Senate of Paraguay

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Chamber of Senators Cámara de Senadores
Type
Type	Upper House of the Congress of Paraguay
History
Founded	1870[1]
Leadership
President of the Senate	, ANR since 1 July 2020
Structure
Seats	45
Political groups	ANR (17)   PLRA (13)   FG (6)   Beloved Fatherland Party (3)   (2)   Progressive Democratic Party (2)   (1)   National Union of Ethical Citizens (1)
Elections
Voting system	Proportional representation
Last election	22 April 2018
Website
Chamber of Senators

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The Chamber of Senators of Paraguay (Cámara de Senadores), the upper house of the National Congress, has 45 members, elected for a five-year term by proportional representation.

The Paraguayan bicameral legislature, which included the Senate, was formed in 1870. The Senate was abolished in 1940 and recreated in 1967.^[1]

Latest elections[]

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	3,403	0.14	0	New
	Union and Equality Political Movement	2,500	0.11	0	New
Invalid/blank votes		229,993	–	–	–
Total		2,588,296	100	45	0
Registered voters/turnout		4,241,507	61.02	–	–
Source: TSJE

List of senators[]

Senators (2013 - 2018):

• National Republican Association – Colorado Party

1. Lilian Samaniego
2. Luis Castiglioni
13. Blanca Ovelar
14. Mario Abdo Benítez

• Authentic Radical Liberal Party

6. Enzo Cardozo Jiménez
9. Julio César Franco

• Guasú Front

1. Fernando Lugo
4. Esperanza Martínez

• Progressive Democratic Party

• Avanza País

• National Union of Ethical Citizens

• National Encounter Party

See also[]

• List of Presidents of the Senate of Paraguay

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in Spanish)