Senate of Paraguay

Chamber of Senators Cámara de Senadores
Type
Type	Upper House of the Congress of Paraguay
History
Founded	1870
Leadership
President of the Senate	Óscar Rubén Salomón, ANR since 1 July 2020
Structure
Seats	45
Political groups	ANR (17)   PLRA (13)   FG (6)   Beloved Fatherland Party (3)   Hagamos Party (2)   Progressive Democratic Party (2)   National Crusade Movement (1)   National Union of Ethical Citizens (1)
Elections
Voting system	Proportional representation
Last election	22 April 2018
Website
Chamber of Senators

The Chamber of Senators of Paraguay (Cámara de Senadores), the upper house of the National Congress, has 45 members, elected for a five-year term by proportional representation.

Bicameral legislature, which included the Senate, was formed in 1870. The Senate was abolished in 1940 and recreated in 1967.

Latest elections

Main article: Paraguayan general election, 2018

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	3,403	0.14	0	New
	Union and Equality Political Movement	2,500	0.11	0	New
Invalid/blank votes		229,993	–	–	–
Total		2,588,296	100	45	0
Registered voters/turnout		4,241,507	61.02	–	–
Source: TSJE

List of Senators

Senators (2013 - 2018):

• National Republican Association – Colorado Party

1. Lilian Samaniego
2. Luis Castiglioni
3. Arnoldo Wiens
4. Mirta Leonor Gusinky
5. Julio César Velázquez
6. Óscar Alberto González
7. Gustavo Javier González
8. Enrique Fausto Bachetta Chiriani
9. Julio Antonio Quiñónez
10. Silvio Adalberto Avelar Benítez
11. Juan Carlos del Valle
12. Javier Alejandro Osorio Núnez
13. Blanca Ovelar
14. Mario Abdo Benítez
15. Oscar Rubén Fernández
16. Víctor Bogado González
17. Juan Darío Espínoza
18. Carlos Núñez Agüero
19. Nelson Dario Aguinagalde

• Authentic Radical Liberal Party

1. Antonio Ramos
2. Emilia Patricia Alfaro Franco
3. Ramón Gómez
4. Blanca Beatríz Fonseca
5. Carlos Alberto Amarilla
6. Enzo Cardozo Jiménez
7. Ramona Gómez Cáceres
8. Luís Alberto Lezcano
9. Julio César Franco
10. María Blanca González
11. Miguel Carmona
12. Fernando Silva
13. Roberto Ramón Acevedo Quevedo

• Guasú Front

1. Fernando Lugo
2. Carlos Alberto Filizzola Pallarés
3. Sixto Galeano
4. Esperanza Martínez
5. Oscar Hugo Richer Florentín

• Progressive Democratic Party

1. Arnaldo Euclides Giuzzio
2. Desiree Graciela Masi
3. Pedro Arturo Cruz

• Avanza País

1. Adolfo Marcelino Ferreiro
2. Miguel Ángel López

• National Union of Ethical Citizens

1. Jorge Oviedo
2. José Manuel Bóbeda

• National Encounter Party

1. Eduardo Romalino Petta

See also

• List of Presidents of the Senate of Paraguay

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)