Congress of Paraguay
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Congress of the Republic of Paraguay Congreso de la República de Paraguay | |
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Type | |
Type | |
Houses | Chamber of Deputies Senate |
Leadership | |
Speaker of Congress | Diego Giménez Velázquez |
Speaker of Senate | Enrique Sánchez Ramírez |
Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies | Ángel Miguel Cardona Ortiz |
Seats | 125 members 80 deputies 45 senators |
Meeting place | |
Asunción | |
Website | |
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Paraguay's bicameral Congress (Congreso) consists of a 45-member Senate and an 80-member Chamber of Deputies. It serves as the legislative branch of the Paraguayan state.
Both chambers of Congress are elected concurrently with the president by means of a proportional representation system. Deputies are elected by department and Senators on a nationwide basis.
Latest election
Senate
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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 Paraguay | 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 Party | 3,403 | 0.14 | 0 | New | |
Union and Equality Political Movement | 2,500 | 0.11 | 0 | New | |
Total | 2,358,303 | 100.00 | 45 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 2,358,303 | 91.11 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 229,993 | 8.89 | |||
Total votes | 2,588,296 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 4,241,507 | 61.02 | |||
Source: TSJE |
Chamber of Deputies
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
Colorado Party | 927,183 | 39.10 | 42 | –2 | |
Authentic Radical Liberal Party | 420,821 | 17.74 | 17 | – | |
Great Renewed National Alliance | 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 Party | 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 Paraguay | 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 Movement | 595 | 0.03 | 0 | New | |
Teete Patriotic Front Party | 574 | 0.02 | 0 | New | |
Total | 2,371,607 | 100.00 | 80 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 2,371,607 | 91.84 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 210,753 | 8.16 | |||
Total votes | 2,582,360 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 4,241,507 | 60.88 | |||
Source: TSJE |
See also
- Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay
- Senate of Paraguay
- Politics of Paraguay
- List of Jesuit sites
- List of legislatures by country
External links
- http://www.senado.gov.py/ Senate
- http://www.diputados.gov.py/ Chamber of Deputies
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