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.
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Turnout | 80.54% (![]() | ||||||||||||||||
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All 80 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 41 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. | |||||||||||||||||
All 45 seats in the Senate 23 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. |
The presidential elections were won by Raúl Cubas Grau of the Colorado Party, who received 55.3% 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
editPresident
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Raúl Cubas Grau | Colorado Party | 887,196 | 55.35 | |
Domingo Laíno | Democratic Alliance (PLRA–PEN) | 703,379 | 43.88 | |
Luis Alberto Campos Doria | Revolutionary Febrerista Party | 8,139 | 0.51 | |
Gustavo Bader Ibáñez | National Christian Union | 4,192 | 0.26 | |
Total | 1,602,906 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 1,602,906 | 97.10 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 47,819 | 2.90 | ||
Total votes | 1,650,725 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 2,049,449 | 80.54 | ||
Source: Justicia Electoral |
Senate
editParty | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Colorado Party | 813,287 | 51.74 | 24 | +4 | |
Democratic Alliance (PLRA–PEN) | 661,764 | 42.10 | 20 | –5 | |
National Christian Union | 36,424 | 2.32 | 1 | New | |
National Renewal Movement | 23,844 | 1.52 | 0 | New | |
Christian Democratic Party | 19,891 | 1.27 | 0 | New | |
Revolutionary Febrerista Party | 16,667 | 1.06 | 0 | New | |
Total | 1,571,877 | 100.00 | 45 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 1,571,877 | 95.33 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 77,003 | 4.67 | |||
Total votes | 1,648,880 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 2,049,449 | 80.45 | |||
Source: Nohle |
Chamber of Deputies
editParty | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Colorado Party | 857,473 | 53.78 | 45 | +7 | |
Democratic Alliance (PLRA–PEN) | 681,917 | 42.77 | 35 | –7 | |
Revolutionary Febrerista Party | 20,121 | 1.26 | 0 | New | |
National Renewal Movement | 16,863 | 1.06 | 0 | New | |
Christian Democratic Party | 9,249 | 0.58 | 0 | New | |
National Christian Union | 8,791 | 0.55 | 0 | New | |
Total | 1,594,414 | 100.00 | 80 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 1,594,414 | 96.67 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 55,005 | 3.33 | |||
Total votes | 1,649,419 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 2,049,449 | 80.48 | |||
Source: Nohlen |
References
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p425 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- ^ Nohlen, p426