Senate of Paraguay

Chamber of Senators Cámara de Senadores
Type
Type	Upper House of the Congress of Paraguay
Seats	45
Elections
Voting system	Proportional representation
Last election	21 April 2013
Website
Chamber of Senators

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.

Latest elections

 Summary of the 21 April 2013 Paraguayan senatorial election results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Colorado Party	865,206	38.50	19	+4
Authentic Radical Liberal Party	588,054	26.17	13	–1
Guasú Front	238,313	10.60	5	+4
Democratic Progressive Party	144,691	6.44	3	+2
Avanza País	117,056	5.21	2	+2
National Union of Ethical Citizens	90,640	4.03	2	–7
National Encounter Party	78,460	3.49	1	+1
Beloved Fatherland Party	45,168	2.01	0	–4
Youth Party – Young Force	28,129	1.25	0	New
Social Democrat Party	7,768	0.35	0	New
Independent Constitutionalist Movement	7,509	0.33	0	New
30 August Movement	7,460	0.33	0	New
Kuña Pyrenda	5,416	0.24	0	New
People in Action Movement	3,673	0.16	0	New
United Democratic Movement for Victory	3,662	0.16	0	New
Paraguayan Humanist Party	3,484	0.16	0	0
Free Homeland Party	2,322	0.10	0	New
Participative Independent Democratic Movement	2,007	0.09	0	New
White Party	1,961	0.09	0	0
Institutional Independent Movement	1,917	0.09	0	New
Green Party	1,541	0.07	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	159,889	–	–	–
Total	2,407,166	100	45	0
Registered voters/turnout	3,516,275	68.46%	–	–
Source: Supreme Electoral Justice Tribunal of Paraguay

See also

• List of Presidents of the Senate of Paraguay

External links

• Official website (Spanish)