La Paz_ The Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Bolivia reported today that the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) achieved a 43.7 percent of participation in the historic primary elections, with 97.03 percent of the votes counted, Prensa Latina reports.
The official scrutiny of the body revealed that of 991 thousand 92 members of the MAS authorized for those elections, 432 thousand 773 voted in 7,385 tables throughout the country to support the binomial Evo Morales-Álvaro García Linera as candidates for the generals next October .
The valid votes were 389 thousand 533 (90.01 percent), blank 16 thousand 911 (3.91) and null 26 thousand 329 (6.08) of seven thousand 166 minutes counted.
On the other hand, the militants of the organization Bolivia said No, with the binomial Oscar Ortiz-Edwin Rodríguez, reached a 6.31 percent participation of 292 thousand 490 registered.
Comunidad Ciudadana, that promoted the candidacy of Carlos Mesa-Gustavo Pedraza obtained 5.60 percent of 88,122 authorized electors.
The Front for Victory, with the candidacy of Franklin Rodríguez-Faustino Challpa, achieved a 6.27 percent participation of the 31,060 eligible voters.
The Revolutionary Nationalist Movement, with Virginio Lema-Fernando Untoja, reached 7.71 percent of the 58,000 377 participants registered.
The Third System movement, which nominated Felix Patzi-Lucía Mendieta, achieved a 7.25 percent participation of 95,391 eligible voters.
PAN-BOL, which proposes Ruth Nina and Richard Chui, obtained 3.64 percent of 92,220 authorized activists.
The Christian Democratic Party, which promotes Jaume Paz Zamora-Paola Barriga as candidates, achieved 4.43 percent of a total enabled participation of 28 thousand 717.
Unión Cívica Solidaridad, with the binomial of Víctor Hugo Cárdenas-Humberto Peinado, reached a participation of 4.93 percent of 38 thousand 421 voters.











