1993 Paraguayan general election

General elections were held in Paraguay on 9 May 1993.[1] In the country's first honest election, as well as the first with no military candidates since 1928,[2] Juan Carlos Wasmosy of the Colorado Party won the presidential election. The Colorado Party remained the largest party in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, albeit with only a plurality. The opposition Authentic Radical Liberal Party and National Encounter Party held a majority of the seats in both chambers, later supplemented by the Colorado Reconciliation Movement which broke away from the Colorado Party.[3] Voter turnout was 69.0% in the presidential election, 67.6% in the Chamber elections and 69.4% in the Senate elections.[4]

1993 Paraguayan general election
9 May 1993
Turnout69.0% (Presidential)
67.6% (Chamber of Deputies)
69.4% (Senate)
Presidential election
 
Candidate Juan Carlos Wasmosy Domingo Laíno Guillermo Caballero Vargas
Party Colorado PLRA PEN
Popular vote 449,505 357,164 262,407
Percentage 41.78% 33.20% 24.39%
President before election

Andrés Rodríguez
Colorado

 President-elect

Juan Carlos Wasmosy
Colorado

Parliamentary election
80 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
45 seats in the Senate
Party Leader % Seats ±
Chamber of Deputies (41 seats for a majority)
Colorado Juan Carlos Wasmosy 43.4 38 -10
PLRA Domingo Laíno 36.8 33 +12
PEN Guillermo Caballero Vargas 17.7 9 New
Senate (23 seats needed for a majority)
Colorado 44.0 20 0
PLRA 36.2 17 New
PEN 17.9 8 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Results

President
Candidate Party Votes %
Juan Carlos WasmosyColorado Party449,50541.78
Domingo LaínoAuthentic Radical Liberal Party357,16433.20
Guillermo Caballero VargasNational Encounter Party262,40724.39
Ricardo Nicolás Canese KrivosheinSocial Democratic Coalition¹ PHP1,6010.15
Eduardo María Arce SchaererWorkers' Party1,5360.14
Joel Atilio CazalBroad Movement National Participation1,1040.10
Leandro Jesus Prieto YegrosSocial Political Movement Progressive1,0870.10
Abraham Zapag BazasLiberal Party8810.08
Gustavo Bader IbáñezSocialist National Party6550.06
Invalid/blank votes104,142–
Total1,180,082100
Registered voters/turnout1,698,98469.46
Source: Justicia Electoral

¹ The Social Democratic Coalition was an alliance of the Christian Democratic Party and the Paraguayan Humanist Party.

Senate
Party Votes % Seats
Colorado Party498,58644.020
Authentic Radical Liberal Party409,72836.217
National Encounter Party203,21317.98
Other parties20,4111.80
Invalid/blank votes46,504––
Total1,178,68210045
Source: Nohlen

Chamber of Deputies
Party Votes % Seats +/-
Colorado Party488,34243.438-10
Authentic Radical Liberal Party414,20836.833+12
National Encounter Party199,05317.79New
Workers' Party23,2752.10New
Social Democratic Coalition00
Liberal Party00
MAPN0New
MPSP0New
PNS0New
Invalid/blank votes46,805–––
Total1,172,68310080+8
Source: Nohlen
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References
  1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p425 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. Nohlen, p420
  3. Nohlen, p417
  4. Nohlen, pp426-432
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