General elections were held in Paraguay on 22 April 2018.^[1] President Horacio Cartes and Vice-President Juan Afara of the Colorado Party were not eligible for re-election. The presidential elections were won by the Colorado Party's Mario Abdo Benítez, who defeated Efraín Alegre of the GANAR alliance.^[2] The Colorado Party also won the most seats in the Senate and Chamber of Deputies. The new President and Vice-President took office on 15 August 2018 and will leave office in August 2023.

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2018 Paraguayan general election

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Presidential election
Turnout	61.25%
Candidate Mario Abdo Benítez Efraín Alegre Party Colorado GANAR Running mate Hugo Velázquez Leo Rubin Popular vote 1,206,067 1,110,464 Percentage 48.96% 45.08%
President before election Horacio Cartes Colorado Elected President Mario Abdo Benítez Colorado
Chamber of Deputies
All 80 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 41 seats needed for a majority
Party % Seats +/– Colorado 39.10 42 −2 PLRA 17.74 17 −10 GANAR 12.08 13 New PPQ 4.46 3 +2 Hagamos 3.19 2 New PEN 3.18 2 0 MCN 1.41 1 New 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 % Seats +/– Colorado 32.52 17 −2 PLRA 24.18 13 0 Guasú Front 11.83 6 +1 PPQ 6.77 3 +3 Hagamos 4.47 2 New PDP 3.66 2 −1 MCN 2.48 1 New UNACE 2.12 1 −1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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The President of Paraguay is elected in one round of voting by plurality.^[3] The 80 members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected by closed list proportional representation in 18 multi-member constituencies based on the departments.^[4] The 45 members of the Senate are elected from a single national constituency using closed list proportional representation.^[5]