2019 Bolivian general election

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General elections were held in Bolivia on 20 October 2019. Voters elected all 130 members of the Chamber of Deputies and 36 senators and cast ballots for a joint slate of president and vice president. At the time of the elections, the Bolivian constitution limited the president and vice president to two terms, and a referendum in 2016 to amend the constitution had been rejected; the Supreme Court of Justice nonetheless ruled that all public offices would have no term limits despite what was established in the constitution, allowing the incumbent president Evo Morales to run for a fourth term. Disputes over the transparency and legitimacy of the elections prompted weeks of widespread protests in Bolivia after Morales was declared the winner with 47.08% of the vote; because this was greater than a ten-point margin over his nearest competitor, former president Carlos Mesa, this was enough for Morales to be announced as the winner without requiring a runoff second-round vote. The Organization...

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