With just over 98 percent of the votes counted, Evo Morales now proclaims victory in Bolivia's presidential election. According to the Election Authority's website, Morales has 46.8 percent of voter support, compared to 36.7 for challenger Carlos Mesa. The margin of over 10 percentage points means if it stands that no other round of elections need be held.

- We won in the first round, says Morales.

However, Mesa has not admitted defeat and it is doubtful if he will accept the result. He has previously accused the electoral authority of manipulating the vote in Morale's favor.

Election office is on fire

When the first preliminary results were released after Sunday's election, Morales did not have enough support to win already in the first round. But when the bill resumed on Monday, after a break, the president had expanded his lead.

After the news, unrest broke out in the country, where election offices were set on fire and opposition supporters clashed with police. Mesa has called on its sympathizers to continue protesting until the Election Authority announces that it will be a second round.

Evo Morales has described mobilization as the preparation of a right-hand man.

The interruption in the publication of the voting bill prompted Antonio Costas, the deputy head of Bolivia's electoral authority, on the grounds that the "foolish" break completely unnecessarily threw the country into a crisis.