The general elections in Paraguay 2018 were held on Sunday, April 22 . [1] President Horacio Cartes and Vice President Juan Afara of Colorado were not eligible for re-election. Cartes's presidential term was originally supposed to end only in August 2018, but he decided to relinquish his authority in order to take a seat in the country's Senate. The new president and vice president will take office on August 15, 2018 and will continue to perform their duties until August 2023.
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| General Elections in Paraguay | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Presidential and Parliamentary Elections | |||
| April 22, 2018 | |||
| Voter turnout | 99.67% | ||
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| Candidate | Mario Abdo Benitez | ||
| The consignment | Colorado | PLRA | |
| Coalition | - | ||
| Votes | 1 205 254 (46.44%) | 1 109 217 (42.74%) | |
| Election result | Mario Abdo Benitez ( Colorado ) elected President of Paraguay. | ||
Content
- 1 Electoral system
- 2 Results
- 2.1 President
- 2.2 Parlasur
- 2.3 Senate
- 3 Opinion polls
- 4 notes
Election System
The President of Paraguay is elected in one round of voting by a simple majority. [2] 80 members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected on closed lists of proportional representation in 18 multi-member districts based on the departments of Paraguay. [3] 45 members of the Senate are elected in a single nationwide constituency using a closed list of proportional representation. [four]
Results
President
| Candidate | Group / Alliance | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Abdo Benitez | Colorado Party | 1,107,571 | 46.59 | ||
| Pedro Sasiain Efraina Alegre | Great Alliance of Popular Renewal | 1,014,360 | 42.67 | ||
| Juan Bautista Ibanes | Green Party of Paraguay | 76,317 | 3.21 | ||
| Jaro Illicineo Ansoategi Marigno | National Movement of Artists of Paraguay | 13,861 | 0.58 | ||
| Atanasio Galeano | Popular patriotic movement | 9,051 | 0.38 | ||
| Ramon Ernesto Benitez Amarilla | Patriotic reserve movement | 8,271 | 0.35 | ||
| Pedro Galeano Almada | Wide front | 7,717 | 0.32 | ||
| Efrain Enriquez Gamón | National Power Movement | 6,525 | 0.27 | ||
| Celino Ferreira Sanabria | Unanomos - National Civil Movement | 5,498 | 0.23 | ||
| Herman Justo Ortega Makeda | Heirs of the Democratic Socialist Party | 5,225 | 0.22 | ||
| Invalid / Empty Bulletins | 123,657 | ||||
| Total | 2,377,077 | one hundred | |||
| Registered Voters / Turnout | 4,260,816 | 61.25 | |||
| Source: TSJE | |||||
Voting Abroad
| A country | Avg% | Ha% | Bf% | In nmap% | NSM% | GWP% | PRM% | HRF% | PPMP% | Other% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Source: TSJE | ||||||||||
Parlasur
- Colorado -10
- Liberal Party -7
- Guaso Front -1
Senate
| The consignment | Vote | % | Places | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | 17 | –2 | |||
| Authentic Radical Liberal Party | 13 | 0 | |||
| Guasu | 6 | +1 | |||
| Beloved Fatherland | 3 | +3 | |||
| Hagamos | 2 | New | |||
| Progressive Democratic Party | 2 | -one | |||
| National Cross Movement | one | New | |||
| National Union of Ethical Citizens | one | -one | |||
| Invalid votes | - | - | - | ||
| Total | one hundred | 45 | 0 | ||
| Registered Voters / Turnout | 4,260,816 | - | - | ||
| Source: TSJE | |||||
The Liberal Party, the Guasu Front and the Progressive Democratic Party are members of the Great People's Renewal Alliance.