Bolivia

Presidential succession (1990–present)

Rows highlighted FSP mark presidents from a Foro de São Paulo member/affiliated party.

Legislative composition

Seats by party for recent elections, and whether the governing coalition held a majority. In a fragmented system a governing majority is assembled across several parties — no party governs alone; a coalition majority is not a single-party majority. Each bar orders blocs left→right with a marker at the majority line.

FSP member parties (highlighted FSP): Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS-IPSP). MAS is Bolivia's FSP member with a parliamentary presence. Regalado's 2007 roster also lists minor members (Movimiento Bolivia Libre, Partido Comunista de Bolivia, Partido Patria Socialista) without seats.

2025 — Cámara de Diputados (130 seats; majority = 66)

FSP member parties together: 2 of 130 (2%) — 64 seats short of the 66-seat majority. The FSP parties sat in opposition.

Government: Rodrigo Paz (PDC) — lacked a majority. FSP party in government: no. The collapse of the MAS era: the splintered FSP member fell from 75 seats to 2 (the left vote also split toward Andrónico Rodríguez's Alianza Popular, which is not a documented FSP member). No bloc won a majority; Paz — winner of the October runoff over Quiroga — governs the chamber through pacts among the PDC, Unidad and others. (source 1, source 2, source 3, source 4)

2025 — Cámara de Senadores (36 seats; majority = 19)

Government: Rodrigo Paz (PDC) — lacked a majority. FSP party in government: no. For the first time since 2005 the MAS won no Senate seats at all; the FSP presence in the upper house dropped from a 21-seat majority to zero. The PDC is the largest bench (16 of 36) but short of a majority. (source 1, source 2, source 3)

2020 — Cámara de Diputados (130 seats; majority = 66)

FSP member parties together: 75 of 130 (58%) — a majority on their own. The FSP bloc holds a majority in this chamber in its own right.

Government: Luis Arce (MAS-IPSP) — commanded a working majority. FSP party in government: yes. MAS won an absolute majority in both chambers, though not the two-thirds it held in 2014–2020 (two-thirds is needed for constitutional reforms and top judicial appointments). (source 1, source 2)

2020 — Cámara de Senadores (36 seats; majority = 19)

FSP member parties together: 21 of 36 (58%) — a majority on their own. The FSP bloc holds a majority in this chamber in its own right.

Government: Luis Arce (MAS-IPSP) — commanded a working majority. FSP party in government: yes. Absolute Senate majority. (source 1, source 2)

2014 — Cámara de Diputados (130 seats; majority = 66)

FSP member parties together: 88 of 130 (68%) — a majority on their own. The FSP bloc holds a majority in this chamber in its own right.

Government: Evo Morales (MAS-IPSP) — commanded a working majority. FSP party in government: yes. MAS held a two-thirds supermajority in both chambers (2009–2020), enough to pass constitutional changes and to control the pre-selection of candidates for the elected judiciary — a process critics say entrenched MAS influence over the courts. (source 1)

2014 — Cámara de Senadores (36 seats; majority = 19)

FSP member parties together: 25 of 36 (69%) — a majority on their own. The FSP bloc holds a majority in this chamber in its own right.

Government: Evo Morales (MAS-IPSP) — commanded a working majority. FSP party in government: yes. Two-thirds Senate supermajority. (source 1)

High court — Tribunal Supremo de Justicia / Tribunal Constitucional Plurinacional

Appointment

Since the 2009 Constitution, high-court judges are chosen by popular election from candidates pre-selected by the (MAS-controlled) Legislative Assembly.

Changes (FSP era)

The 2009 Constitution introduced popular election of top judges (held 2011, 2017). In Dec 2023 the Constitutional Tribunal extended ("self-prorogued") magistrates' mandates after elections were delayed — widely criticised. Partial judicial elections were held in late 2024.

How much remains

Composition in flux through 2024–2025; the 2023 self-extended magistrates and the partial 2024-elected judges sit under the new (post-MAS) government — full roster to verify.

Verified

yes — sourced

Court history (1990–present)

Structural changes to the court during the Foro de São Paulo era — size changes, court-packings, purges and reforms. packing/purge mark expansions and forced removals. Sources: source · source.

Bench control by appointing government

Sourced period bands: how much of the sitting high-court bench was appointed (or, where sources say so, effectively controlled) under FSP-member governments. Appointment provenance is not a claim about how judges rule — see each band's notes; documented interventions are in the court history above. Seat counts appear only where sources give them; years outside these bands are uncovered, not asserted.

Sources

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Bolivian_general_election
2. https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/19/americas/bolivia-election-results-rodrigo-paz-intl-hnk