Santiago Peña wins Paraguay’s presidential election – Guantanamo Radio

With more than 99% of the votes counted, the official candidate Santiago Peña, of the Colorado-ANR party, wins the presidential election of Paraguay with 42.73% of the vote, against the opposition duo formed by Efraín Alegre and Sole Núñez (patriot). Concertation), which received 27.49%, the Supreme Court of Electoral Justice (TSJE) announced.

In third place is Paraguayan Senator Cubas (National Crusade) with 22.93% of the vote. Similarly, the TSJE reported that the turnout was 63.22%, while there were 13,109 void votes and 67,944 void votes.

In Paraguay there is no second round of elections, which means that the president and vice president are elected by a simple majority of votes. The victory of Peña and his running mate Pedro Aliana confirms the continuity of historical power for the historic Colorado party, which has ruled without interruption since 1943, including the period of the dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner (1954-1989), with the exception of the presidency of progressive Fernando Lugo (2008-2012), which ended with him Separation command.

Before the official counting of votes ended, the outgoing president, Mario Abdu Benitez, congratulated Peña on his victory, and thanked the people for their “great participation”. “We will work to begin an orderly and transparent transition that strengthens our institutions and the country’s democracy,” he wrote on Twitter.

For his part, former President of the Nation and Colorado Party Leader Horacio Cartes joined in the congratulatory messages. He declared “all our support and confidence in his future administration, which is responsible for such an important responsibility.”