1st LD Writethru: Moderate liberal Rodrigo Paz wins Bolivia's presidential runoff

LA PAZ, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Rodrigo Paz Pereira, 58, won the presidential runoff election in Bolivia on Sunday, according to the quick count of the Preliminary Results System of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE).

His victory marks the end of two decades of left-wing rule and the beginning of a new political stage in the South American country.

Paz managed to win 54.53 percent of the votes, 9 percentage