2003 Paraguayan general election

General elections were held in Paraguay on 27 April 2003. The presidential elections were won by Nicanor Duarte of the Colorado Party, who received 38.3% of the vote. In the Congressional elections, the Colorado Party won 37 of the 80 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 16 of the 45 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 64.3% in the presidential election, 64.2% in the Senate election and 64.1% in the Chamber of Deputies election.

2003 Paraguayan general election

27 April 2003
Turnout64%
Presidential election
 
Candidate Nicanor Duarte Julio César Franco
Party Colorado PLRA
Popular vote 574,232 370,348
Percentage 38.30% 24.70%

 
Candidate Pedro Fadul Guillermo Sánchez Guffanti
Party PPQ UNACE
Popular vote 328,916 208,391
Percentage 21.94% 13.90%


President before election

Luis Ángel González Macchi
Colorado

President-elect

Nicanor Duarte
Colorado

Parliamentary election

80 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
45 seats in the Senate
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
Chamber of Deputies (41 seats for a majority)
Colorado Nicanor Duarte 35.27 37 −8
PLRA Julio César Franco 25.67 21 −5
PPQ Pedro Fadul 15.29 10 New
UNACE Guillermo Sánchez Guffanti 14.68 10 New
PPS Diego Abente Brun 3.34 2 New
Senate (23 seats needed for a majority)
Colorado 34.44 16 −8
PLRA 25.39 12 −1
PPQ 15.90 7 New
UNACE 14.30 7 New
PEN 2.11 1 −6
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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