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
Election result by department:
Departments where Sánchez de Lozada won
Departments where Morales won
Departments where Paz Zamora won
| Party | Presidential candidate | Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamber | +/– | Senate | +/– | ||||
| MNR–MBL | Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada | 624,126 | 22.5 | 36 | +5 | 11 | +6 |
| Movement for Socialism | Evo Morales | 581,884 | 20.9 | 27 | New | 8 | New |
| New Republican Force | Manfred Reyes Villa | 581,163 | 20.9 | 25 | – | 2 | – |
| MIR–FRI | Jaime Paz Zamora | 453,375 | 16.3 | 26 | +3 | 5 | –1 |
| Pachakuti Indigenous Movement | Felipe Quispe | 169,239 | 6.1 | 6 | New | 0 | New |
| UCS–FSB | Johnny Fernández | 153,210 | 5.5 | 5 | –16 | 0 | –2 |
| Nationalist Democratic Action | Ronald MacLean Abaroa | 94,386 | 3.4 | 4 | – | 0 | – |
| Freedom and Justice Party | Alberto Costa | 75,522 | 2.7 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| Socialist Party | Rolando Morales | 18,162 | 0.7 | 1 | New | 0 | New |
| Citizens' Movement for Change | René Blattmann | 17,405 | 0.6 | New | 0 | New | |
| Conscience of Fatherland | Nicolás Valdivia | 10,336 | 0.4 | 0 | –19 | 0 | –3 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 215,257 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Total | 2,994,065 | 100 | 130 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Registered votes/turnout | 4,155,055 | 72.1 | – | – | – | – | |
| Source: Nohlen | |||||||
References
See also
- Our Brand Is Crisis (2005), a documentary about Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada's second presidential campaign and influence of American political consultants
- Our Brand Is Crisis (2015), a dramatized version of 2005 documentary
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