No Party Wins Outright as Bolivia Redraws Its Map

2026-03-23 - 12:40

Key Points —Seven of Bolivia’s nine governorships will require runoff elections on April 18, after no candidate cleared the threshold in Sunday’s vote. —In Santa Cruz, Bolivia’s economic powerhouse, newcomer Juan Pablo Velasco leads with 29% over Otto Ritter’s 27%, sidelining incumbent governor Luis Fernando Camacho. —The MAS party’s two-decade dominance is definitively over at