2025 elections and outcomes: Latin America

See the elections taking place in Latin America this year. This post will be updated with outcomes as the elections are completed.

Visit BAL’s Global Election Hub for more information on 2025 elections around the world.

Ecuador

DATE OF ELECTION February 9. No presidential candidate won a majority of the vote, so a runoff election was held on April 13.

TYPE OF ELECTION General election to elect Ecuador’s president, 151 assembly members and five Andean parliamentarians.

The 2025 general election will also elect members of the National Assembly to a full four-year term. The recently expanded 151-seat National Assembly will run concurrently with the first round of the presidential election and all elected officials will begin a four-year term in May 2025.

OUTCOME In the Feb. 9 election, Daniel Noboa, a center-right politician of the National Democratic Action (ADN), narrowly placed ahead of Luisa González of the Citizen Revolution Movement (RC) in the first round, but as no candidate won a majority, a runoff was held on April 13. In the runoff election, Incumbent President Noboa was re-elected for a full term with 55.63% of the vote.

The election results for the parliamentary races were similarly closely divided with González’s RC party controlling 64 seats to Noboa’s ADN party with 66 seats. 76 votes are required for a majority, so the next legislature will feature important coalitions that will be crucial in either being in favor of or in opposition to a Noboa.

Venezuela

DATE OF ELECTION May 25.

TYPE OF ELECTION Parliamentary election to elect the 277 deputies of the National Assembly. The election took place among continued disputes over alleged election fraud during the 2024 presidential election.

OUTCOME While there is dispute over the voter turnout, the National Electoral Council reports that the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, President Nicolás Maduro’s party, won the race for governor in 23 out of the country’s 24 states and also won nearly 83% of the votes cast for the National Assembly.

Bolivia

DATE OF ELECTION August 17. No presidential candidate won a majority of the vote, so a runoff election was held on October 19.

TYPE OF ELECTION General election to elect Bolivia’s president, vice president, members of the Chamber of Deputies and members of the Chamber of Senators.

OUTCOME In the first round of voting, Senator Rodrigo Paz Pereira won just over 32% of the votes and former president Jorge Quiroga won 26.7% of the votes. Since no candidate secured an outright victory, a runoff election was held on October 19 and Paz Pereira won with 55% of the vote. All 130 seats of the Chamber of Deputies were elected, as were all 36 seats in the Chamber of Senators. The Christian Democratic Party holds the most seats in both Chambers, while the ruling liberal Movimiento al Socalismo (MAS-ISP) party lost 73 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. This was considered an upset to the MAS-ISP party, which had dominated the country’s politics for decades.

Argentina

DATE OF ELECTION October 26.

TYPE OF ELECTION Legislative election. This is a midterm election to elect half of the seats in the Chamber of Deputies and a third of the seats in the Senate, as the country faces one of its worst economic declines in recent years.

Argentine President Javier Milei recently launched his own political party, and winning the 2025 elections would give Mr. Milei’s libertarian La Libertad Avanza (Liberty Advances) party power in Congress. The party currently is a minority in both chambers of Congress, hindering its legislative and policy efforts.

Chile

DATE OF ELECTION November 16. No presidential candidate won a majority of the vote, so a runoff election will be held on December 14 if no first-round candidate wins more than 50% plus one of the vote.

TYPE OF ELECTION General election. Voters will elect the President, all seats in the Chamber of Deputies and half of the seats in the Senate.

OUTCOME In the first round of voting, Jeannette Jara of The Communist Party of Chile received 26.85% of the vote, narrowly placing ahead of José Antonio Kast of The Republican Party of Chile, who received 23.92% of the vote. Since no candidate secured over 50% of the vote, a runoff election will take place on December 14.

Left-wing parties lost their majority in the Chamber of Deputies, receiving only 44% of the vote, but gained 12 seats in the Senate and secured a majority. Right-wing and centrist parties received 54% of the vote in the Chamber of Deputies.

Honduras

DATE OF ELECTION November 30.

TYPE OF ELECTION General election. Honduras is electing its president, members of the National Congress and 20 members of the Central American Parliament.