2013 Paraguayan general election

none Paraguay 1990 presidential 21 April 2013 2008 Paraguayan general election 2008 2018 Paraguayan general election 2018 yes Presidential election presidential 130x130px 68.52% ( 3.04pp) Horacio Cartes con banda.jpg Horacio Cartes Colorado Party (Paraguay) no – Juan Afara 1,104,169 48.48% Pedro Efraín Alegre Sasiain (cropped).jpg Efraín Alegre Authentic Radical Liberal Party Paraguay Alegre Rafael Filizzola 889,451 39.05% Mario Aníbal Ferreiro (cropped).jpg Mario Ferreiro Avanza País no – Cynthia Brizuela Speratti 141,716 808080 6.22% Resultados de las elecciones presidenciales de Paraguay de 2013.svg Results by department President Federico Franco Authentic Radical Liberal Party Horacio Cartes Colorado Party (Paraguay) yes Chamber of Deputies All 80 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 41 Lilian Samaniego Colorado Party (Paraguay) 40.99 30 44 Ramón Gomez Verlangieri Authentic Radical Liberal Party 29.25 27 27 Carmelo Banitez National Union of Ethical Citizens 6.58 15 2 Fernando Lugo Guasú Front 5.46 new 1 National Encounter Party 4.84 0 2 Mario Ferreiro #808080 Avanza País 3.78 new 2 Roberto Campos Beloved Fatherland Party 2.84 3 1 #FEE000 APC 0.70 new 1 yes Senate All 45 seats in the Senate 23 yes Colorado Party (Paraguay) 38.50 15 19 Authentic Radical Liberal Party 26.17 14 13 Guasú Front 10.60 new 5 Progressive Democratic Party (Paraguay) 6.44 1 3 #808080 Avanza País 5.21 new 2 National Union of Ethical Citizens 4.03 9 2 National Encounter Party 3.49 0 1 General elections were held in Paraguay on 21 April 2013.https://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2273/ Election for Presidency of Paraguay IFES Election Guide 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.Horacio Cartes wins Paraguay presidential election BBC News, 22 April 2013 The Colorado Party also won the most seats in the Senate and Chamber of Deputies. Background thumb|Former President Lugo, impeached in June 2012 In the previous general elections in 2008 Fernando Lugo was elected President. However, he was controversially impeached and removed from office in a 48-hour period in June 2012, following an eviction at a farm that led to the death of six police and eleven farmers. Lugo was replaced by his vice-president Federico Franco. Following the impeachment, Paraguay was suspended from Mercosur and Unasur, who denounced the impeachment as a Congressional coup.Paraguay holds key presidential election BBC News, 21 April 2013 Franco was barred from running for a full term in 2013. The Constitution of Paraguay does not allow a president to run for reelection, even if he serves a partial term. Candidates Eleven candidates contested the presidential election:Candidatures 2013 General ElectionsDecember 2025 Presidential candidateVice-presidential candidatePartyEfraín AlegreRafael FilizzolaParaguay Alegrereference_name_A a aRicardo AlmadaLibrada MartinezWhite PartyEduardo ArceGloria BareiroWorkers' PartyAníbal CarrilloRafael AguayoGuasú Frontreference_name_B b bMiguel CarrizosaArsenio OcamposBeloved Fatherland PartyHoracio CartesJuan AfaraColorado PartyRoberto FerreiraLuis VallejosParaguayan Humanist PartyMario FerreiroCynthia BrizuelaForward Countryreference_name_C c cAtanasio GaleanoDigno ValdezPartido Patria LibreLino César Oviedo SánchezLuis VillamayorNational Union of Ethical CitizensLilian SotoMaguiorina BalbuenaKuña Pyrenda Coalitions formed for the election included the: reference_name_C c c Forward Country (Avanza País), a centre-left alliance including, amongst others, the Revolutionary Febrerista Party and the Christian Democratic Party. reference_name_B b b Frente Guasú, a left-wing alliance including, amongst others, the Party for a Country of Solidarity and the Paraguayan Communist Party. reference_name_A a a Paraguay Alegre (lit. Happy Paraguay, alluding to their candidate's name), a centrist alliance including, amongst others, the Authentic Radical Liberal Party, the Democratic Progressive Party and the National Encounter Party. On the night of 2 February 2013, Lino Oviedo Silva, the candidate of the right-wing National Union of Ethical Citizens, died in a helicopter accident near Puerto Antequera, in the Chaco region. His death was confirmed the following day, when the national police rescue team found the three burnt corpses of Oviedo, the plane's pilot, and a bodyguard. His candidacy was taken over by his nephew Lino Oviedo Sánchez.Lino Oviedo Sanchez visita Luque https://web.archive.org/web/20130522065158/http://www.unace.org.py/index.php/78-unace/118-lino-sanchez-visita-luque 2013-05-22 Unace Campaign Reporters without Borders said in April 2013 that "Paraguay continues to be a dangerous country for journalists, in part because of the links between politics and organized crime, which were widely criticized during the campaign." It noted that two television stations (the public TV Pública and private Canal 9 SNT) had refused to air a Frente Guasú campaign ad highlighting the role of candidates Cartes and Alegre in the impeachment of Fernando Lugo.Campaign marred by censorship, post-election reprisals feared https://web.archive.org/web/20160319120550/https://en.rsf.org/paraguay-campaign-marked-by-censorship-post-18-04-2013,44393.html 2016-03-19 Reporters without Borders, 18 April 2013 During the campaign Cartes made homophobic statements, comparing homosexuals to monkeys and saying he would shoot himself in the testicles if his son turned out to be gay.Romero Simon Candidate Disparages Gays in Paraguay, Stirring Dispute https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/17/world/americas/candidate-in-paraguay-stirs-controversy-with-remarks-on-gay-marriage.html?_r=2& The New York Times April 16, 2013 Opinion polls Agency/SourceDate Horacio Cartes Efrain Alegre Mario Ferreiro Lino Oviedo Sánchez Aníbal Carrillo Miguel Carrizosa Lilian Soto Eduardo Arce None "Don't know"/No answer Asisa 26 Feb 2013 29.3% 22.1% 19.8% 7.1% 3.2% 2.5% 1.6% - - 13.7% Ati Snead 28 Feb 2013 36.7% 37.1% 5.6% ? 2.8% ? ? ? ? ? First 15 Mar 2013 37.3% 30.3% 9.5% 3.1% 1.9% 3.2% 0.7% 0.4% 0.4% 13.2% GEO 15 Mar 2013 36.8% 35.6% 7.7% 6.8% 6.1% 1.0% 0.3% - 0.6% 5.1% Grau 21 Mar 2013 42.7% 29.2% 9.6% 6.2% 2.7% 0.5% 0.2% - 1.1% 7.8% First 4 Apr 2013 37.6% 31.7% 10.9% 7.1% 1.9% 3.0% 0.2% - 0.3% 7.3% Taka 5 Apr 2013 41.7% 27.5% 12.1% 3.1% 2.9% 5.7% - - 1.2% 5.9% Ati Snead 5 Apr 2013 36.4 37.9% 8.5% 4.0% 2.7% 3.0% - - - 6.0% Grau 11 Apr 2013 45.3% 31.2% 8.6% 2.5% 2.9% 0.9% 0.1% - 2.2% 6.4% GEO 11 Apr 2013 34.8% 36.7% 9.9% 1.6% ? ? ? ? ? 8.9% Results President Horacio Cartes Colorado Party 1104169 Efraín Alegre Authentic Radical Liberal Party 889451 Mario Ferreiro Avanza País 141716 #808080 Aníbal Carrillo Guasú Front 79573 Miguel Carrizosa Beloved Fatherland Party 27026 Lino César Oviedo Sánchez National Union of Ethical Citizens 19416 Roberto Ferreira Paraguayan Humanist Party 4264 Lilian Soto Kuña Pyrenda Movement 3925 Eduardo Arce Workers' Party 3011 Ricardo Almada National Christian Union 2767 Atanasio Galeano Partido Patria Libre 2416 131703 3516275 Justicia Electoral Senate Colorado Party 865206 19 +4 Authentic Radical Liberal Party 588054 13 –1 Guasú Front 238313 5 +4 Progressive Democratic Party 144691 3 +2 Avanza País 117056 2 +2 #808080 National Union of Ethical Citizens 90640 2 –7 National Encounter Party 78460 1 +1 Beloved Fatherland Party 45168 0 –4 Youth Party – Young Force 28129 0 New Social Democrat Party 7768 0 New Independent Constitutionalist Movement 7509 0 New 30 August Movement 7460 0 New Kuña Pyrenda 5416 0 New People in Action Movement 3673 0 New United Democratic Movement for Victory 3662 0 New Paraguayan Humanist Party 3484 0 0 Workers' Party 2840 0 0 Partido Patria Libre 2322 0 New Participative Independent Democratic Movement 2007 0 New National Christian Union 1961 0 0 Institutional Independent Movement 1917 0 New Green Party 1541 0 New 159889 0 3516275 Supreme Electoral Justice Tribunal of Paraguay Elected Senators Name Political Party Political Alliance Adolfo Marcelino Ferreira SanabriaRevolutionary Febrerista PartyAvanza País Arnaldo Euclides Giuzzio Benítez Democratic Progressive PartyDemocratic Progressive Party Arnoldo Wiens Durksen Colorado PartyColorado PartyBlanca Beatriz Fonseca Legal Authentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyBlanca Margarita Ovelar de Duarte Colorado PartyColorado Party Blas Antonio Llano Ramos Authentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal Party Carlos Alberto Amarilla Cañete Authentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyCarlos Alberto Filizzola Pallarés Party for a Country of SolidarityGuasú Front Carlos Núñez Agüero Colorado PartyColorado Party Derlis Ariel Alejandro Osorio Nunes Colorado PartyColorado Party Desirée Graciela Masi Jara Democratic Progressive PartyDemocratic Progressive Party Eduardo Romalino Petta San Martín National Encounter PartyNational Encounter Party Emilia Patricia Alfaro de Franco Authentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal Party Enrique Fausto Bacchetta Chiriani Colorado PartyColorado PartyEnzo Cardozo Jiménez Authentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal Party Esperanza Martínez de PortilloParty of Citizen ParticipationGuasú Front Fernando Alberto Silva Facetti Authentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal Party Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez IndependentGuasú Front Gustavo Javier Alfonso González Colorado PartyColorado Party Jorge Antonio Oviedo Matto National Union of Ethical CitizensNational Union of Ethical Citizens José Manuel Bóbeda Melgarejo National Union of Ethical CitizensNational Union of Ethical Citizens Juan Carlos Román Galaverna Delvalle Colorado PartyColorado Party Juan Darío Monges Espínola Colorado PartyColorado Party Julio Antonio Quiñónez Daiub Colorado PartyColorado Party Julio César Ramón Franco Gómez Authentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal Party Julio César Velázquez Tillería Colorado PartyColorado Party Lilian Graciela Samaniego González Colorado PartyColorado Party Luis Alberto Castiglioni Soria Colorado PartyColorado Party Luis Alberto Cayetano Wagner Lezcano Authentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal Party María Blanca Lila Mignarro de González Authentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal Party Mario Abdo Benítez Colorado PartyColorado Party Miguel Abdón Saguier Carmona Authentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal Party Miguel Ángel Ignacio López Perito April 20 MovementAvanza País Mirta Leonor Gusinky de Cubas Colorado PartyColorado Party Nelson Darío Aguinagalde Gallinar Colorado PartyColorado Party Óscar Alberto González Daher Colorado PartyColorado Party Óscar Hugo Richer Florentín Popular Socialist Convergence PartyGuasú Front Óscar Rubén Salomón Fernández Colorado PartyColorado Party Pedro Arthuro Santa Cruz Insaurralde Democratic Progressive PartyDemocratic Progressive Party Ramón Gómez Verlangieri Authentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal Party Roberto Ramón Acevedo Quevedo Authentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal Party Silvio Adalberto Ovelar Benítez Colorado PartyColorado Party Sixto Pereira Galeano Tekojoja People's PartyGuasú Front Víctor Alcides Bogado GonzálezColorado PartyColorado Party Zulma Ramona Gómez Cáceres Authentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal Party Source: Justicia Electoral Chamber of Deputies Colorado Party 919625 44 +14 Authentic Radical Liberal Party 656301 27 0 National Union of Ethical Citizens 147534 2 –13 Guasú Front 122440 1 +1 National Encounter Party 108662 2 +2 Avanza País 84826 2 +2 #808080 Beloved Fatherland Party 63662 1 –2 Progressive Democratic Party 30579 0 –1 Youth Party 28543 0 New Chaqueña Passion Alliance 15656 1 – #FEE000 Civic Awakening Movement 9661 0 New Kuña Pyrenda 8153 0 New 30 August Movement 7080 0 New Social Democrat Party 7062 0 New Independent Constitutionalist Movement 5063 0 New Paraguayan Humanist Party 4225 0 0 People in Action Movement 3107 0 New United Democratic Movement for Victory 2702 0 New National Christian Union 2677 0 0 Citizens in Power Action Movement 2017 0 New Participative Independent Democratic Movement 1905 0 New Green Party 1826 0 New Concertacion todos por Concepcion 1822 0 New Partido Patria Libre 1625 0 New Alianza Alto Paraguay Alegre 1597 0 New Institutional Independent Movement 1575 0 New Workers' Party 1338 0 0 Movimiento Propuesta por la Soberania Nacional 783 0 New Moviemiento para el Pueblo Encarnacion 656 0 New Liberal Party 579 0 New Another Paraguay Movement 251 0 New Workers' Regional Movement 189 0 New 155905 0 3516275 Supreme Electoral Justice Tribunal of Paraguay Elected Deputies Name Political Party Political Alliance Department Agustín Amado Florentín CabralAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyCordillera Alsimio Casco Ayala Colorado PartyColorado PartyConcepción Andrés Retamozo Ortiz Colorado PartyColorado PartyAlto ParanáAntonio Gustavo Cardozo Authentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyAlto ParanáAsa Javier González Ortiz Authentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal Party Misiones Atilio Penayo Ortega Colorado PartyColorado PartyCentral Bernardo Villalba Cardozo Colorado PartyColorado PartyConcepciónBlanca Marina Vargas de Caballero Colorado PartyColorado PartyAlto Paraná Carlos Alberto Núñez Salinas Colorado PartyColorado PartyCentral Carlos Antonio Portillo VerónAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyAlto Paraná Carlos Manuel Maggi Rolón Colorado PartyColorado PartySan PedroCelso Kennedy Bogado Authentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyCaaguazúCelso Maldonado Duarte Authentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyCentral Celso Troche Álvarez Colorado PartyColorado PartyCaazapáCésar Ariel Oviedo Verdún National Union of Ethical CitizensNational Union of Ethical CitizensCentral Clemente Ramón Barrios MongesColorado PartyColorado PartyParaguaríConcepción Quintana López Colorado PartyColorado PartyAlto Paraná Cornelius Sawatzky Sawatzky Colorado PartyColorado PartyBoquerón Cynthia Elizabeth Tarragó Díaz Colorado PartyColorado PartyDistrito Capital Dany Edgar Xavier Durand Espínola Colorado PartyColorado PartyDistrito Capital Del Pilar Eva Medina de ParedesColorado PartyColorado PartyCentral Dionisio Oswaldo Amarilla Guirland Authentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyCentral Eber Osvaldo Ovelar Benítez Colorado PartyColorado PartyCaaguazú Edgar Acosta Alcaráz Authentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyCentral Edgar Isaac Ortiz Riveros Authentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyItapúa Elio Cabral González Colorado PartyColorado PartyAlto Paraná Enrique Antonio Concepción Buzarquis Cáceres Authentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyCaaguazú Enrique Javier Pereira ThalmannColorado PartyColorado PartyCentralEsmérita Sánchez de Da SilvaAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyCaaguazú Eusebio Alvarenga Martínez Authentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyGuairá Fabiola Elvira Oviedo MelgarejoNational Union of Ethical CitizensNational Union of Ethical CitizensDistrito Capital Félix Fernando Ortellado Zorrilla Colorado PartyColorado PartyGuairá Freddy Tadeo D’Ecclesiis Giménez Colorado PartyColorado PartySan Pedro Héctor Lucio Lesme DelgadoAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal Party Central Hércules Pedro Lorenzo Alliana Rodríguez Colorado PartyColorado PartyÑeembucú Horacio Víctor Carísimo OcampoAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyItapúaHugo Adalberto Velázquez Moreno Colorado PartyColorado PartyCentral Hugo Leandro Rubín Godoy National Encounter PartyNational Encounter PartyCentral Jorge Ignacio Baruja Fernández Colorado PartyColorado PartyParaguarí Jorge Ramón Ávalos Mariño Authentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyParaguarí José Domingo Adorno Mazacotte Colorado PartyColorado PartyAlto ParaguayJosé Gregorio Ledesma Narváez Authentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal PartySan Pedro José María Ibáñez Benítez Colorado PartyColorado PartyCentral Juan Bartolomé Ramírez Brizuela Authentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyAmambay Julio Enrique Mineur de WitteAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyChaqueña Passion AlliancePresidente HayesJuan Félix Bogado Tatter Authentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyDistrito Capital Julio Javier Ríos Bogado Colorado PartyColorado PartyDistrito CapitalKarina Andrea Rodríguez CarámbulaMovement for Socialism PartyAvanza PaísDistrito CapitalLuis Alberto Larré del PuertoColorado PartyColorado PartyItapúaMarcial Lezcano ParedesColorado PartyColorado PartyAmambayMaría Cristina Villalba LópezColorado PartyColorado PartyCanindeyúMaría Nimia Carísimo SosaAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyCentralMaría Rocío Casco Arce Movement for Socialism PartyAvanza PaísCentralMario Duilio Casco GonzálezColorado PartyColorado PartyItapúaMario Walberto Soto EstigarribiaColorado PartyColorado PartyCaaguazúMiguel Ángel del Puerto SilvaColorado PartyColorado PartyCaaguazúMiguel Tadeo Rojas MezaColorado PartyColorado PartyCentralMirta Ramona Mendoza DíazAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyConcepciónNazario Tomás Rojas SalvioniColorado PartyColorado PartyCordilleraNéstor Fabián Ferrer MirandaColorado PartyColorado PartyCentralOlga Beatriz Ferreira de LópezBeloved Fatherland PartyBeloved Fatherland PartyDistrito CapitalOlimpio Rojas VillalbaAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyCaazapáÓscar Luis Tuma BogadoColorado PartyColorado PartyDistrito CapitalÓscar Venancio Núñez GiménezColorado PartyColorado PartyPresidente HayesPablino Acasio Rodríguez AriaColorado PartyColorado PartyMisionesPastor Alberto Vera BejaranoAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal PartySan PedroPedro David Britos EspínolaColorado PartyColorado PartyGuairáPedro Milciades Duré ArgüelloAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyCordilleraPerla Teresa Beatriz Acosta de VázquezColorado PartyColorado PartySan PedroPurificación Morel AlfonsoColorado PartyColorado PartyCanindeyúRamón Duarte JiménezPopular Unity PartyGuasú FrontItapúaRamón Romero RoaColorado PartyColorado PartyAlto ParanáRicardo González EscobarNational Encounter PartyNational Encounter PartyCentralSalustiano Salinas MontaníaAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyCentralSergio Roberto Rojas SosaAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyCentralTomás Fidelino Rivas BenítezColorado PartyColorado PartyParaguaríVíctor Luis González SegoviaColorado PartyColorado PartyCordilleraVíctor Óscar González DrakefordAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyAlto ParanáVíctor Ríos OjedaAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyAuthentic Radical Liberal PartyÑeembucúWalter Enrique Harms CéspedesColorado PartyColorado PartyItapúa Source: Justicia Electoral Reactions The defeated candidate Alegre conceded to Cartes a short time after preliminary results were announced.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22241667 Horacio Cartes wins Paraguay presidential election BBC News 22 April 2013 Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner congratulated the Paraguayan people, describing the election as "exemplary" and announced her endorsement of a re-admission of the country to the Mercosur community.http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-04-22/paraguay-elects-tobacco-executive-horacio-cartes-as-president https://archive.today/20130628210737/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-04-22/paraguay-elects-tobacco-executive-horacio-cartes-as-president dead June 28, 2013 John Quigley Ben Bain Paraguay Elects Tobacco Executive Horacio Cartes as President Bloomberg Businessweek 22 April 2013 José Mujica, the president of Uruguay, congratulated Cartes as well and invited him to the Mercosur summit that is to take place in his country in June.http://en.mercopress.com/2013/04/22/cristina-fernandez-and-mujica-tell-cartes-mercosur-is-waiting-for-the-return-of-paraguay Cristina Fernandez and Mujica tell Cartes, Mercosur 'is waiting for the return of Paraguay' MercoPress 22 April 2013 The European Union's high representative for foreign affairs, Catherine Ashton lauded the high turn-out, orderly and calm conduct of the election.http://www.universocanario.com/internacional/america/paraguay/309826 Ashton felicita a Cartes e insta a impulsar los intercambios entre Paraguay y la UE Universo canario 22 April 2013 22 April 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215451/http://www.universocanario.com/internacional/america/paraguay/309826 3 March 2016 dead dmy-all Among the first felicitators was also Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro.http://www.abc.com.py/nacionales/maduro-felicita-a-cartes-por-la-victoria-563893.html Maduro felicita a Cartes por la victoria ABC Color 22 April 2013 References General Paraguay Category:Parliamentary elections in Paraguay Category:Presidential elections in Paraguay Paraguay