Bolivia Elections 2024: Potential Political Shift & Andean Vote

In the electoral roll, 23% represents the young vote

In the general elections, not only president will be chosen. The Plurinational Legislative Assembly will renew 36 seats in the Senate and 130 in the Chamber of Deputies, in addition to nine delegates before international organizations.

The electoral roll in Bolivia reflects The importance of new generations with 23 percent of citizens under 30 years of age and more than half that does not exceed 40 years.

Urban concentration is also key, since 74 percent of voters reside in the cities of Santa Cruz, La Paz and Cochabamba, which are emerging as decisive to incline the electoral balance.

El tse enabled 34,026 suffrage tables in 5,727 enclosures of the national territorywhile the tables will remain open until 16:00 local time (20:00 GMT), although those who remain in line at the close of the day may exercise their right to vote.

This Sunday’s elections in Bolivia have the International Missions Observation As of the Organization of American States (OAS), the European Union (EU), the Inter -American Union of Electoral Organizations (UNIORE) and the United Nations Organization (UN), among others, which have deployed representatives in the country’s regions to supervise the process.

The Electoral Tribunal describes the voting half -time as “quiet”

The first half -vote in the general elections of this Sunday in Bolivia was “Quiet”, although with some isolated incidents that do not affect the normal development of the processsaid the president of the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE), Óscar Hassenteufel.

The electoral official said, in a press conference in the city of La Paz, that the opening of the More than 34,000 suffrage tables enabled in the country was carried out in general terms “without major difficulties”, With the active participation of jurors and citizens.

“The day takes place normally, with a high concurrence and enthusiasm of the voters. We have received reports from some minor incidents, but none of them alters the course of the process,” he said.

“The day It takes place quietly and we hope it will continue. We call on all Bolivians and Bolivians who have not yet approached to their voting centers to do so for the rest of the day, ”the president of the TSE urged.

More than 7.9 million citizens are enabled to choose in Bolivia President, vice president, senators, deputies and supra-state representatives.

Postcards of the economic crisis in Bolivia

Special Envoy from La Paz

There is a subsistence economy that is perceived in its streets. The typical Paseo del Prado looks like the neighborhood of Eleven Potentiated or Avenida Avellaneda with overflowing paths. In peak hours, the central artery multiplies its pedestrians, its colors, the horn and pollution. That postal of the economic crisis is surely the toughest. Because there is always another and another. It all depends on the glass with what you look at. But that hits in the last days of the government of Luis Arce is a reality.

He Minimum wage in Bolivia is 2700 pesos, which passed to the blue dollar represents 207 of the American currency. Roxana, the hotel maid, charges that monthly sum. With an extra of 150 Bolivians. He traveled to Argentina when he was 19 to work in sewing workshops managed by compatriots. She lived in Laferrere, La Matanza, where they exploited her in strenuous days. The youngest did not let them out. To adult men yes. A rjora of the patriarchal society that is still maintained.

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Bolivia votes and defines a possible cycle end

The vote is very atomized in the electoral offer of the right. It is completed with the mayor of Cochabamba and ex -military, Manfred Reyes Villa; Rodrigo Paz, born in his father’s Spanish exile, the former president Jaime Paz Zamora and the mayor of the municipality of Santa Cruz, Jhonny Fernández.

The left that ruled Bolivia between 2006 and 2020, with three presidencies of Evo Morales and the last of Luis Arcehe presented two very young candidates: Andrónico Rodríguez y Eduardo del Castillo. The first moved away from the historic leader of the MAS and lost his support; The second is the successor that the current president chose when he decided not to apply. None reaches a two -digit figure in the surveys.

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After voting, Evo Morales summoned the null vote

After voting, the ex -president Evo Morales said that the null vote will be imposed on the elections in rejection of a “without legitimacy” process.

More than 7.9 million Bolivians have been called to choose from eight candidates to happen to President Luis Arce and renew the Congress of 166 members.

“This vote will demonstrate that it is an election without legitimacy,” said Moralesafter covering in a hamlet near Lauca Eñe, a small town in the center of Bolivia.

“First time in history, if there is no fraud, (which) the (vote) is going to be first,” said the former president of the left (2006-2019).

Dressed in white shirt and sandals, the former head of state, 65, voted while dozens of peasants took hand to form a safety ring To protect it.

What is the internal of the Bolivian left

After overcoming a coup attempt, Bolivia began to implement its most important antineoliberal government, under the presidency of Luis Arce, who served as Minister of Economy during the mandates of Evo Morales and Álvaro García Linera. Suddenly, a fratricidal war between Arce and Evo Morales broke out.

Álvaro García Linera proposed to Evo to allow Arce to exercise a second term, as he had already done, so that he could later return to the presidency. Evo rejected the proposal and, from that moment, a brutal confrontation between the two was unleashed.

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Samuel Doria Medina, right -wing candidate, promises the exit to the economic crisis

He right presidential candidate Samuel Doria Medinaone of the favorites to win this Sunday’s choice in Bolivia, asked for a vote of confidence to get out of the economic crisis after 20 years of leftist governments.

The 66 -year -old businessman, who Postulate for the fourth time, fight side by side with the former right-wing Jorge Quiroga (2001-2002) to reach the presidency of this country of 11.3 million inhabitants.

Surveys anticipate a ballot between both scheduled for October 19.

“Today is a very important day for Bolivians because through the vote we can get out of this economic crisis in a peaceful way, democratically,” Doria Medina told the press after voting at a school in La Paz. The Coalition candidate Alliance Unit promises a 100 -day shock plan to combat the shortage of fuel, dollars and some basic products.

Bolivia’s general elections began with the right as a favorite

Bolivia began this Sunday the general elections with the right as a favorite, after 20 years of leftist governments, the Supreme Electoral Court reported.

More than 7.9 million Bolivians are called to choose from between eight presidential candidates Already renew the Congress of 166 members, in the midst of an acute economic crisis.

The head of the electoral authority, Oscar Hassenufel, opened the voting day that will run until 4:00 p.m. (20h00 GMT).