2003 Paraguayan general election

2003 Paraguayan general election

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Turnout	64%
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 [es] 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
Party Leader % 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 [es] 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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General elections were held in Paraguay on 27 April 2003.^[1] 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.^[2]