No candidate achieves majority: Bolivia heads for presidential runoff
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|Bolivia is facing a political shift: A runoff election in October will determine which of the two most promising opposition candidates will become the new president. After 20 years under a socialist ruling party, the country may face turbulent times ahead.
According to preliminary results, a runoff election in Bolivia will determine the future government. None of the candidates achieved the required majority in the first round, as the electoral authority announced after approximately 90 percent of the votes had been counted. However, it is already clear that after almost two decades of left-wing governments, a political shift in direction is imminent in the South American country. On October 19, the two candidates who received the most votes in the first round will face off. These are Senator Rodrigo Paz Pereira of the centrist Christian Democratic Party, "Partido Demócrata Cristiano," and former President Jorge Quiroga of the right-wing Libertad y Democracia (Freedom and Democracy) party.
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