Senate of Paraguay

Chamber of Senators Cámara de Senadores
Type
Type	Upper House of the Congress of Paraguay
Leadership
President of the Senate	Fernando Lugo, FG
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
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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.

Latest elections

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

List of Senators

Senators (2013 - 2018):

• National Republican Association – Colorado Party

1. Lilian Graciela Samaniego
2. Luis Castiglioni
3. Arnoldo Wiens
4. Mirta Leonor Gusinky
5. Julio César Velázquez Tillería
6. Óscar Alberto González Daher
7. Gustavo Javier Alfonso González
8. Enrique Fausto Bachetta Chiriani
9. Julio Antonio Quiñónez Daiub
10. Silvio Adalberto Ovelar Benítez
11. Juan Carlos Román Galaverna Delvalle
12. Derlis Javier Alejandro Osorio Nunes
13. Blanca Ovelar
14. Mario Abdo Benítez
15. Oscar Rubén Salomón Fernández
16. Víctor Alcides Bogado González
17. Juan Darío Monges Espínola
18. Carlos Núñez Agüero
19. Nelson Dario Aguinagalde

• Authentic Radical Liberal Party

1. Blas Antonio Llano Ramos
2. Emilia Patricia Alfaro de Franco
3. Ramón Gómez Verlangieri
4. Blanca Beatríz Fonseca Legal
5. Carlos Alberto Amarilla Cañete
6. Enzo Cardozo Jiménez
7. Zulma Ramona Gómez Cáceres
8. Luís Alberto Cayetano Wagner Lezcano
9. Julio César Franco
10. María Blanca Lila Mignarro de González
11. Miguel Abdón Saguier Carmona
12. Fernando Silva Facetti
13. Roberto Ramón Acevedo Quevedo

• Guasú Front

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

• Progressive Democratic Party

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

• Avanza País

1. Adolfo Marcelino Ferreiro
2. Miguel Ángel López Perito

• 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)