US EditionBolivia’s long-ruling party was almost eliminated from Congress, final vote results show
The Movement Toward Socialism party lost nearly all congressional seats amid economic crises and internal divisions, while centrist and right-wing parties gained significant representation, officials said.
- A final count released on Tuesday showed Bolivia's Movement Toward Socialism party lost nearly all its congressional seats, marking a historic defeat.
- This defeat followed a power struggle between former president Evo Morales and current president Luis Arce, which fractured the MAS party and damaged its reputation.
- Eduardo Del Castillo, the MAS candidate and minister, received 3.17% of the vote, narrowly surpassing the minimum 3% required for the party to maintain its official status and eligibility for future elections.
- Expert Diego von Vacano observed that the recent elections marked a definitive decline for the MAS party. Without Morales, the party has effectively collapsed and now consists mainly of Arce’s supporters who remain loyal primarily to preserve their government positions.
- The downfall of MAS, combined with gains by centrist and right-wing parties, signals a shift in Bolivia’s political landscape, providing opposition groups with greater influence to tackle the nation’s most severe economic challenges in decades.
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According to the final results, four right-wing parties will have 119 of the 130 seats of deputies and all 36 senators. The Movement towards Socialism only obtains two seats in the House.
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Bolivia's long-ruling party was almost eliminated from Congress, final vote results show
Final election numbers show that Bolivian voters practically threw the long-governing party out of Congress in elections earlier this month.
The President of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, Oscar Hasenteufel Salazar, presents the final results of the general elections, on 26 August 2025 in La Paz. AIZAR RALDES / AFP The right will be the majority in the Bolivian Parliament, while the left, in power for twenty years, comes out of the general elections of 17 August, according to the final results published Tuesday 26 August by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal. The parties of the winners …
The right turned out to have a majority in the Bolivian Parliament, while the left, in power 20 years ago, was defeated in the elections on 17 August, in accordance with the final results published today by the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE).
Opinion: Bolivia now has an opportunity for changeAfter almost 20 years of hegemony the leftist Movement to Socialism (MAS) of Bolivia obtained only two deputies and was left without senators in the Legislative Assembly, according to the official results of the elections of August 17 presented on Tuesday by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE). Thus, the right-wing parties will be majority in the next Bolivian Congress.The parties of the center-…
After almost 20 years of hegemony, Bolivia's leftist Al Socialismo Movement (MAS) won only two deputies and was left without senators in the Legislative Assembly, according to the official results of the August 17 elections presented on Tuesday by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal
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