Luis Arce set to win Bolivia presidential election, returning socialists to power
Conservative candidate Carlos Mesa, 2nd among voters, concedes election
Bolivia's socialists all but sealed a dramatic election comeback after their centrist rival Carlos Mesa conceded the vote on Monday, with several unofficial vote counts giving the Movement for Socialism party (MAS) of ousted leader Evo Morales an unassailable 20 percentage-point lead.
The win, still to be confirmed by the official count, would sweep the party of leftist Morales back into power a year after he was forced to resign following a fraught election that sparked widespread protests and violence.
The socialist MAS party's candidate Luis Arce, 57, took more than 50 per cent of the votes, rapid counts showed, and Mesa with about 30 per cent, a far larger gap than pollsters had predicted.
More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/bolivia-arce-presidential-election-1.5767831
Conservative candidate Carlos Mesa, 2nd among voters, concedes election
Bolivia's socialists all but sealed a dramatic election comeback after their centrist rival Carlos Mesa conceded the vote on Monday, with several unofficial vote counts giving the Movement for Socialism party (MAS) of ousted leader Evo Morales an unassailable 20 percentage-point lead.
The win, still to be confirmed by the official count, would sweep the party of leftist Morales back into power a year after he was forced to resign following a fraught election that sparked widespread protests and violence.
The socialist MAS party's candidate Luis Arce, 57, took more than 50 per cent of the votes, rapid counts showed, and Mesa with about 30 per cent, a far larger gap than pollsters had predicted.
More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/bolivia-arce-presidential-election-1.5767831