1998 Paraguayan general election

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1998 Paraguayan general election
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  1993 10 May 1998 2003  
Presidential election
Turnout80.54% (Increase2.svg 11.18pp)
  Cardoso cubas presidente do paraguai (cropped).jpg Domingo Laino (cropped).jpg
Candidate Raúl Cubas Grau Domingo Laíno
Party Colorado DA (PLRAPEN)
Popular vote887,196703,379
Percentage55.35%43.88%

Resultados de las elecciones presidenciales de Paraguay de 1998.svg
Results by department

President before election

Juan Carlos Wasmosy
Colorado

President-elect

Raúl Cubas Grau
Colorado

Chamber of Deputies

All 80 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
41 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeaderVote %Seats+/–
Colorado Raúl Cubas Grau 53.7845+7
AD (PLRAPEN) Domingo Laíno 42.7735−7
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Senate

All 45 seats in the Senate
23 seats needed for a majority
PartyVote %Seats+/–
Colorado 51.7424+4
AD (PLRAPEN) 42.1020−5
PB 2.31New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

General elections were held in Paraguay on 10 May 1998. [1] Incumbent Juan Carlos Wasmosy could not run again, as the constitution limits the president to a single five-year term with no possibility of re-election.

Contents

The presidential elections were won by Raúl Cubas Grau of the Colorado Party, who received 55% of the vote. In the Congressional elections, the Colorado Party won 45 of the 80 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 24 of the 45 seats in the Senate, defeating the Democratic Alliance formed by the Authentic Radical Liberal Party and the National Encounter Party. Voter turnout was 80.5%. [2]

To date, this is the only time since the restoration of democracy in Paraguay that a presidential candidate has been elected with a majority of the vote.

Results

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Raúl Cubas Grau Colorado Party 887,19655.35
Domingo Laíno Democratic Alliance (PLRAPEN)703,37943.88
Luis Alberto Campos Doria Revolutionary Febrerista Party 8,1390.51
Gustavo Bader Ibáñez National Christian Union 4,1920.26
Total1,602,906100.00
Valid votes1,602,90697.10
Invalid/blank votes47,8192.90
Total votes1,650,725100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,049,44980.54
Source: Justicia Electoral

Senate

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Colorado Party 813,28751.7424+4
Democratic Alliance (PLRAPEN)661,76442.1020–5
National Christian Union 36,4242.321New
National Renewal Movement 23,8441.520New
Christian Democratic Party 19,8911.270New
Revolutionary Febrerista Party 16,6671.060New
Total1,571,877100.00450
Valid votes1,571,87795.33
Invalid/blank votes77,0034.67
Total votes1,648,880100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,049,44980.45
Source: Nohle

Chamber of Deputies

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Colorado Party 857,47353.7845+7
Democratic Alliance (PLRAPEN)681,91742.7735–7
Revolutionary Febrerista Party 20,1211.260New
National Renewal Movement 16,8631.060New
Christian Democratic Party 9,2490.580New
National Christian Union 8,7910.550New
Total1,594,414100.00800
Valid votes1,594,41496.67
Invalid/blank votes55,0053.33
Total votes1,649,419100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,049,44980.48
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p425 ISBN   978-0-19-928358-3
  2. Nohlen, p426