabamba | UNICO | 76 907 | 1,68 % | 1 | 0 | |
| Movement for Sovereignty | MPS | 63 941 | 1,40 % | 1 | 0 | |
| People's Originary Movement of Potosí | POTOSI-MOP | 53 287 | 1,17 % | 1 | 0 | |
| Autonomous Nationalities for Change and Empowerment | NACER | 49 214 | 1,08 % | 1 | 0 | |
| New Citizen Power | NPC | 47 220 | 1,03 % | 1 | 0 | |
| Tarija For All | TPT | 31 310 | 0,68 % | 1 | 0 | |
| Popular Participation | PP | 28 700 | 0,63 % | 1 | 0 | |
| Solidarity Civic Unity | UCS | 20 042 | 0,44 % | 1 | 0 | |
| Patriotic Social Alliance | ASP | 18 513 | 0,41 % | 1 | 0 | |
| Strength and Hope | FE | 17 082 | 0,37 % | 1 | 0 | |
| Pando United and Dignified | PUD | 13 042 | 0,28 % | 1 | 0 | |
| Up with Chuquisaca | ACH | 11 427 | 0,25 % | 1 | 0 | |
| Revolutionary Left Front | FRI | 9070 | 0,20 % | 1 | 0 | |
| Integrity, Security, and Autonomy | ISA | 5768 | 0,13 % | 1 | 0 | |
| Amazon Social Power | PASO | 1142 | 0,02 % | 1 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 4 568 976 | 88,08 % | 32 | 9 | ||
| Blank votes | 356 048 | 6,86 % | ||||
| Null votes | 261 942 | 5,05 % | ||||
| Total ballots cast | 5 186 966 | 100,00 % | ||||
| Source: Tribunal Supremo Electoral, Resultados Elecciones Subnacionales 2015 | ||||||
The governors of Beni and Tarija were elected in a May 3 runoff election.