Bolivia has entered a new stage in its life as a democracy after nearly two decades of dominance by the Movement for Socialism. In Sunday’s general elections, the ruling party suffered a collapse that stripped it of any chance to remain in power and left it clinging to survival as a political force with just over 3 percent of the vote.

With the last campaigns only one day in the rearview mirror, Bolivia’s political world has delved into preparations for an unprecedented runoff election that will reveal the extent of a