a seat in the Chamber of Deputies. He campaigned in southern La Paz's circumscription 21, encompassing his home Aroma Province, as well the neighboring Loayza and Villarroel provinces. Quispe won by a landslide, attaining ninety percent of the popular vote, the highest margin for any candidate running in single-member constituencies that cycle. In a race where the second-place candidate won less than five percent of the vote, Quispe's only contender was the plethora of spoilt ballots, which, when included, drop his margin to 68.2 percent. According to sociologist Salvador Romero, the high propensity of abstentions responded to a "certain indifference on the part of the electorate towards candidates who are expected to win, and of whom little is known." Tenure Quispe's parliamentary tenure was split between two committees; he spent the first three years of his term on the lower chamber's Environment Committee, later switching to the Social Welfare Committee in his closing two years. In these positions, Quispe's work focused on tackling mental health; he drafted a bill in the Chamber of Deputies on the subject and presented a similar proposal to the Latin American Parliament in his capacity as a delegate to it. Outside of legislation, Quispe's tenure was marked by scandal over allegations that he used his influence to procure the release from prison of Yesid Luín, the mayor of Calamarca. Luín had been arrested in 2011 after being caught smuggling cocaine in his car. His subsequent release and restoration to the position of mayor was controversial, with a lengthy criminal process against himself, Quispe, and others going on into 2015 and beyond. Commission assignments Social Policy Commission Social Welfare and Protection Committee (2013–2015) Amazon Region, Land, Territory, Water, Natural Resources, and Environment Commission Environment, Climate Change, Protected Areas, and Forest Resources Committee (2010–2013) Electoral history References Notes Footnotes Bibliography External links Deputies profile Vice Presidency . 1959 births Living people 21st-century Bolivian politicians Aymara politicians Bolivian educators Bolivian people of Aymara descent Bolivian politicians of indigenous peoples descent Bolivian radio people Bolivian trade union leaders Members of the Bolivian Chamber of Deputies from La Paz Movement for Socialism (Bolivia) politicians People from Aroma Province