Paraguay

Latin America & Caribbean · Capital: Asuncion

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Upcoming elections

election cycle

These votes are held on different days as part of one election.

General election
2028 Paraguayan general election
Date to be announcedPresident, Vice President, Congress, governors and departmental boards, and Mercosur Parliament
Date expected
Presidential election
2028 Paraguayan presidential election
Date to be announcedPresident and Vice President
Date expected
Parliamentary election
2028 Paraguayan parliamentary election
Date to be announcedSenate and Chamber of Deputies
Date expected

How Paraguay is governed

System of government: Unitary representative democratic republic
tsje.gov.py Official source
ciudadanos radicados en el territorio paraguayo y en el extranjero que hayan cumplido 18 años de edad, podrán elegir
Recorded 8 Oct 2026
senado.gov.py Official source
La Cámara de Senadores o Cámara Alta, se compone de 45 miembros titulares
Recorded 8 Oct 2026
Head of state: President of the Republic
tsje.gov.py Official source
ciudadanos radicados en el territorio paraguayo y en el extranjero que hayan cumplido 18 años de edad, podrán elegir
Recorded 8 Oct 2026
senado.gov.py Official source
La Cámara de Senadores o Cámara Alta, se compone de 45 miembros titulares
Recorded 8 Oct 2026
Head of government: President of the Republic
tsje.gov.py Official source
ciudadanos radicados en el territorio paraguayo y en el extranjero que hayan cumplido 18 años de edad, podrán elegir
Recorded 8 Oct 2026
senado.gov.py Official source
La Cámara de Senadores o Cámara Alta, se compone de 45 miembros titulares
Recorded 8 Oct 2026
Voting age: 18
tsje.gov.py Official source
ciudadanos radicados en el territorio paraguayo y en el extranjero que hayan cumplido 18 años de edad, podrán elegir
Recorded 8 Oct 2026
senado.gov.py Official source
La Cámara de Senadores o Cámara Alta, se compone de 45 miembros titulares
Recorded 8 Oct 2026
Compulsory voting: No
tsje.gov.py Official source
ciudadanos radicados en el territorio paraguayo y en el extranjero que hayan cumplido 18 años de edad, podrán elegir
Recorded 8 Oct 2026
senado.gov.py Official source
La Cámara de Senadores o Cámara Alta, se compone de 45 miembros titulares
Recorded 8 Oct 2026
Electoral authority: Tribunal Superior de Justicia Electoral (TSJE)
tsje.gov.py Official source
ciudadanos radicados en el territorio paraguayo y en el extranjero que hayan cumplido 18 años de edad, podrán elegir
Recorded 8 Oct 2026
senado.gov.py Official source
La Cámara de Senadores o Cámara Alta, se compone de 45 miembros titulares
Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Legislature
tsje.gov.py Official source
ciudadanos radicados en el territorio paraguayo y en el extranjero que hayan cumplido 18 años de edad, podrán elegir
Recorded 8 Oct 2026
senado.gov.py Official source
La Cámara de Senadores o Cámara Alta, se compone de 45 miembros titulares
Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Chamber of Senators 45 seats · 5-year term · direct election in a single national constituency, proportional representation
Chamber of Deputies 80 seats · 5-year term · direct election in departmental constituencies, proportional representation

Paraguay elects a president and vice president directly, together with both chambers of Congress, in the same general election cycle. The TSJE is the supreme electoral authority, responsible for administering elections and the electoral register; the legislature is bicameral and the president serves as both head of state and head of government.

tsje.gov.py Official source

ciudadanos radicados en el territorio paraguayo y en el extranjero que hayan cumplido 18 años de edad, podrán elegir

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

senado.gov.py Official source

La Cámara de Senadores o Cámara Alta, se compone de 45 miembros titulares

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Elected offices

Presidency of Paraguay head of state · 1 seats · 5-year term · direct popular election

Past elections

Newest first. Results are as the sources published them.

Presidential election
2023 Paraguayan general election
30 April 20233 years agoPresident and National Congress
Held Final results
Wikidata Q110997352: 2023 Paraguayan general election Wikidata
2023 Paraguayan general election - point in time 2023-04-30
Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC0-1.0
Presidential election
2018 Paraguayan general election
22 April 20188 years agoPresident and National Congress
Held Final results
Wikidata Q47152485: 2018 Paraguayan general election Wikidata
2018 Paraguayan general election - point in time 2018-04-22
Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC0-1.0

Results

The latest elections with a result table. Provisional figures can change until the count is certified.

2023 Paraguayan general election

30 April 2023 Final resultsTurnout 63.3%

Share of the vote (%): all 3 lines, as in the table

Results of 2023 Paraguayan general election
Party or candidate	Votes	Share	Source
Santiago Peña (Colorado Party) Elected	1,291,209	43.9%	tsje.gov.py Official source Nº 15, de fecha 24 de Mayo de 2023, por la cual declara electos y proclama a los candidatos que resultaron electos en las Elecciones Nacionales y Departamentales del 30 de abril del 2023. Recorded 8 Oct 2026 en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia 30 April 2023 ... Turnout \| 63.29% ... Popular vote 1,291,209 830,302 692,429 Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Efraín Alegre (Concertación for a New Paraguay)	830,302	28.3%	tsje.gov.py Official source Nº 15, de fecha 24 de Mayo de 2023, por la cual declara electos y proclama a los candidatos que resultaron electos en las Elecciones Nacionales y Departamentales del 30 de abril del 2023. Recorded 8 Oct 2026 en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia 30 April 2023 ... Turnout \| 63.29% ... Popular vote 1,291,209 830,302 692,429 Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Paraguayo Cubas (National Crusade Party)	692,429	23.6%	tsje.gov.py Official source Nº 15, de fecha 24 de Mayo de 2023, por la cual declara electos y proclama a los candidatos que resultaron electos en las Elecciones Nacionales y Departamentales del 30 de abril del 2023. Recorded 8 Oct 2026 en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia 30 April 2023 ... Turnout \| 63.29% ... Popular vote 1,291,209 830,302 692,429 Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

2018 Paraguayan general election · 22 April 2018

Final resultsTurnout 61.3%

Results of 2018 Paraguayan general election
Party or candidate	Votes	Share	Source
Mario Abdo Benítez (Colorado Party) Elected	1,206,067	46.4%	tsje.gov.py Official source el total de electores habilitados, que fue de 4.241.507 ciudadanos paraguayos, de los cuales votaron 2.604.547. Recorded 8 Oct 2026 en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia 22 April 2018 ... Turnout \| 61.25% Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Efraín Alegre (GANAR)	1,110,464	42.7%	tsje.gov.py Official source el total de electores habilitados, que fue de 4.241.507 ciudadanos paraguayos, de los cuales votaron 2.604.547. Recorded 8 Oct 2026 en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia 22 April 2018 ... Turnout \| 61.25% Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

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Paraguay in numbers

From the World Bank, each with the year it is from.

Sources

Every fact above links to the page it came from. Last checked 8 October 2026 (UTC).

informacionpublica.paraguay.gov.pyOfficial source
senado.gov.pyOfficial source
tsje.gov.pyOfficial source
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tsje.gov.pyOfficial source
tsje.gov.pyOfficial source
tsje.gov.pyOfficial source
Wikidata Q47152485: 2018 Paraguayan general electionWikidata wikidata.org · Licence: CC0-1.0
Wikidata Q110997352: 2023 Paraguayan general electionWikidata wikidata.org · Licence: CC0-1.0
en.wikipedia.orgWikipedia · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
en.wikipedia.orgWikipedia · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

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🇵🇾 Paraguay

Upcoming elections

election cycle

2028 Paraguayan general election

2028 Paraguayan presidential election

2028 Paraguayan parliamentary election

How Paraguay is governed

Legislaturetsje.gov.py Official sourceciudadanos radicados en el territorio paraguayo y en el extranjero que hayan cumplido 18 años de edad, podrán elegirRecorded 8 Oct 2026senado.gov.py Official sourceLa Cámara de Senadores o Cámara Alta, se compone de 45 miembros titularesRecorded 8 Oct 2026

Elected offices

Past elections

2023 Paraguayan general election

2018 Paraguayan general election

Results

2023 Paraguayan general election

Paraguay in numbers

Sources

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