the nationally-elected members of Congress, and one for members of Congress elected in single-member constituencies in the Chamber of Deputies. Senators and Deputies were returned on a departmental basis; Senators were elected on a majoritarian basis, with the first-place party receiving two and the second-place party one, while deputies were elected on a mixed-member basis, with district deputies joining list deputies awarded by compensatory proportional representation. However, there was no national distribution of seats. Voting was compulsory for all Bolivians over the age of 18, but Bolivians living abroad were not able to take part. Results Aftermath Morales claimed his victory marked Bolivia's first election of an indigenous head of state, but this claim generated controversy, due to the number of mestizo presidents who came before him, and was challenged publicly by such figures as Mario Vargas Llosa, who accused Morales of fomenting racial divisions in an increasingly mestizo Latin America. References External links National Electoral Court of Bolivia (in Spanish) BBC "Crucial Choice for Bolivian Voters" BBC "Q&A: Bolivian Elections" CBC "Left-wing candidate favoured to win Bolivian election" NPR's Weekend Edition: "Bolivians Vote for President" NPR's All Things Considered "Bolivia Prepares for Presidential Election" MAS Official Campaign Site Bolivia Presidential election Elections in Bolivia Evo Morales 2005