A July agreement between the MNR and the fourth-place MIR, which had again been led in the election by former President Jaime Paz Zamora, virtually ensured the election of Sánchez de Lozada in the congressional run-off, and on 6 August he was sworn in for the second time.
En aftale i juli 2002 mellem MNR og fjerdeplacerede MIR, som atter ledtes i et valg af den tidligere præsident Paz Zamora, sikrede kongressens valg af Sánchez de Lozada som præsident, og den 6. august svor han præsidenteden for anden gang.