1998 Paraguayan general election

1998 Paraguayan general election

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Presidential election
Turnout	80.54% ( 11.18pp)
Candidate Raúl Cubas Grau Domingo Laíno Party Colorado DA (PLRA–PEN) Popular vote 887,196 703,379 Percentage 55.35% 43.88%
Results by department
President before election Juan Carlos Wasmosy Colorado President-elect Raúl Cubas Grau Colorado
Chamber of Deputies
All 80 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 41 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Colorado Raúl Cubas Grau 53.78 45 +7 AD (PLRA–PEN) Domingo Laíno 42.77 35 −7 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Senate
All 45 seats in the Senate 23 seats needed for a majority
Party Vote % Seats +/– Colorado 51.74 24 +4 AD (PLRA–PEN) 42.10 20 −5 PB 2.3 1 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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General elections were held in Paraguay on 10 May 1998.^[1] Incumbent Juan Carlos Wasmosy could not run again, as the constitution limits the president to a single five-year term with no possibility of re-election.

The presidential elections were won by Raúl Cubas Grau of the Colorado Party, who received 55.3% of the vote. In the Congressional elections, the Colorado Party won 45 of the 80 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 24 of the 45 seats in the Senate, defeating the Democratic Alliance formed by the Authentic Radical Liberal Party and the National Encounter Party. Voter turnout was 80.5%.^[2]

To date, this is the only time since the restoration of democracy in Paraguay that a presidential candidate has been elected with a majority of the vote.