The 2010–2015 Plurinational Legislative Assembly of Bolivia was the first class of the Bolivian legislature, also known as the Plurinational Legislative Assembly, to go by that name. The Assembly was controlled in both houses by the governing Movement for Socialism (MAS-IPSP), elected with a 2/3 supermajority, although some members later separated themselves from the majority. Just four incumbent members of the 2005–2010 Congress returned: Deputy Antonio Franco; Deputy Javier Zabaleta (MAS-IPSP/MSM); Senator René Martínez (MAS-IPSP), who was a deputy; and Senator Róger Pinto, previously of Podemos and now representing PPB-CN.
The Assembly was elected as part of general elections on 9 December 2009. After the votes were counted, party strengths in Congress were as follows:
Party Votes Percentage Deputies Senators Movement for Socialism 2.943.209 64,22 88 26 Plan Progress for Bolivia – National Convergence 1.212.795 26,46 37 10 National Unity Front 258.971 5,65 3 Social Alliance 106.027 2,31 2 Social Patriotic Unity Movement 23.257 0,51 People 15.627 0,34 Peoples for Liberty and Sovereignty 12.995 0,28 Social Democratic Bolivia 9.905 0,22 Source: Comisión Nacional Electoral
As part of a break between the MAS-IPSP and its ally the Without Fear Movement (MSM), the latter party's four deputies, elected on the MAS slate pledged in late March 2010, "to act in accord with our political identity, with our conscience, and with the people who elected us with their vote." Consequently, MAS-IPSP had 84 members in the Chambers of Deputies, while the MSM has four."Ruptura MAS-MSM llega a la Asamblea Legislativa ," La Prensa, 27 March 2010. However, two MSM deputies re-affiliated with the MAS-IPSP. In late 2011, at least five indigenous deputies distanced themselves from the MAS-IPSP and announced the formation of an Indigenous Bloc in the Assembly, independent of the MAS. While the Assembly's leadership has yet to officially recognize these two defections, the MAS now controls less than two-thirds of all Assembly seats.
Senate The latest President of the Senate, elected on 19 January 2010 and serving until her death on 26 October of that year, was Ana María Romero de Campero (MAS-IPSP, La Paz). Romero had been on medical leave since February 2010, and René Martínez (MAS-IPSP, Chuquisaca) served as interim President in her absence. Martínez was confirmed as Senate President on 1 November. Martha Poma Luque (MAS-IPSP, La Paz) was elected the same day to serve as Vice President of the Senate, the first woman de pollera to hold that office. Seventeen of 36 members of the Senate are women."Ana María Romero de Campero elegida presidente del Senado , Los Tiempos, 19 January 2010. The 26-member MAS-IPSP majority includes all four senators from La Paz, Oruro, and Potosí; three senators from Cochabamba and Chuquisaca; and two senators from each of Santa Cruz, Beni, Pando, and Tarija.
Romero's substitute, Javier Hurtado Mercado, served as senator in her place, but resigned 15 May 2010. Her seat was filled by Mary Constancia Medina Zabaleta, the substitute for Eugenio Rojas.
Department Senator Party Chuquisaca René Óscar Martínez Callahuanca MAS Chuquisaca Nélida Sifuentes Cueto MAS Chuquisaca David Sánchez Heredia MAS Chuquisaca Luis Gerald Ortiz Alba PPB La Paz Mary Constancia Medina Zabaletaformerly: Ana María Romero MAS La Paz Eugenio Rojas Apaza MAS La Paz Martha Poma Luque MAS La Paz Fidel Andrés Surco Cañasaca MAS Cochabamba Gonzalo Adolfo Ramón Mendoza Leigue MAS Cochabamba Marcelina Chavez Salazar MAS Cochabamba Julio Salazar MAS Cochabamba Bernard Osvaldo Gutiérrez Sanz PPB Oruro Sandra Lilian Soriano Bascopé MAS Oruro Andrés Agustín Villca Daza MAS Oruro Roxana Camargo Fernández MAS Oruro Mario Choque Gutiérrez MAS Potosí Eduardo Humberto Maldonado Iporre MAS Potosí Carmen García Mamani MAS Potosí Efraín Condori López MAS Potosí Clementina Garnica Cruz MAS Tarija Rhina Aguirre Amezaga MAS Tarija Juan Enrique Jurado Ruiz MAS Tarija Marcelo Eulogio Antezana Ruiz PPB Tarija Maria Elena Mendez Leon PPB Santa Cruz Lilly Gabriela Montaño Viaña MAS Santa Cruz Isaac Ávalos Cuchallo MAS Santa Cruz Germán Antelo Vaca PPB Santa Cruz Centa Lothy Rek López PPB Beni Freddy Bersatti Tudela MAS Beni Zonia Guardia Melgar MAS Beni Carlos Alberto Sonnenschein Antelo PPB Beni Jeanine Áñez Chávez PPB Pando Manuel Limachi Quispe MAS Pando Mirtha Da Costa Ferreira MAS Pando Roger Pinto Molina PPB Pando Carmen Eva Gonzales Lafuente PPB
Commissions The Senate has ten legislative commissions (), each with two subordinate committees, whose leadership is chosen annually. Their current leadership, chosen on 2 February 2011, is as follows:
Commission President Party of President Constitution, Human Rights, Legislation, and Electoral System Eugenio Rojas Apaza MAS Plural Justice, Prosecutor's Office (), and Legal Defense of the State Sandra Soriano Bascopé MAS States Security, Armed Forces, and Bolivian Police Freddy Bersatti Tudela MAS Economic Policy, Planning, and Finance Mario Choque Gutiérrez MAS Social Policy, Education, and Health Germán Antelo Vaca CN International Policy Juan Enrique Jurado Ruíz MAS Land and Territory, Natural Resources, and Environment Julio Salazar MAS Territorial Organization of the State and Autonomies Mirtha Da Costa Ferreira MAS Indigenous Originary Peasant Nations and Peoples, and Interculturality Marcelo Eulogio Antezana Ruiz CN Plural Economy, Production, Industry, and Industrialization Fidel Surco Cañasaca MAS Source:
Chamber of Deputies The President of the Chamber of Deputies, elected on 19 January 2010, is Héctor Arce (MAS-IPSP). 33 of 130 deputies (25.38%) are women. Four parties elected deputies, the MAS-IPSP (including members of the Without Fear Movement) holds 88; the Plan Progress for Bolivia – National Convergence holds 37; the National Unity Front has 3; and Social Alliance holds 2.ABI, "Lista Nómina de Senadores y Diputados electos el 2009," 2009. Sixty-nine seats were elected by individual districts (uninominal seats); 53 were elected from lists provided by each party in each department, with the number of such deputies determined by population (plurinominal seats); and seven were elected by minority indigenous peoples in the seven of the country's departments (all except Chuquisaca and Potosí).Corte Nacional Electoral, "Codificación de asientos electorales por departamento, mapas de Circunscripciones Uninominales y Especiales Indígenas," 2009. Altogether, 41 of the deputies were indigenous, including 9 women.