US EditionBolivia Heads to Runoff After Rodrigo Paz Leads Vote, Ending MAS's 20-Year Rule
- Bolivians voted on August 17, 2025, for president and parliament in La Paz, triggering the country's first-ever presidential runoff between centrist Rodrigo Paz and right-wing Jorge Quiroga.
- The runoff followed an electoral rule requiring over 50% of votes or 40% with a 10-point lead, which no candidate met amid economic crisis and fragmentation of the ruling Movement Toward Socialism party.
- Rodrigo Paz led with around 32 percent, Quiroga placed second near 26 percent, and millionaire Samuel Doria Medina finished third with about 20 percent, while Morales-supporting candidates trailed.
- The election day passed peacefully with isolated incidents that did not affect voting, but experts warned right-wing victories could harm Indigenous and impoverished communities reliant on subsidies.
- The runoff on October 19 could end 20 years of leftist rule, bring austerity measures like subsidy cuts, and lead to closer U.S. ties amid hopes to address Bolivia's economic collapse and inflation near 25 percent.
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AlKhaleej TodayThe two candidates who will duel for Bolivian presidency
LA PAZ, Aug 19 — A right-wing ex-president and a senator from Bolivia’s richest regions will go head-to-head in the country’s presidential runoff in October after leading the first round of voting on Sunday.Centre-right senator Rodrigo Paz came from behind to take 32.15 per cent of the vote, ahead of ex-president Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga on 26.87 per cent, according to preliminary official results.The election, held against the backdrop of a deep ec…
Division Among Grassroots Forces Paves Way for Runoff Between Right-Wing Candidates in Bolivia
Bolivia's general election day was characterized by calm without major incidents. The results published by the Preliminary Results System (Sirepre) placed right-wing candidate Rodrigo Paz of the Christian Democratic Party (PDC) at the top, with 32.08% of votes counted, equivalent to 1,546,892 total.
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What to know about Bolivia's election that elevated a centrist shaking up the political landscape
One candidate is Rodrigo Paz, a conservative centrist senator and son of a neoliberal ex-president who is pitching himself as a moderate reformer.
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