The Movement to Socialism (MAS) of candidate Luis Arce has won the first round of the general elections in Bolivia with 52.4% of the votes, according to the results at the ballot box, while the Citizen Community (CC) of former president Carlos Mesa The third most voted force was Creemos, by Luis Fernando Camacho, with 14.1%, followed by Chi Hyun Chung from Frente Para la Victoria (FPV), with 1.6%, according to The first data released by the company CiesMori for the television channels Unitel and Bolivisión. About 7.3 million people were called this Sunday to go to the polls during an electoral day that has passed with total normality, as they have coincided in pointing out both Bolivian political actors and international institutions in charge of supervising the elections.Bolivia has been mired in uncertainty throughout Sunday night, after more than eight hours after the closing of the schools, no The first official data, nor the polls at the polls scheduled for election night, will be released. The MAS candidate has come out to thank the Bolivian people, “who have shown once again that they are wise,” for the results of an electoral day “which has happily passed according to what we are used to, calm and peaceful.” “Government of national unity” “We have recovered democracy, we have recovered hope. We are going to govern for all Bolivians and we are going to build a government of national unity. Today has been for the people what is for the people, ”emphasized a Maple surrounded by party leaders and leaders and representatives of various trade union, peasant and indigenous organizations.”We are recovering the certainty to be able to develop all kinds of economic activities, for all Bolivian families who have been in uncertainty for eleven months,” said the MAS candidate, who has also thanked the international community for their work during the campaign Hours before the publication of these first figures, the former president of Bolivia Evo Morales (2006-2019) proclaimed the victory of the MAS and insisted on expressing the “suspicions” that led to the suspension of the Direpre on Saturday night for reasons technicians, after it had been thought by the TSE to replace the Transmission of Preliminary Electoral Results (TREP), in question after the last elections of 2019. «Without a doubt today is a historic day, Bolivians have given a lesson in democracy, the people have managed to resist a coup, a de facto government, two massacres, a pandemic, corruption, several postponements of elections s, and the worst economic crisis in history, “he said. The survey data show that CC has won in the departments of Chuquisaca, Beni and Tarija, while the MAS has done the same in La Paz, Cochabamba , Potosí, Oruro and Pando. For its part, Creemos has won in Santa Cruz. In case of holding a second round and waiting for the official results, it would be held on November 9. Thinking of Bolivia Waiting for the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) to offer figures officials within a couple of days, the interim president, Jeanine Áñez, congratulated the MAS candidates and asked them to “govern with Bolivia and democracy in mind.”«We still do not have an official count, but based on the data we have, Mr. Arce and Mr. Choquehuanca have won the election. I congratulate the winners and ask them to govern thinking about Bolivia and democracy, “he wrote on his Twitter account. That same social network has been used by the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, to applaud the triumph of Arce and his running mate, David Choquehuanca, and highlight how “the Bolivian people united and consciously defeated with votes the coup d’etat” perpetrated against “brother” Evo Morales. “Great victory! Congratulations to President-elect Luis Arce, Vice President David Choquehuanca and our South Indian Chief, Evo Morales, “he wrote.
