In the early elections late Sunday night, it was said that Bolivia’s presidential race would run in a second round, in which the ruling leftist party led a worst electoral defeat in a generation.
Dark Horse Centrist Senator Rodrigo Paz was a stunning leader with more than 32% of votes, according to the project based on partial results by Ipsos and Captura Polling firms.
George “Tuto” Quiroga, a right -wing former President, who led the country in 2001, with the second 26%.
Trade tycoon Samuel Doria Medina was estimated to finish first in pre -election elections, but was ranked third.
Meanwhile, the ruling movement for socialism, or MAS, the party is on track to lose power after almost 20 years of dominance.
Bolivia led to unprecedented presidential runoff
The observers did not expect any candidate to reach the required majority in the first round.
Presidential candidates require more than 50% votes, or more than 10% support to avoid runoff.
The second round scheduled on October 19 will be unprecedented in the history of the country.
Bolivia’s general election on Sunday has been higher than the worst economic crisis in four decades and the absence of former leftist President Evo Morales.
Bolivia’s possible political innings
Sunday’s vote can be cast to end the leading leftist regime of the Andean nation. For the last two decades, Bolivia’s politics has been defined by the ruling MAS party.
Its founder, Morales, who first came to power in 2006, has been stopped by the Constitutional Court of Bolivia from running the race. It was decided that he had already abolished the two-term limit.
The outgoing socialist president, Louis Ars, who fell out with Morales, did not seek the election again due to his popularity.
Instead, Arce nominated a senior minister, Eduardo del Castillo as an MAS candidate. Late on Sunday night, the project suggests that he had more than 3% of the votes.
Morales, who gave three consecutive terms, urged his supporters to cast an empty vote against their disqualification.
East-leader has been included in his politics stronghold at the tropical region of Bolivia for months as he develops an arrest warrant on allegations related to his sexual relations with a 15-year-old girl in the office.
Edited by: dmytro hubenko
