Bolivia heads to 1st-ever presidential runoff
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What to know about Bolivia's election that elevated a centrist shaking up the political landscape
One candidate is Rodrigo Paz, a conservative centrist senator and son of a neoliberal ex-president who is pitching himself as a moderate reformer
Early official result showed the ruling Movement for Socialism (MAS) on track for its worst election defeat in a generation.
Bolivia is headed to a presidential run-off election between a center-right politician and a right-wing candidate after voters on Sunday rejected another term of the Movement for Socialism.
In a rebuke of the ruling MAS party, centrist Rodrigo Paz and right-wing former President Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga will face off on October 19.
The election marks a significant political shift, following the worst electoral defeat for the ruling Movement for Socialism (MAS) party in two decades. Paz led the initial round, and the outcome will now depend on which candidate can win over the supporters of eliminated rivals.
Bolivians reacted on Monday to the election results that has the South American country headed to an unprecedented runoff after Sunday's vote that ended more than two decades of left-wing dominance in the Andean nation.