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General elections are scheduled to take place in Bolivia in August 2025. Voters will elect the President of Bolivia and Vice President of Bolivia, 130 members of the Chamber of Deputies, and 36 members of the Chamber of Senators.
| Date | Polling firm |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arce MAS | Mesa CC | Camacho Creemos | Morales MAS | Rodríguez MAS | Reyes Villa Súmate | Quiroga Libre 21 | Cuellar Cambio25 | Copa Ind. | Medina FUN | Soliz Ind. | Claure Ind. | Galindo Ind. | Chi Ind. | |||
| May 2024 | Diagnosis | 19% | 9% | 3% | 9% | 7% | 5% | - | 7% | - | 2% | - | - | - | 10% | |
| Apr 2024 | Coolosa Comunicaciones | 8.79% | 7.52% | 1.71% | 7.73% | 0.79% | 11.06% | 3.86% | 10.77% | 1.25% | 5.95% | 1.29% | - | 5.80% | - | 4.22% |
| 16-17 Mar 2024 | Diagnosis | 17% | 10% | 2% | 12% | 7% | 2% | - | 9% | - | 4% | - | - | - | - | |
| 15 Mar 2024 | Captura Consulting | 16% | 8% | 7% | - | 11% | 12% | - | 3% | - | 9% | - | 7% | 7% | 2% | 18% |
| Nov 2023 | Diagnosis | 21% | 12% | 4% | 11% | - | 3% | - | 9% | - | 5% | - | - | - | 12% | |
| 9-10 Sep 2023 | Diagnosis | 18% | 11% | 4% | 9% | - | 4% | - | 9% | - | 6% | - | - | - | 14% | |
| 19-20 Aug 2023 | Diagnosis | 14% | 13% | 2% | 10% | 3% | 3% | - | 6% | - | 4% | - | - | - | 18% | |
| 8-9 Jul 2023 | Diagnosis | 14% | 13% | 2% | 9% | - | 3% | - | 6% | - | 4% | - | - | - | - | |
| 19 Jan 2023 | Poder y Placer | 21% | 19% | 13% | 11% | - | 9% | - | - | - | 19% | - | 13% | 2% | - | 7% |
| 9-19 Apr 2022 | Captura Consulting | 17% | 11% | 15% | 11% | - | 10% | 7% | - | 5% | 4% | 3% | - | - | 20% |
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