Senate of Paraguay

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.

Chamber of Senators

Cámara de Senadores
Type
Type
History
Founded1870[1]
Leadership
President of the Senate
Óscar Rubén Salomón, ANR
since 1 July 2020
Structure
Seats45
Political groups
  •   ANR (17)
  •   PLRA (13)
  •   FG (6)
  •   Beloved Fatherland Party (3)
  •   Hagamos Party (2)
  •   Progressive Democratic Party (2)
  •   National Crusade Movement (1)
  •   National Union of Ethical Citizens (1)
Elections
Proportional representation
Last election
22 April 2018
Website
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Bicameral legislature, which included the Senate, was formed in 1870. The Senate was abolished in 1940 and recreated in 1967.[1]

Latest elections
Main article: Paraguayan general election, 2018

Senate
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Colorado Party766,84132.5217–2
Authentic Radical Liberal Party570,20524.18130
Guasú Front279,00811.836+1
Beloved Fatherland Party159,6256.773+3
Hagamos Party105,3754.472New
Progressive Democratic Party86,2163.662–1
National Crusade Movement58,4092.481New
National Union of Ethical Citizens49,8892.121–1
Green Party37,8121.6000
We are Paraguay34,6231.470New
National Encounter Party30,3651.290–1
Plurinational Indigenous Political Movement25,7851.090New
Christian Democratic Party16,6190.700New
Secure Paraguay15,0050.640New
Party of the Movement for Socialism14,7730.630New
Patriotic Reserve Movement14,3970.610New
Revolutionary Febrerista Party14,3320.6100
Kuña Pyrenda Movement9,7950.4200
Civic Compromise9,5420.400New
Concertación Nacional Avancemos País9,4780.400New
Party of the A8,9340.380New
All for Paraguay United Movement7,2690.310New
National Artists' Movement6,7750.290New
Us5,9480.250New
Heirs Democratic Socialist Party5,2750.220New
National Political Sovereignty Movement5,0650.210New
Movimiento Civico Nacional Unamonos5,0400.210New
Broad Front3,4030.140New
Union and Equality Political Movement2,5000.110New
Invalid/blank votes229,993–––
Total2,588,296100450
Registered voters/turnout4,241,50761.02––
Source: TSJE

List of Senators

Senators (2013 - 2018):

  1. Lilian Samaniego
  2. Luis Castiglioni
  3. Arnoldo Wiens
  4. Mirta Leonor Gusinky
  5. Julio César Velázquez
  6. Óscar Alberto González
  7. Gustavo Javier González
  8. Enrique Fausto Bachetta Chiriani
  9. Julio Antonio Quiñónez
  10. Silvio Adalberto Avelar Benítez
  11. Juan Carlos del Valle
  12. Javier Alejandro Osorio Núnez
  13. Blanca Ovelar
  14. Mario Abdo Benítez
  15. Oscar Rubén Fernández
  16. Víctor Bogado González
  17. Juan Darío Espínoza
  18. Carlos Núñez Agüero
  19. Nelson Dario Aguinagalde
  1. Antonio Ramos
  2. Emilia Patricia Alfaro Franco
  3. Ramón Gómez
  4. Blanca Beatríz Fonseca
  5. Carlos Alberto Amarilla
  6. Enzo Cardozo Jiménez
  7. Ramona Gómez Cáceres
  8. Luís Alberto Lezcano
  9. Julio César Franco
  10. María Blanca González
  11. Miguel Carmona
  12. Fernando Silva
  13. Roberto Ramón Acevedo Quevedo
  1. Fernando Lugo
  2. Carlos Alberto Filizzola Pallarés
  3. Sixto Galeano
  4. Esperanza Martínez
  5. Oscar Hugo Richer Florentín
  1. Arnaldo Euclides Giuzzio
  2. Desiree Graciela Masi
  3. Pedro Arturo Cruz
  1. Adolfo Marcelino Ferreiro
  2. Miguel Ángel López
  1. Jorge Oviedo
  2. José Manuel Bóbeda
  1. Eduardo Romalino Petta

See also
  • List of Presidents of the Senate of Paraguay

References
  1. Breve Historia de la Honorable Cámara de Diputados de la República del Paraguay


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