Paraguayan general election, 2018
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Turnout |
61.25% |
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General elections were held in Paraguay on Sunday, 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 Paraguay Alegre 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.
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/Alliance |
Votes |
% |
| Mario Abdo Benítez | Colorado Party | 1,206,067 | 48.96 |
| Efraín Alegre | GANAR | 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 | 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 |
Invalid/blank votes | 134,548 | – |
Total | 2,597,989 | 100 |
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 Parguay | 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 |
Chamber of Deputies
|
Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/– |
| Colorado Party | 927,183 | 39.10 | 42 | –2 |
| Authentic Radical Liberal Party | 420,821 | 17.74 | 17 | – |
| GANAR | 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 | 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 Parguay | 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 Movementn | 595 | 0.03 | 0 | New |
| Teete Patriotic Front Party | 574 | 0.02 | 0 | New |
Invalid/blank votes | 210,753 | – | – | – |
Total | 2,582,360 | 100 | 80 | 0 |
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 |