{"iso":"PY","name":"Paraguay","flag":"\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddfe","vote":"Senate \u00b7 seat projection","model":"seat","updated":"2023-04-30","source":"2023 election result, official count","credit":"Senate results as published by the Tribunal Superior de Justicia Electoral, official count","shares":{"ANR":45.7,"CONC":24.4,"CNP":11.5,"PEN":5.1,"PPQ":2.5,"FG":2.1},"polls":[],"parties":{"ANR":{"name":"Partido Colorado (ANR)","color":"#EE1D23","name_en":"Colorado Party"},"CONC":{"name":"Concertaci\u00f3n Nacional","color":"#003399","name_en":"Concertacion alliance"},"CNP":{"name":"Partido Cruzada Nacional","color":"#080808","name_en":"National Crusade Party"},"PEN":{"name":"Partido Encuentro Nacional","color":"#EDB337","name_en":"National Encounter Party"},"PPQ":{"name":"Partido Patria Querida","color":"#9BD5EB","name_en":"Beloved Fatherland Party"},"FG":{"name":"Frente Guas\u00fa","color":"#BA55D3","name_en":"Guasu Front"}},"seats":{"ANR":23,"CONC":12,"CNP":6,"PEN":2,"PPQ":1,"FG":1},"seat_meta":{"total":45,"majority":23,"method":"dhondt","threshold":0.0,"chamber":"Senate of Paraguay","note":"Shares are the Senate vote, elected from a single nationwide list by D'Hondt with no legal threshold, so the single-national-pool model closely matches the real Senate allocation.","largest":"ANR"},"primer":{"system":"Unitary presidential republic","head_of_state":"President Santiago Pe\u00f1a, who is also head of government","legislature":"Congress \u00b7 a 45-seat Senate and an 80-seat Chamber of Deputies, elected together with the president","electoral_system":"Proportional representation, with deputies chosen by department and senators from a single nationwide list.","government_now":"Santiago Pe\u00f1a of the Colorado Party has been president since 2023, with Pedro Alliana as vice president.","context":"Presidential and congressional elections are held on the same day, so control of Congress is set for the full term. The next general election is due in 2028.","sources":"Open encyclopedic records of officeholders and Congress \u00b7 checked 2 Jul 2026"},"parties_info":{"ANR":["Partido Colorado (ANR)","Colorado Party","Right-wing conservative party that has dominated Paraguay for most of the past century; the governing party under President Santiago Pe\u00f1a."],"CONC":["Concertaci\u00f3n Nacional","National Concertation alliance","Broad opposition alliance built around the centre/centre-left Authentic Radical Liberal Party (PLRA); the main opposition."],"CNP":["Partido Cruzada Nacional","National Crusade Party","Right-wing populist, anti-establishment party led by firebrand Paraguayo Cubas."],"PEN":["Partido Encuentro Nacional","National Encounter Party","Centrist/liberal party; a minor force."],"PPQ":["Partido Patria Querida","Beloved Fatherland Party","Centre-right Christian-conservative party; a minor force."],"FG":["Frente Guas\u00fa","Guas\u00fa Front","Left-wing coalition founded by former president Fernando Lugo; a small opposition bloc."]},"seats_now":{"chamber":"Senate","as_of":"2023 election","total":45,"seats":{"ANR":23,"CONC":12,"CNP":5,"PEN":2,"PPQ":1,"FG":1}},"region_winners":{"Boquer\u00f3n":"ANR","Presidente Hayes":"ANR","Central":"ANR","Asunci\u00f3n":"ANR","Itap\u00faa":"ANR","\u00d1eembuc\u00fa":"ANR","Misiones":"ANR","Alto Paraguay":"ANR","Concepci\u00f3n":"ANR","Amambay":"ANR","Canindey\u00fa":"ANR","San Pedro":"ANR","Caaguaz\u00fa":"ANR","Cordillera":"ANR","Caazap\u00e1":"ANR","Paraguar\u00ed":"ANR","Guair\u00e1":"ANR","Alto Paran\u00e1":"CNP"},"region_meta":{"election":"2023 Paraguayan general election, presidential vote by department (30 April 2023)","source":"TSJE (Tribunal Superior de Justicia Electoral) official results, resultados.tsje.gov.py","note":"Each department shaded by the presidential candidate's party with the most votes: Santiago Pena (ANR, Colorado) led 16 of 17 departments plus Asuncion, while Paraguayo Cubas (National Crusade Party) led Alto Parana with 38.2 percent. The Colorado Party also won 15 of 17 governorships the same day."},"has_geo":true,"next_election":{"date":"2028","title":"Paraguayan general election","chamber":"Senate","type":"expected"}}