2018 Paraguayan general election
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Turnout | 61.25% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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All 80 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 41 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All 45 seats in the Senate 23 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. |
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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 left 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 |
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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 | % | |
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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
National Crusade Movement 58,409 | 2.48 | 1 | New | | |||||
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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
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National Crusade Movement 33,417 | 1.41 | 1 | New | | |||||
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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 | % | |
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Concepción
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Edgar Idalino López Ruíz | Liberal | 43.881 | 49.78 | |
San Pedro
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Carlos Alcibiades Giménez Díaz | Colorado | 56,493 | 39.66 | |
Cordillera
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Hugo Alberto Fleitas Ovelar | Liberal | 58,998 | 45.10 | |
Guairá
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Juan Carlos Vera Báez | Colorado | 50,115 | 58.26 | |
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Alejo Rios Medina | GANAR | 88,651 | 46.17 | |
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Pedro Alejandro Díaz Verón | Colorado | 30.638 | 49.32 | |
Itapúa
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Juan Alberto Schmalko Palacios | Colorado | 87,441 | 44.38 | |
Misiones
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Carlos María Arrechea Ortiz | Colorado | 29,364 | 48.28 | |
Juan Carlos Baruja Fernandez | Colorado | 49,416 | 46.10 | ||
Alto Paraná
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Roberto Luis González Vaesken | Colorado | 104,539 | 37.47 | |
Central
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Hugo Javier González Alegre | Colorado | 314,314 | 43.99 | |
Ñeembucú
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Luis Federico Benitez Cuevas | Colorado | 20,881 | 47.89 | |
Amambay
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Ronald Enrique Acevedo Quevedo | Liberal | 31,119 | 47.95 | |
Canindeyú
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César Ramírez Caje | Colorado | 36,516 | 53.16 | |
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Rubén Antonio Roussillon Blaires | Colorado | 13,710 | 32.37 | |
Alto Paraguay
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José Domingo Adorno Mazacotte | Colorado | 3,910 | 50.16 | |
Boquerón
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Dario Rafael Medina Velázquez | Colorado | 9,051 | 49.40 |