Bolivian constitutional referendum, 2016

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A constitutional referendum was held in Bolivia on Sunday, 21 February 2016.^[1] The proposed constitutional amendments would have allowed the president and vice president to run for a third consecutive term under the 2009 Constitution.^[2] The referendum was voted down by a 51.3% majority.

Background

Article 168 of the 2009 constitution allows the President and Vice-President to put themselves forward for re-election only once, limiting the number of terms to two. The governing party, the Movement Towards Socialism–Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples sponsored an effort to amend this article. The referendum was authorized by a combined session of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly on 26 September 2015, by a vote of 112 to 41.^[3][4] Law 757, which convenes the February referendum, was passed 113 to 43, and was promulgated on 5 November 2015.^[5]

Bolivian elections are conducted under an "act of good governance," which prohibits electoral propaganda in the days before an election, and tightly regulates motorized transport. It was illegal to buy or consume alcohol for 48 hours prior to the referendum to ensure voters took note of their decision.^[2]

A successful 'yes' vote would have allowed President Evo Morales and Vice President Álvaro García Linera to run for another term in office in 2019. Morales had already been elected three times. The first time, in 2006, is not counted as it was before the two term limit was introduced by the 2009 constitution.^[5]

Results

Most voted choice by department.

References

Elections and referendums in Bolivia
Presidential elections	1855 1862 1873 1884 1888 1892 1904 1908 1909 1913 1917 1925 (May) 1925 (Dec) 1931 1934 1940 1947 1951 1956 1960 1964 1966 1978 1979 1980 1985 1989 1993 1997 2002 2005 2009 2014
Parliamentary elections	1855 1862 1873 1884 1888 1892 1900 1902 1904 1906 1908 1910 1912 1914 1916 1918 1920 1921 1923 1925 1927 1928 1931 1933 1934 1938 1940 1942 1944 1947 1949 1951 1956 1958 1960 1962 1964 1966 1978 1979 1980 1985 1989 1993 1997 2002 2005 2006 2009 2014
Judicial elections	2011
Local elections	1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1999 2004 2010 2011 2012 2013 2015
Referendums	1931 1986 2004 2006 2008 2009 2016

Evo Morales
Elections	1997 legislative election 2002 presidential election 2005 presidential election 2008 vote of confidence referendum 2009 constitutional referendum 2009 presidential election 2014 presidential election 2016 constitutional referendum
Politics	Presidency of Evo Morales Domestic policy Foreign policy grounding incident Bolivian Constituent Assembly of 2006-2007 Movement for Socialism Law of the Rights of Mother Earth
Activism and controversies	2000 Cochabamba protests Cocalero Relationship with the Roman Catholic Church Bolivian gas conflict Cochabamba social unrest of 2007 Bolivian miners' protest of 2007 2008 unrest Media luna
Personal life	Sport Boys Warnes (sports team)