Bolivian general election, 2002

General elections were held in Bolivia on 30 June 2002. 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	+/–
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

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