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2018 Paraguayan general election
Presidential election
Turnout 61.25%
Parliamentary election
80 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 45 seats in the Senate
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
General elections were held in Paraguay on 22 April 2018.[ 1] 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.[ 2] 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 will leave office in August 2023.
Electoral system
The President of Paraguay is elected in one round of voting by plurality.[ 3] The 80 members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected by closed list proportional representation in 18 multi-member constituencies based on the departments .[ 4] The 45 members of the Senate are elected from a single national constituency using closed list proportional representation.[ 5]
Opinion polls
Polling firm
Date
Sample size
ANR-PC
GANAR
Other/None
Don't know/ No answer
Margin of error
ABC Color
6 April 2018
Unknown
51.9%
35.8%
–
–
–
La República
March 2018
1,300
42.2%
46.3%
3.5%
8.0%
–
Results
President
Candidate Party Votes % Mario Abdo Benítez Colorado Party 1,206,067 48.96 Efraín Alegre Great Renewed National Alliance 1,110,464 45.08 Juan Bautista Ybáñez Paraguay Green Party 84,045 3.41 Jaro Anzoátegui National Artists' Movement 15,490 0.63 Atanasio Galeano Popular Patriotic Movement Party 9,908 0.40 Ramón Ernesto Benítez Patriotic Reserve Movement 9,361 0.38 Pedro Almada Broad Front Party 8,590 0.35 Efraín Enríquez National Sovereign Movement 7,291 0.30 Celino Ferreira Movimiento Civico Nacional Unamonos 6,295 0.26 Justo Germán Ortega Heirs Democratic Socialist Party 5,930 0.24 Total 2,463,441 100.00 Valid votes 2,463,441 94.82 Invalid votes 71,924 2.77 Blank votes 62,624 2.41 Total votes 2,597,989 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 4,241,507 61.25 Source: TSJE
Senate
Party Votes % Seats +/– Colorado Party 766,841 32.52 17 –2 Authentic Radical Liberal Party 570,205 24.18 13 0 Guasú Front 279,008 11.83 6 +1 Beloved Fatherland Party 159,625 6.77 3 +3 Hagamos Party 105,375 4.47 2 New Progressive Democratic Party 86,216 3.66 2 –1 National Crusade Movement 58,409 2.48 1 New National Union of Ethical Citizens 49,889 2.12 1 –1 Green Party 37,812 1.60 0 0 We are Paraguay 34,623 1.47 0 New National Encounter Party 30,365 1.29 0 –1 Plurinational Indigenous Political Movement 25,785 1.09 0 New Christian Democratic Party 16,619 0.70 0 New Secure Paraguay 15,005 0.64 0 New Party of the Movement for Socialism 14,773 0.63 0 New Patriotic Reserve Movement 14,397 0.61 0 New Revolutionary Febrerista Party 14,332 0.61 0 0 Kuña Pyrenda Movement 9,795 0.42 0 0 Civic Compromise 9,542 0.40 0 New Concertación Nacional Avancemos País 9,478 0.40 0 New Party of the A 8,934 0.38 0 New All for Paraguay United Movement 7,269 0.31 0 New National Artists' Movement 6,775 0.29 0 New Us 5,948 0.25 0 New Heirs Democratic Socialist Party 5,275 0.22 0 New National Political Sovereignty Movement 5,065 0.21 0 New Movimiento Civico Nacional Unamonos 5,040 0.21 0 New Broad Front Party 3,403 0.14 0 New Union and Equality Political Movement 2,500 0.11 0 New Total 2,358,303 100.00 45 0 Valid votes 2,358,303 91.11 Invalid votes 92,716 3.58 Blank votes 137,277 5.30 Total votes 2,588,296 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 4,241,507 61.02 Source: TSJE
Elected Senators
Source: ABC Color
Chamber of Deputies
Results by department
Party Votes % Seats +/– Colorado Party 927,183 39.10 42 –2 Authentic Radical Liberal Party 420,821 17.74 17 – Great Renewed National Alliance 286,513 12.08 13 – Beloved Fatherland Party 105,765 4.46 3 +2 Hagamos Party 75,601 3.19 2 New National Encounter Party 75,514 3.18 2 0 National Union of Ethical Citizens 65,593 2.77 0 –2 Guasú Front 42,891 1.81 0 –1 Green Party 42,053 1.77 0 0 National Crusade Movement 33,417 1.41 1 New Progressive Democratic Party 27,932 1.18 0 0 Christian Democratic Party 26,783 1.13 0 New Civic Compromise 21,651 0.91 0 New Broad Front Party 20,594 0.87 0 New We are Paraguay 18,060 0.76 0 New Concertación Nacional Avancemos País 16,070 0.68 0 New Revolutionary Febrerista Party 15,169 0.64 0 New National Artists' Movement 11,727 0.49 0 New Youth Party 10,871 0.46 0 0 Us 10,816 0.46 0 New Secure Paraguay 9,651 0.41 0 New Patriotic Reserve Movement 9,648 0.41 0 New Civic Participation Party 9,567 0.40 0 New Party of the A 9,043 0.38 0 New Heirs Democratic Socialist Party 8,832 0.37 0 New Itapua for All Alliance 8,683 0.37 0 New Plurinational Indigenous Political Movement 8,094 0.34 0 New Movimiento Civico Nacional Unamonos 7,241 0.31 0 New Party of the Movement for Socialism 6,207 0.26 0 New All for Paraguay United Movement 5,871 0.25 0 New Ganar Alliance 5,476 0.23 0 – Party of the Patriotic Popular Movement 5,147 0.22 0 New National Political Sovereignty Movement 4,457 0.19 0 New Let's Continue Building Alliance 4,183 0.18 0 New Union and Equality Political Movement 3,775 0.16 0 New Itapuense Front Alliance 3,036 0.13 0 New Concertación por Vos 2,407 0.10 0 New Party of Popular Unity 1,329 0.06 0 New Tekojoja People's Movement 1,046 0.04 0 New Movimiento Politico Civico Nacional Unamonos 949 0.04 0 New All for Ñeembucu 772 0.03 0 New Mbarete Independent Political Movement 595 0.03 0 New Teete Patriotic Front Party 574 0.02 0 New Total 2,371,607 100.00 80 0 Valid votes 2,371,607 91.84 Invalid votes 78,457 3.04 Blank votes 132,296 5.12 Total votes 2,582,360 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 4,241,507 60.88 Source: TSJE
Departmental Governors
Department
Elected governor[ 6]
Party
Votes
%
Concepción
Edgar Idalino López Ruíz
Liberal
43.881
49.78
San Pedro
Carlos Alcibiades Giménez Díaz
Colorado
56,493
39.66
Cordillera
Hugo Alberto Fleitas Ovelar
Liberal
58,998
45.10
Guairá
Juan Carlos Vera Báez
Colorado
50,115
58.26
Caaguazú
Alejo Rios Medina
GANAR
88,651
46.17
Caazapá
Pedro Alejandro Díaz Verón
Colorado
30.638
49.32
Itapúa
Juan Alberto Schmalko Palacios
Colorado
87,441
44.38
Misiones
Carlos María Arrechea Ortiz
Colorado
29,364
48.28
Paraguarí
Juan Carlos Baruja Fernandez
Colorado
49,416
46.10
Alto Paraná
Roberto Luis González Vaesken
Colorado
104,539
37.47
Central
Hugo Javier González Alegre
Colorado
314,314
43.99
Ñeembucú
Luis Federico Benitez Cuevas
Colorado
20,881
47.89
Amambay
Ronald Enrique Acevedo Quevedo
Liberal
31,119
47.95
Canindeyú
César Ramírez Caje
Colorado
36,516
53.16
Presidente Hayes
Rubén Antonio Roussillon Blaires
Colorado
13,710
32.37
Alto Paraguay
José Domingo Adorno Mazacotte
Colorado
3,910
50.16
Boquerón
Dario Rafael Medina Velázquez
Colorado
9,051
49.40
References