2013 Paraguayan general election

General elections were held in Paraguay on 21 April 2013. They resulted in a victory for the Colorado Party, which had ruled the country for 60 years before losing power in 2008. The presidential elections were won by the Colorado Party's Horacio Cartes, who defeated Efraín Alegre of the Paraguay Alegre alliance. The Colorado Party also won the most seats in the Senate and Chamber of Deputies.

2013 Paraguayan general election

21 April 2013
Presidential election
 
Candidate Horacio Cartes Efraín Alegre Mario Ferreiro
Party Colorado PLRA Avanza País
Running mate Juan Afara Rafael Filizzola Cynthia Brizuela Speratti
Popular vote 1,104,169 889,451 141,716
Percentage 48.48% 39.05% 6.22%


President before election

Federico Franco
PLRA

Elected President

Horacio Cartes
Colorado

Parliamentary election

All 80 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
All 45 seats in the Senate
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
Chamber of Deputies (41 seats for a majority)
Colorado Lilian Samaniego 40.99 44 +14
PLRA Ramón Gomez Verlangieri 29.25 27 0
UNACE Carmelo Banitez 6.58 2 −13
Guasú Front Fernando Lugo 5.46 1 New
PEN 4.84 2 +2
Avanza País Mario Ferreiro 3.78 2 New
PPQ Roberto Campos 2.84 1 −2
APC 0.70 1 New
Senate (23 seats needed for a majority)
Colorado 38.50 19 +4
PLRA 26.17 13 −1
Guasú Front 10.60 5 New
PDP 6.44 3 +2
Avanza País 5.21 2 New
UNACE 4.03 2 −7
PEN 3.49 1 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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