Congress of Paraguay

Coordinates: 25°16′44″S 57°38′08″W / 25.27889°S 57.63556°W / -25.27889; -57.63556

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Congress of the Republic of Paraguay Congreso de la República de Paraguay
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Chamber of Deputies Senate
Leadership
Speaker of Congress	Diego Giménez Velázquez
Speaker of Senate	Enrique Sánchez Ramírez
Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies	Ángel Miguel Cardona Ortiz
Seats	125 members 80 deputies 45 senators
Meeting place
Asunción
Website
www.diputados.gov.py www.senado.gov.py

The legislative building in Asunción

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Paraguay's bicameral Congress (Congreso) consists of a 45-member Senate and an 80-member Chamber of Deputies. It serves as the legislative branch of the Paraguayan state.

Both chambers of Congress are elected concurrently with the president by means of a proportional representation system. Deputies are elected by department and Senators on a nationwide basis.

Latest election[]

Senate[]

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Colorado Party	766,841	32.52	17	–2
	Authentic Radical Liberal Party	570,205	24.18	13	0
	Guasú Front	279,008	11.83	6	+1
	Beloved Fatherland Party	159,625	6.77	3	+3
		105,375	4.47	2	New
	Progressive Democratic Party	86,216	3.66	2	–1
		58,409	2.48	1	New
	National Union of Ethical Citizens	49,889	2.12	1	–1
	Green Party	37,812	1.60	0	0
	We are Paraguay	34,623	1.47	0	New
	National Encounter Party	30,365	1.29	0	–1
	Plurinational Indigenous Political Movement	25,785	1.09	0	New
	Christian Democratic Party	16,619	0.70	0	New
	Secure Paraguay	15,005	0.64	0	New
	Party of the Movement for Socialism	14,773	0.63	0	New
	Patriotic Reserve Movement	14,397	0.61	0	New
	Revolutionary Febrerista Party	14,332	0.61	0	0
	Kuña Pyrenda Movement	9,795	0.42	0	0
	Civic Compromise	9,542	0.40	0	New
	Concertación Nacional Avancemos País	9,478	0.40	0	New
	Party of the A	8,934	0.38	0	New
	All for Paraguay United Movement	7,269	0.31	0	New
	National Artists' Movement	6,775	0.29	0	New
	Us	5,948	0.25	0	New
	Heirs Democratic Socialist Party	5,275	0.22	0	New
	National Political Sovereignty Movement	5,065	0.21	0	New
	Movimiento Civico Nacional Unamonos	5,040	0.21	0	New
	Broad Front Party	3,403	0.14	0	New
	Union and Equality Political Movement	2,500	0.11	0	New
Total		2,358,303	100.00	45	0
Valid votes		2,358,303	91.11
Invalid/blank votes		229,993	8.89
Total votes		2,588,296	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,241,507	61.02
Source: TSJE

Chamber of Deputies[]

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Colorado Party	927,183	39.10	42	–2
	Authentic Radical Liberal Party	420,821	17.74	17	–
	Great Renewed National Alliance	286,513	12.08	13	–
	Beloved Fatherland Party	105,765	4.46	3	+2
		75,601	3.19	2	New
	National Encounter Party	75,514	3.18	2	0
	National Union of Ethical Citizens	65,593	2.77	0	–2
	Guasú Front	42,891	1.81	0	–1
	Green Party	42,053	1.77	0	0
		33,417	1.41	1	New
	Progressive Democratic Party	27,932	1.18	0	0
	Christian Democratic Party	26,783	1.13	0	New
	Civic Compromise	21,651	0.91	0	New
	Broad Front Party	20,594	0.87	0	New
	We are Paraguay	18,060	0.76	0	New
	Concertación Nacional Avancemos País	16,070	0.68	0	New
	Revolutionary Febrerista Party	15,169	0.64	0	New
	National Artists' Movement	11,727	0.49	0	New
	Youth Party	10,871	0.46	0	0
	Us	10,816	0.46	0	New
	Secure Paraguay	9,651	0.41	0	New
	Patriotic Reserve Movement	9,648	0.41	0	New
	Civic Participation Party	9,567	0.40	0	New
	Party of the A	9,043	0.38	0	New
	Heirs Democratic Socialist Party	8,832	0.37	0	New
	Itapua for All Alliance	8,683	0.37	0	New
	Plurinational Indigenous Political Movement	8,094	0.34	0	New
	Movimiento Civico Nacional Unamonos	7,241	0.31	0	New
	Party of the Movement for Socialism	6,207	0.26	0	New
	All for Paraguay United Movement	5,871	0.25	0	New
	Ganar Alliance	5,476	0.23	0	–
	Party of the Patriotic Popular Movement	5,147	0.22	0	New
	National Political Sovereignty Movement	4,457	0.19	0	New
	Let's Continue Building Alliance	4,183	0.18	0	New
	Union and Equality Political Movement	3,775	0.16	0	New
	Itapuense Front Alliance	3,036	0.13	0	New
	Concertación por Vos	2,407	0.10	0	New
	Party of Popular Unity	1,329	0.06	0	New
	Tekojoja People's Movement	1,046	0.04	0	New
	Movimiento Politico Civico Nacional Unamonos	949	0.04	0	New
	All for Ñeembucu	772	0.03	0	New
	Mbarete Independent Political Movement	595	0.03	0	New
	Teete Patriotic Front Party	574	0.02	0	New
Total		2,371,607	100.00	80	0
Valid votes		2,371,607	91.84
Invalid/blank votes		210,753	8.16
Total votes		2,582,360	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,241,507	60.88
Source: TSJE

See also[]

• Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay
• Senate of Paraguay
• Politics of Paraguay
• List of Jesuit sites
• List of legislatures by country

External links[]

• http://www.senado.gov.py/ Senate
• http://www.diputados.gov.py/ Chamber of Deputies

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