Bolivian general election, 2002

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General elections were held in Bolivia on 30 June 2002.[1] As no candidate for the presidency received over 50% of the vote, the National Congress was required to elect a President. Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada was elected with 84 votes to the 43 received by Evo Morales.

Results

Party Presidential candidate Votes % Seats
Chamber +/– Senate +/–
MNRMBLGonzalo Sánchez de Lozada624,12622.536+511+6
Movement for SocialismEvo Morales581,88420.927New8New
New Republican ForceManfred Reyes Villa581,16320.9252
MIRFRIJaime Paz Zamora453,37516.326+35–1
Pachakuti Indigenous MovementFelipe Quispe169,2396.16New0New
UCSFSBJohnny Fernández153,2105.55–160–2
Nationalist Democratic ActionRonald MacLean Abaroa94,3863.440
Freedom and Justice PartyAlberto Costa75,5222.70New0New
Socialist PartyRolando Morales18,1620.71New0New
Citizens' Movement for ChangeRené Blattmann17,4050.6New0New
Conscience of FatherlandNicolás Valdivia10,3360.40–190–3
Invalid/blank votes215,257
Total2,994,0651001300270
Registered votes/turnout4,155,05572.1
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p133 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3

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