Bolivia's left in historic defeat as presidential vote set for October runoff

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SHOWS: Ballot stations closed in Bolivia after millions took to the polls in a general election on Sunday (August 17) that has been overshadowed by inflation at a four-decade high and the absence of former leftist President Evo Morales, who is barred from running.

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LA PAZ, BOLIVIA (AUGUST 17, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. ELECTORAL JURORS ANNOUNCING THE CLOSING OF THE VOTING TABLE

2. ELECTORAL JUROR PLACING THE "NO VOTE" STAMP ON THE RECORD

3. ELECTORAL JURORS COUNTING THE VOTES

4. ELECTORAL JUROR SHOWING A BALLOT

5. ELECTORAL JUROR COUNTING VOTES ON A BOARD

6. ELECTORAL JUROR SHOWING A BALLOT

ENTRE RIOS, COCHABAMBA, BOLIVIA (AUGUST 17, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

7. SCHOOL SERVING AS POLLING STATION

8. VARIOUS OF ELECTORAL JUROR SHOWING BALLOTS AND COUNTING VOTES, ANNOUNCING NULL VOTES

Centrist senator Rodrigo Paz, from the Christian Democratic Party, was leading the presidential elections in Bolivia on Sunday (August 17), as first official results revealed he obtained 32.18% of the votes.

These results indicate that the elections would be decided in a second round on October 19, if no candidate obtains more than 40% of the votes with a 10-percentage-point advantage. The full official results will be reported within seven days.

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LA PAZ, BOLIVIA (AUGUST 17, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all) (NIGHT SHOTS)

9. BOLIVIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE RODRIGO PAZ’ SUPPORTERS GATHERING BEFORE HIS SPEECH

10. BOLIVIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE RODRIGO PAZ (IN ORANGE) WAVING AT THE CROWD

11. PAZ’ SUPPORTERS

12. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) BOLIVIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, RODRIGO PAZ, SAYING:

"I want to thank, through the homeland, all the men and women who have made it possible (to hear) the voice of those who had no voice, of those of us who did not appear in surveys, of those of us who did not exist. It turns out there is a Bolivia that is not taken into account, and now it has made its presence known."

13. PAZ’ SUPPORTERS

14. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) BOLIVIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, RODRIGO PAZ, SAYING:

"Because what we want is to build the reconciliation of the homeland, the production of the homeland, we want to regain productive strength. We need to stabilize, generate governance, and create a change in the economy so that the economy belongs to the people and not the state."

15. PAZ’ SUPPORTERS

16. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) BOLIVIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, RODRIGO PAZ, SAYING:

"If we want a future, because we haven't won anything. We haven't won anything. We have the right to play a final. A final that has to be won within two months."

17. PAZ’ SUPPORTERS

18. PAZ CHANTING (Spanish) “Long live Bolivia.”

Conservative former president Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga conceded second place in Bolivia's presidential election Sunday (August 17) evening, congratulating frontrunner Rodrigo Paz and calling for national unity to address the country's severe economic crisis.

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LA PAZ, BOLIVIA (AUGUST 17, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

19. VARIOUS OF BOLIVIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JORGE "TUTO" QUIROGA WALKING TO STAGE

20. QUIROGA ON STAGE

21. QUIROGA WAVING TO SUPPORTERS

22. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) BOLIVIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JORGE "TUTO" QUIROGA, SAYING:

"We are in the second round, and my first words are: congratulations to Rodrigo Paz Pereira and the campaign he has run, and let's give him a round of applause."

23. WHITE FLASH

24. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) BOLIVIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JORGE "TUTO" QUIROGA, SAYING:

"We need all the unity we can muster to defeat what is currently plunging the Bolivian people into deep distress, what is driving Bolivian families to despair, a gigantic economic crisis. We have to stabilize the economy to stop the crisis, inject dollars and restore confidence, crush the inflation that is devouring people's pockets and leaving them empty-handed at the markets."

25. QUIROGA AND HIS VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JUAN PABLO VELASCO SINGING ANTHEM OF BOLIVIA

26. QUIROGA AND VELASCO TAKING THEIR HANDS AND WAVING THEM

27. QUIROGA POSING FOR PHOTOS WITH SUPPORTERS

28. QUIROGA, VELASCO AND SUPPORTERS WAVING HANDS