Elections in Bolivia expected to empower right-wing for first time in decades

Some 30% or so of voters remained undecided in the run-up to the polls (Natacha Pisarenko/AP)

Bolivians are voting for a new president and parliament in elections that could see a right-wing government elected for the first time in more than two decades.

After a lacklustre campaign overshadowed by a looming economic collapse, the vote – which could spell the end of the Andean nation’s long-dominant leftist party – is one of the most consequential for Bolivia in recent times, and one of the most unpredictable.