2003 Paraguayan general election
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Chamber of Deputies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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All 45 seats in the Senate 23 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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General elections were held in Paraguay on 27 April 2003.[1] The presidential elections were won by Nicanor Duarte of the Colorado Party, who received 38.3% of the vote. In the Congressional elections, the Colorado Party won 37 of the 80 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 16 of the 45 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 64.3% in the presidential election, 64.2% in the Senate election and 64.1% in the Chamber of Deputies election.[2]
Results
President
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Nicanor Duarte | Colorado Party | 574,232 | 38.30 | |
Julio César Franco | Authentic Radical Liberal Party | 370,348 | 24.70 | |
Pedro Fadul [es] | Beloved Fatherland Party | 328,916 | 21.94 | |
Guillermo Sánchez Guffanti | National Union of Ethical Citizens | 208,391 | 13.90 | |
Diego Abente Brun | National Encounter Party | 8,745 | 0.58 | |
Tomás Zayas Roa | Partido Patria Libre | 4,559 | 0.30 | |
Pedro Almada Galeano | Broad Front Party [es] | 1,443 | 0.10 | |
Guillermo Gustavo Hellmers Weiler | Independent Democratic Force | 1,370 | 0.09 | |
Teresa Notario [es] | Paraguayan Humanist Party | 1,196 | 0.08 | |
Total | 1,499,200 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 1,499,200 | 96.96 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 46,992 | 3.04 | ||
Total votes | 1,546,192 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 2,405,108 | 64.29 | ||
Source: Justicia Electoral |
Senate
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Colorado Party | 508,506 | 34.44 | 16 | –8 | |
Authentic Radical Liberal Party | 374,854 | 25.39 | 12 | –1 | |
Beloved Fatherland Party | 234,748 | 15.90 | 7 | New | |
National Union of Ethical Citizens | 211,078 | 14.30 | 7 | New | |
Party for a Country of Solidarity | 67,462 | 4.57 | 0 | New | |
National Encounter Party | 31,212 | 2.11 | 1 | –6 | |
Partido Patria Libre | 16,151 | 1.09 | 0 | New | |
Revolutionary Febrerista Party | 10,202 | 0.69 | 0 | New | |
Citizen's Force Movement | 6,766 | 0.46 | 0 | New | |
Independent Party in Action | 3,791 | 0.26 | 0 | New | |
Paraguayan Humanist Party | 3,515 | 0.24 | 0 | New | |
Christian Democratic Party | 3,010 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 | |
Broad Front Party [es] | 2,828 | 0.19 | 0 | New | |
Independent Democratic Force | 2,284 | 0.15 | 0 | New | |
Total | 1,476,407 | 100.00 | 43 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 1,476,407 | 95.61 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 67,815 | 4.39 | |||
Total votes | 1,544,222 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 2,405,108 | 64.21 | |||
Source: Nohlen |
Chamber of Deputies
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Colorado Party | 520,761 | 35.27 | 37 | –8 | |
Authentic Radical Liberal Party | 379,066 | 25.67 | 21 | –5 | |
Beloved Fatherland Party | 225,811 | 15.29 | 10 | New | |
National Union of Ethical Citizens | 216,803 | 14.68 | 10 | New | |
Party for a Country of Solidarity | 49,280 | 3.34 | 2 | New | |
National Encounter Party | 39,372 | 2.67 | 0 | –9 | |
Partido Patria Libre | 16,480 | 1.12 | 0 | New | |
Revolutionary Febrerista Party | 11,542 | 0.78 | 0 | New | |
Citizen's Force Movement | 6,749 | 0.46 | 0 | New | |
Paraguayan Humanist Party | 2,867 | 0.19 | 0 | New | |
Broad Front Party [es] | 2,670 | 0.18 | 0 | New | |
Independent Party in Action | 1,978 | 0.13 | 0 | New | |
Christian Democratic Party | 1,927 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent Democratic Force | 1,302 | 0.09 | 0 | New | |
Total | 1,476,608 | 100.00 | 80 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 1,476,608 | 95.75 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 65,564 | 4.25 | |||
Total votes | 1,542,172 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 2,405,108 | 64.12 | |||
Source: Nohlen |
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p425 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- ^ Nohlen, pp426-432
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