General elections were held in Paraguay on 22 April 2018.General elections 2018 TSE President Horacio Cartes and Vice-President Juan Afara of the Colorado Party were not eligible for re-election. The presidential elections were won by the Colorado Party's Mario Abdo Benítez, who defeated Efraín Alegre of the GANAR alliance.Mario Abdo Benítez wins Paraguay's presidential election BBC News, 23 April 2018 The Colorado Party also won the most seats in the Senate and Chamber of Deputies. The new President and Vice-President took office on 15 August 2018 and left office in August 2023.
Electoral system The President of Paraguay is elected in one round of voting by plurality.Paraguay: Election for President IFES The 80 members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected by closed list proportional representation in 18 multi-member constituencies based on the departments.Chamber of Deputies: Electoral system IPU The 45 members of the Senate are elected from a single national constituency using closed list proportional representation.Senate: Electoral system IPU
Opinion polls Polling firmDateSample sizeANR-PCGANAROther/NoneDon't know/No answerMargin of errorABC ColorUnknown51.9%35.8%–––La República1,30042.2%46.3%3.5%8.0%–
Results President
Senate
Elected Senators NamePartyAllianceAgustín Amado Florentín Cabral Authentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal Party Antonio Carlos Barrios Fernández Colorado PartyColorado PartyBlanca Margarita Ovelar de Duarte Colorado PartyColorado PartyBlas Antonio Llano Ramos Authentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyBlas Lanzoni Achinelli Authentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal Party Carlos Alberto Filizzola Pallarés Party for a Country of SolidarityGuasú Front Carlos Leopoldo Gómez Zelada Brugada Authentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyDerlis Ariel Alejandro Osorio Nunes Colorado PartyColorado Party Desirée Graciela Masi Jara Democratic Progressive PartyDemocratic Progressive Party Dionisio Oswaldo Amarilla Guirlland Authentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyEnrique Fausto Bacchetta Chiriani Colorado PartyColorado Party Enrique Salyn Concepción Buzarquis Cáceres Authentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyErnesto Javier Zacarías Irún Colorado PartyColorado Party Esperanza Martínez de Portillo Party of Citizen ParticipationGuasú Front Fernando Alberto Silva Facetti Authentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal Party Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez IndependentGuasú Front Fidel Santiago Zavala Serrati Beloved Fatherland Party Beloved Fatherland PartyGeorgia María Arrúa de Dolinsky Beloved Fatherland Party Beloved Fatherland Party Gilberto Antonio Apuril Santiviago Hagamos Political PartyHagamos Political Party Hermelinda Alvarenga de Ortega Authentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal Party Horacio Manuel Cartes Jara Colorado PartyColorado Party Jorge Antonio Oviedo Matto National Union of Ethical CitizensNational Union of Ethical Citizens Jorge Osvaldo Querey Rojas Party for a Country of SolidarityGuasú Front José Gregorio Ledesma Narváez Authentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal Party Juan Bartolomé Ramírez Brizuela Authentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal Party Juan Carlos Román Galaverna Delvalle Colorado PartyColorado Party Juan Darío Monges Espínola Colorado PartyColorado Party Juan Eudes Afara Maciel Colorado PartyColorado Party Lilian Graciela Samaniego González Colorado PartyColorado Party Luis Alberto Castiglioni Soria Colorado PartyColorado Party María Eugenia Beatriz Bajac de Penner Authentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal Party Óscar Alberto González Daher Colorado PartyColorado Party Óscar Hugo Richer FlorentínPopular Socialist Convergence PartyGuasú FrontÓscar Nicanor Duarte Frutos Colorado PartyColorado Party Óscar Rubén Salomón Fernández Colorado PartyColorado Party Paraguayo Antonio Cubas Colomés National Crusade Movement National Crusade Movement Patrick Paul Kemper Thiede Hagamos Political PartyHagamos Political Party Pedro Arthuro Santa Cruz Insaurralde Democratic Progressive PartyDemocratic Progressive Party Sergio Daniel Godoy Codas Colorado PartyColorado Party Silvio Adalberto Ovelar Benítez Colorado PartyColorado PartySixto Pereira Galeano Tekojoja People's PartyGuasú Front Stephan Rasmussen González Beloved Fatherland Party Beloved Fatherland PartyVíctor Alcides Bogado González Colorado PartyColorado Party Víctor Ríos Ojeda Authentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyZulma Ramona Gómez Cáceres Authentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal Party Source: ABC Color
Chamber of Deputies
Departmental Governors DepartmentElected governorColorados administrarán 13 de los 17 gobiernos regionales del país ABC, 24 April 2019PartyVotes% ConcepciónEdgar Idalino López Ruíz Liberal43.88149.78 San PedroCarlos Alcibiades Giménez Díaz Colorado56,49339.66 CordilleraHugo Alberto Fleitas Ovelar Liberal58,99845.10 GuairáJuan Carlos Vera Báez Colorado50,11558.26 CaaguazúAlejo Rios Medina GANAR88,65146.17 CaazapáPedro Alejandro Díaz Verón Colorado30.63849.32 ItapúaJuan Alberto Schmalko Palacios Colorado87,44144.38 MisionesCarlos María Arrechea Ortiz Colorado29,36448.28 ParaguaríJuan Carlos Baruja Fernandez Colorado49,41646.10 Alto ParanáRoberto Luis González Vaesken Colorado104,53937.47 CentralHugo Javier González Alegre Colorado314,31443.99 ÑeembucúLuis Federico Benitez Cuevas Colorado20,88147.89 AmambayRonald Enrique Acevedo Quevedo Liberal31,11947.95 Canindeyú César Ramírez Caje Colorado36,51653.16 Presidente HayesRubén Antonio Roussillon Blaires Colorado13,71032.37 Alto ParaguayJosé Domingo Adorno Mazacotte Colorado3,91050.16 BoquerónDario Rafael Medina Velázquez Colorado9,05149.40
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