Congress of Paraguay
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Paraguay's bicameral Congress (Congreso) consists of a 45-member Senate and an 80-member Chamber of Deputies. It serves as the legislative branch of the Paraguayan state.
Both chambers of Congress are elected concurrently with the president by means of a proportional representation system. Deputies are elected by department and Senators on a nationwide basis.
Latest election
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'''Summary of the 27 April 2003 Congress of Paraguay the election results |- !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left rowspan=2 valign=top|Parties !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=3 align=center|Deputies !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2 align=center|Chamber of Senators |- !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|% !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Seats !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|% !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Seats |- |align=left valign=top|National Republican Association/Colorado Party (Asociación Nacional Republicana/Partido Colorado) |valign="top"| |valign="top"|35.3 |valign="top"|37 |valign="top"|32.9 |valign="top"|16 |- |align=left valign=top|Authentic Radical Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Radical Auténtico) |valign="top"| |valign="top"|25.7 |valign="top"|21 |valign="top"|24.3 |valign="top"|12 |- |align=left valign=top|Beloved Fatherland Movement (Movimiento Patria Querida) |valign="top"| |valign="top"|15.3 |valign="top"|10 |valign="top"|15.2 |valign="top"|7 |- |align=left valign=top|National Union of Ethical Citizens (Unión Nacional de Ciudadanos Éticos) |valign="top"| |valign="top"|14.7 |valign="top"|10 |valign="top"|13.7 |valign="top"|7 |- |align=left valign=top|Solidary Country Party (Partido País Solidario) |valign="top"| |valign="top"|3.3 |valign="top"|2 |valign="top"|4.3 |valign="top"|2 |- |align=left valign=top|National Encounter Party (.Partido Encuentro Nacional) |valign="top"| |valign="top"|3.1 |valign="top"|- |valign="top"|2.0 |valign="top"|1 |- |align=left valign=top|Free Fatherland Party (Partido Patria Libre) |valign="top"| |valign="top"|1.1 |valign="top"|- |valign="top"|1.0 |valign="top"|- |- |align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total (turnout 64 %) |width="75" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| |width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| |width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|80 |width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| |width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|45 |- |align=left colspan=6|Source: Paraguay Global |}External links
- http://www.senado.gov.py/ Senate
- http://www.camdip.gov.py/ Chamber of Deputies
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