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Right-Wing Contenders Lead Bolivia Vote and Eye October Runoff

Economic turmoil has driven voters toward Doria Medina and Quiroga with Morales denouncing the vote’s legitimacy.

Vue aérienne montrant un panneau d'affichage faisant la promotion de l'élection présidentielle, à La Paz le 16 août 2025, à la veille des élections générales.
Des policiers boliviens gardent un bâtiment du Tribunal suprême électoral (TSE) avant l'élection présidentielle, à La Paz le 16 août 2025.
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Overview

  • Opinion polls indicate center-right Samuel Doria Medina and ex-president Jorge Quiroga are set to advance to an October 19 runoff.
  • Nearly eight million citizens have cast ballots for both the presidency and a new bicameral parliament in a country facing record inflation and chronic fuel and dollar shortages.
  • Former president Evo Morales is barred from running and under an arrest warrant, he has denounced the election as rigged and encouraged null votes, raising risks of post-election protests.
  • Movement Toward Socialism candidates Andronico Rodriguez and Eduardo del Castillo lag far behind the front-runners as the party suffers a split between Morales and outgoing president Luis Arce.
  • Doria Medina and Quiroga each promise to scrap Morales’s statist policies in favor of austerity measures and market reforms to stabilize the economy.