The possibilities of a fragmented left are reduced, while the figures of Samuel Doria Medina and Jorge Quiroga grow.
Bolivia prepares the next August 17where eight candidates could end 20 years of predominance of Movement to socialism (More), wrapped in internal tensions and with an open conflict between its ex -leader, Evo Moralesand the current national president, Luis Arce.
The choice was determined after the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) determines the disqualification of former president Evo Morales, wrapped in judicial investigations against him. In that context, Morales himself summoned his followers to cancel the vote, refrain or vote blank, considering that a potential Boicot could reach 32% of the electorate.
There is 7,937,138 Bolivian citizens (369,931 of them reside abroad) enabled to vote. The key to the election will revolve around the will of three districts that concentrate more than 70% of the electorate: Santa Cruz (2,071,967 voters), La Paz (2,047,825) and Cochabamba (1,443,013). There is the possibility of a second round, ready for the October 19.
Samuel Doria Medina Jorge Quiroga
Elections in Bolivia 2025: All candidates
The figures led by electoral surveys in Bolivia They are two leaders referenced with the right and the center -right. In that sense, an Ipsos-Ciesmori survey published that the businessman Samuel Doria Medina It would be the favorite at the polls, with 18.7% of the votes. Would be seconded by former president (2001-2002) Jorge Quirogawhich would gather 18.13% of the wills.
The favorite of the left, with 11.83% of total support according to this study, would be Andrónico Rodríguezcurrent president of the National Senate, who seeks to unify all sectors of his ideological spectrum, being critical of both Evo Morales as of Luis Arce. Less chances would have the candidate of the current Bolivian president, the former minister Eduardo del Castillowho will represent the MAS but does not reach the two support digits.
Another candidate that grows in the surveys is the mayor of Cochabamba, Manfred Reyes Villaconservative profile. The Christian leader Rodrigo Paz Pereira It is fifth among previous polls, while the other presidential candidates correspond to Jhonny Fernández (Strength of the people) and Pavel Aracena Vargas (Freedom and progress).
Source: Ambito
