The results of the general elections in La Paz, Oruro and Potosí reveal a political rearrangement in the Bolivian west. These departments, which for more than a decade were the heart of the movement to socialism (more), show now Clear transformation signals. The comparative analysis of the last three elections allows to see an obvious pattern: in 2014 the most overwhelming majorities; In 2020 it was sustained with still solid percentages; But in 2025 the map changed hard and opened space to new opposition figures.
In La Paz, the most obtained in 2014 a forceful 68.92% and in 2020 it kept its flow with 68.36%. However, the 2025 election took a turn: Rodrigo Paz Pereira achieved a support of 46.8% and broke the hegemony that Masism has maintained for more than a decade. The result reflects the weight of the urban vote, which punished the accumulated institutional crisis and He leaned for opposition leadership with experience and articulation capacity. The country’s political capital thus marked a turning point in the electoral narrative.
Oruro, a traditional blue bastion, also showed fissures. In 2014, the most reached 66.42% and in 2020 dropped to 62.94%. In 2025 the surprise was the victory of Rodrigo Paz, which achieved 45.55%. This change expresses the discontent of a region hit by unemployment and the lack of responses to the mining crisis. The Orureño electorate, who for years without a doubt to the ruling party, opted for alternative leadership in search of new solutions.
In Potosí, the trend was similar. The most reached 64.49% in 2014 and decreased to 57.61% in 2020. In 2025 it was Rodrigo Paz who gave the surprise with 45.2%. The background here is even more complex: conflicts by lithium, which resulted in a prolonged strike in 2019, never resolved satisfactorily. Today, with the government promoting a new law to approve “against wind and tide”, The Potosino electorate expressed at the polls his rejection of a perceived policy as vertical and centralist. Paz vote is a warning to the political system: without a broad social pact over lithium, there will be no stability.
The longitudinal analysis of these three departments shows that the most progressively lost its hegemony in the west. Of the 2014 razing percentages to the visible fall in 2020 and the final break in 2025, it is confirmed that The vote is no longer a single party heritage. The wear and tear of the official discourse, the persistence of social conflicts and the emergence of new leadership with renewal proposals have modified the regional political map at the root.
The irruption of Quiroga in La Paz and Rodrigo Paz in Oruro and Potosí reflects that the electorate seeks leaderships capable of offering certainty in the middle of the crisis. Unlike the recent past, when the most monopolized the representation, Citizens opted for diverse options that embody balanceexperience or change, according to the sensitivity of each region.
The West, who once guaranteed overwhelming victories to the MAS, is now presented as a disputed territory. Conflicts for lithium, social fatigue and the need for broader pacts make peace, Oruro and Potosí into key scenarios to understand the immediate future of the country. There the new keys to Bolivian governance are being written.
