# 2023 Paraguayan general election

General elections were held in Paraguay on 30 April 2023 to elect the president, vice president, National Congress, and departmental governors. The incumbent president Mario Abdo Benítez and vice president Hugo Velázquez Moreno, both of the Colorado Party, were ineligible for re-election.
The Colorado candidate, former Finance Minister Santiago Peña, defeated both PLRA president Efraín Alegre from the Concertación alliance and former senator Paraguayo Cubas from the populist National Crusade Party. The election marked another victory for the long-dominant Colorado Party, which also won the majority of congressional and governor races. Both Peña and the vice president-elect Pedro Alliana were set to take office on 15 August 2023.

## Electoral system

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

## Candidates

Candidates in the 2023 Paraguayan general election :
| List | Ticket | Ticket | Candidates | Candidates |
| List | Ticket | Ticket | President | Vice President |
| 1 | | Colorado Party | Santiago Peña | Pedro Alliana |
| 3 | | Concertación for a New Paraguay | Efraín Alegre | Soledad Núñez |
| 7 | | National Union of Ethical Citizens | Jorge Humberto Gómez | Noelia Núñez |
| 10 | | New Republic Movement | Euclides Acevedo [es] | Jorge Querey |
| 14 | | Humanist and Solidary Movement | Juan Félix Romero | Catalina Ramírez |
| 15 | | Unámonos National Party | Luis Talavera | Celso Álvarez |
| 21 | | Party of the Youth | José Luis Chilavert | Sofia Scheid |
| 23 | | Green Party Paraguay | Óscar Cañete | Luis Wilfrido Arce |
| 30 | | National Party of the People 30A | Prudencio Burgos | Leona Guaraní |
| 33 | | Citizen Patriotic Coordinator Movement | Alfredo Machuca | Justina Noguera |
| 45 | | Herederos Democratic Socialist Party | Rosa Bogarín | Herminio Lesme |
| 777 | | Únete Paraguay | Aurelio Martínez Cabral | David Sánchez N. |
| 911 | | National Crusade | Paraguayo Cubas | Stilber Valdez |
| Source: TREP |||||

## Campaign

The campaign issues included Paraguay's relationship with Taiwan, allegations of corruption, and the state of the economy. Santiago Peña was supportive of maintaining ties with Taiwan, whereas Efraín Alegre criticized the country's ties to Taiwan and argued for opening up relations with China.
Peña previously ran in the 2017 Colorado presidential primaries but had lost to Mario Abdo Benítez, who went on to win the 2018 presidential election against Alegre. Peña was an economist at Paraguay's central bank before joining the International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C. He was described to Reuters as "clean-cut", "decent", and having "good ideas". Peña is a protégé of former president Horacio Cartes, who has been sanctioned by the United States due to being "significantly corrupt". Peña pledged to pursue "business friendly" policies, including a focus on job creation, low taxation, and attracting foreign investment into the country. Peña stated he would preserve relations with Taiwan and would move the country's embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a move previously made by Cartes in 2018, but reversed by Abdo Benítez later that year.
Alegre previously ran for president in the 2013 and 2018 general elections. He campaigned by criticizing the Colorado Party and accusing them of corruption. Alegre pledged to reassess the country's relationship with Taiwan, with a preference towards establishing diplomatic ties with China, with the goal of Paraguay gaining access to China's market for cattle and soy. Alegre pledged to cut public sector red tape and proposed a "new energy policy" with a focus on the Itaipu Dam and Yacyretá Dams (shared with Brazil and Argentina respectively), stating that Paraguay should utilize the energy generated for national development, rather than sell the power.
Populist, anti-establishment candidate Paraguayo "Payo" Cubas is a former senator, who described himself as a "romantic, republican and nationalist anarchist". Cubas was expelled from the Senate on 28 November 2019 following an incident in Alto Paraná Department that included the assault of police officers, damage to public property and calling for the killing of "100,000 brasiguayos", Paraguayans of Brazilian descent, leading to his impeachment from the senate. He campaigned to introduce the death penalty in specific cases, such as femicide, child rape, drug trafficking, parricide, murder in cases of robbery, and stealing from the Treasury, which would require a modification to Paraguay's constitution. Cubas proposed involving the Armed Forces of Paraguay in the government, and expanding the powers of the president over those of the parliament, describing the latter as a "den of thugs". Cubas has been likened by Leandro Lima of Control Risks to other right-wing populist figures from the Americas, including Donald Trump, Jair Bolsonaro, and Javier Milei.

## Opinion polls

Opinion polling in the 2023 Paraguayan general election :
| Polling Firm | Publishment Date | Santiago Peña ANR–PC | Efraín Alegre PLRA | Euclides Acevedo MNR | José Luis Chilavert PJ | Paraguayo Cubas PCN | Others | Don't know | None |
| AtlasIntel | 25 April 2023 | 32.8% | 34.3% | 3.0% | 1.2% | 23.0% | 1.4% | 1.9% | 2.4% |
| Datos | 10 April 2023 | 35.5% | 40.6% | 1.9% | | 12.6% | 0.9% | | 8.5% |
| AtlasIntel | 5 April 2023 | 36.4% | 38.1% | 2.8% | 2.1% | 14.5% | 1.1% | 3.5% | 1.5% |
| AtlasIntel | 15 March 2023 | 36.1% | 38.2% | 2.7% | 2.9% | 14.3% | 0.9% | 4.2% | 0.8% |
| FaSaC Consultores | 10 March 2023 | 42.8% | 32.1% | 6.1% | 2.1% | 13.7% | | 1.7% | 1.5% |
| GEO | 27 February 2023 | 35.3% | 39.7% | 5.8% | 0.7% | 10.3% | | 8.2% | |
| Datos | 24 February 2023 | 30.5% | 33.6% | 3.3% | | 10.4% | 0.9% | 20.1% | 1.2% |
| FaSaC Consultores | 20 February 2023 | 41.3% | 28.3% | 9.5% | 3.5% | 13.9% | | 2% | 1.5% |
| GEO | 20 February 2023 | 35.2% | 38.9% | 6.0% | 0.8% | 10.4% | | 9% | 8.7% |
| Ati Snead | 6 February 2023 | 46.2% | 24.9% | 6.5% | 1.2% | 4.2% | | 9% | 8% |
| OIMA | 2 February 2023 | 42% | 19% | 7% | 4% | 12% | | 10% | 6% |

### Pre-election polling

Pre-election polling in the 2023 Paraguayan general election :
| Polling Firm | Fieldwork date | Peña ANR–PC | Velázquez ANR–PC | Alegre PLRA | Acevedo TBA | González PEN | Villarejo PPQ | Cubas PCN | Martínez FG-Ñ | Núñez Ind | Burt PLRA | Chilavert Ind | Fleitas PLRA | Don't know/ No response | None of the above |
| FaSaC Consultores | 20 September 2022 | 32.2% | — | 22.1% | 4.5% | — | — | 11.8% | — | — | — | 3.9% | — | 16.1% | 9.4% |
| Ati Snead | 8–15 June 2022 | 23.2% | 14.0% | 14.3% | 9.9% | 9.7% | 4.3% | 2.9% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 1.9% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 9.0% | 4.8% |
| GEO | 27 May – 10 June 2022 | 35.3% | — | 37.5% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13.4% | 13.8% |
| GEO | 27 May – 10 June 2022 | — | 28.2% | 37.1% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18.5% | 16.3% |

## Results
### President

The presidential election was won by Santiago Peña of the Colorado Party.
| Candidate | Candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Santiago Peña | Pedro Alliana | Colorado Party | 1,291,209 | 43.93 |
| | Efraín Alegre | Soledad Núñez | National Coalition for a New Paraguay | 830,302 | 28.25 |
| | Paraguayo Cubas | Stilber Valdez | National Crusade Party | 692,429 | 23.56 |
| | Euclides Acevedo [es] | Jorge Querey | New Republic Movement | 41,164 | 1.40 |
| | José Luis Chilavert | Sofia Scheid | Party of the Youth | 24,259 | 0.83 |
| | Luis Talavera Alegre | Celso Álvarez | Unámonos National Party | 17,328 | 0.59 |
| | Jorge Humberto Gómez | Noelia Núñez | National Union of Ethical Citizens | 12,066 | 0.41 |
| | Juan Félix Romero | Catalina Ramírez | Humanist and Solidarity Movement | 5,869 | 0.20 |
| | Rosa María Bogarín | Herminio Lesme | Herederos Democratic Socialist Party | 5,266 | 0.18 |
| | Prudencio Burgos | Leona Guaraní | National Party of the People 30A | 5,258 | 0.18 |
| | Alfredo Luis Machuca | Justina Noguera | Citizen Patriotic Coordinator Movement | 5,204 | 0.18 |
| | Óscar Mauricio Cañete | Luis Wilfrido Arce | Green Party Paraguay | 4,847 | 0.16 |
| | Aurelio Martínez | David Sánchez | Únete Paraguay | 3,866 | 0.13 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 2,939,067 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 2,939,067 | 97.29 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 13,694 | 0.45 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 68,288 | 2.26 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 3,021,049 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 4,773,427 | 63.29 |
| Source: TSJE ||||||

### Senate

The following table shows the distribution of seats in the Senate. The status of at least one seat remains in doubt, however, as Rafael "Mbururú" Esquivel, elected for the National Crusade Party, was arrested and charged with child sexual abuse just before the elections.
| | Colorado Party | 1,319,617 | 45.73 | 23 | +6 |
| | Alliance of Senators for the Fatherland | 702,776 | 24.35 | 12 | New |
| | National Crusade Party | 331,945 | 11.50 | 5 | +4 |
| | National Encounter Party | 148,505 | 5.15 | 2 | +2 |
| | Beloved Fatherland Party | 72,357 | 2.51 | 1 | –2 |
| | Guasú Front | 60,774 | 2.11 | 1 | –5 |
| | I Believe | 56,386 | 1.95 | 1 | New |
| | New Republic Movement | 44,704 | 1.55 | 0 | New |
| | National Union of Ethical Citizens | 30,545 | 1.06 | 0 | –1 |
| | National Patriotic Alliance Union | 24,471 | 0.85 | 0 | New |
| | Unámonos National Party | 16,634 | 0.58 | 0 | New |
| | Party of the Youth | 15,636 | 0.54 | 0 | New |
| | Liberty and Republic Party | 14,481 | 0.50 | 0 | New |
| | Humanist and Solidarity Movement | 12,627 | 0.44 | 0 | New |
| | National Party of the People 30A | 12,281 | 0.43 | 0 | New |
| | Dreamt Fatherland Party | 7,644 | 0.26 | 0 | New |
| | Citizen Patriotic Coordinator Movement | 7,612 | 0.26 | 0 | New |
| | Herederos Democratic Socialist Party | 6,661 | 0.23 | 0 | New |
| Total | Total | 2,885,656 | 100.00 | 45 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 2,885,656 | 95.55 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 13,706 | 0.45 | | |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | 120,825 | 4.00 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 3,020,187 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 4,772,196 | 63.29 | | |
| Source: TSJE - Resultados Definitivos ||||||

#### Elected senators

| Name | Party | Alliance | Votes |
| Antonio Rubén Velázquez Chamorro | National Democratic Consciousness | I Believe | 18,485 |
| Arnaldo Samaniego González | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | 35,022 |
| Basilio Gustavo Núñez Giménez | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | 31,631 |
| Blanca Margarita Ovelar de Duarte | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | 17,864 |
| Carlos Alcibíades Giménez Díaz | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | 33,729 |
| Carlos Núñez Agüero | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | 54,498 |
| Celeste Josefina Amarilla de Boccia | Authentic Radical Liberal Party | Senators for the Homeland Alliance | 42,207 |
| Derlis Ariel Alejandro Osorio Nunes | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | 57,361 |
| Derlis Hernán Maidana Zarza | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | 76,066 |
| Dionisio Oswaldo Amarilla Guirland | Authentic Radical Liberal Party | Senators for the Homeland Alliance | 24,880 |
| Édgar Idalino López Ruiz | Authentic Radical Liberal Party | Senators for the Homeland Alliance | 63,077 |
| Eduardo Hirohito Nakayama Rojas | Authentic Radical Liberal Party | Senators for the Homeland Alliance | 28,499 |
| Enrique Riera Ecudero | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | 23,598 |
| Enrique Salyn Concepción Buzarquis Cáceres | Authentic Radical Liberal Party | Senators for the Homeland Alliance | 125,096 |
| Erico Galeano Segovia | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | 27,977 |
| Ernesto Javier Zacarías Irún | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | 22,567 |
| Esperanza Martínez de Portillo | Party of Citizen Participation | Guasú Ñemongeta Front | 11,735 |
| Éver Federico Villalba Benítez | Authentic Radical Liberal Party | Senators for the Homeland Alliance | 37,734 |
| Gustavo Alfredo Leite Gusinky | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | 15,978 |
| Hermelinda Alvarenga de Ortega | Authentic Radical Liberal Party | Senators for the Homeland Alliance | 26,296 |
| Hernán David Rivas Román | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | 25,178 |
| José Daniel Oviedo Antúnez | National Crusade Party | National Crusade Party | 18,100 |
| José Gregorio Ledesma Narváez | Authentic Radical Liberal Party | Senators for the Homeland Alliance | 25,241 |
| Juan Carlos Baruja Fernández | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | 71,867 |
| Juan Eudes Afara Maciel | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | 21,302 |
| Kattya Mabel González Villanueva | National Encounter Party | Alliance National Encounter | 100,155 |
| Líder Santiago Amarilla Ríos | Authentic Radical Liberal Party | Senators for the Homeland Alliance | 24,383 |
| Lilian Graciela Samaniego González | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | 54,750 |
| Lourdes Noelia Cabrera Petters | Authentic Radical Liberal Party | Senators for the Homeland Alliance | 22,312 |
| Luis Alberto Pettengill Vacca | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | 61,168 |
| Mario Alberto Varela Cardozo | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | 47,925 |
| Natalicio Esteban Chase Acosta | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | 30,165 |
| Norma Beatriz Aquino Luraghi | National Crusade Party | National Crusade Party | 12,637 |
| Orlando Penner Durksen | Beloved Fatherland Party | Beloved Fatherland Party | 14,185 |
| Óscar Rubén Salomón Fernández | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | 56,504 |
| Patrick Paul Kemper Thiede | Hagamos Political Party | Alliance National Encounter | 7,315 |
| Pedro Alejandro Díaz Verón | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | 23,059 |
| Rafael Augusto Filizzola Serra | Progressive Democratic Party | Senators for the Homeland Alliance | 28,251 |
| Rafael Esquivel | National Crusade Party | National Crusade Party | 51,443 |
| Ramona Yolanda Paredes | National Crusade Party | National Crusade Party | 141,102 |
| Regina Lizarella Valiente Cabrera | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | 56,047 |
| Sergio Roberto Rojas Sosa | Authentic Radical Liberal Party | Senators for the Homeland Alliance | 71,072 |
| Silvio Adalberto Ovelar Benítez | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | 282,237 |
| Zenaida Concepción Delgado Benítez | National Crusade Party | National Crusade Party | 12,859 |
| Source: TSJE ||||

### Chamber of Deputies

The following table shows the distribution of seats in the Chamber of Deputies.
| | Colorado Party | 1,345,730 | 47.43 | 48 | +6 |
| | National Crusade Party | 233,812 | 8.24 | 4 | +3 |
| | Alliance for Fatherland | 221,383 | 7.80 | 6 | New |
| | Beloved Fatherland Party | 92,874 | 3.27 | 1 | –2 |
| | National Encounter Alliance | 81,843 | 2.88 | 2 | 0 |
| | National Coalition for a New Paraguay Caaguazú | 70,877 | 2.50 | 2 | New |
| | I Believe | 66,126 | 2.33 | 2 | New |
| | Itapúa Departmental Coalition 2023 | 60,273 | 2.12 | 2 | New |
| | National Coalition for a New Paraguay Cordillera | 59,752 | 2.11 | 2 | New |
| | National Coalition for a New Paraguay Alto Paraná | 51,002 | 1.80 | 1 | New |
| | Departmental Coalition for a New San Pedro | 47,265 | 1.67 | 2 | New |
| | Alliance for Asunción Deputies | 46,382 | 1.63 | 1 | New |
| | Alliance for a New Paraguarí | 36,667 | 1.29 | 1 | New |
| | National Coalition for a New Paraguay Concepción | 36,247 | 1.28 | 1 | New |
| | Guasú Ñemongeta Front | 33,254 | 1.17 | 0 | 0 |
| | National Union of Ethical Citizens | 31,969 | 1.13 | 0 | 0 |
| | Alliance for a New Guairá | 29,511 | 1.04 | 1 | New |
| | Authentic Radical Liberal Party | 28,162 | 0.99 | 1 | – |
| | New Republic Movement | 27,496 | 0.97 | 0 | New |
| | Misiones Departmental Coalition 2023 | 24,688 | 0.87 | 1 | New |
| | Party of the Youth | 22,747 | 0.80 | 0 | New |
| | Canindeyú Alliance | 22,081 | 0.78 | 1 | New |
| | Alliance for a New Caazapá | 16,881 | 0.59 | 0 | New |
| | All Together Alliance for Ñeembucú | 16,788 | 0.59 | 1 | New |
| | Alliance for a New Itapúa | 15,240 | 0.54 | 0 | New |
| | Unámonos National Party | 15,029 | 0.53 | 0 | New |
| | National Party of the People 30A | 14,188 | 0.50 | 0 | New |
| | Citizen Patriotic Coordinator Movement | 12,370 | 0.44 | 0 | New |
| | Liberty and Republic Party | 10,200 | 0.36 | 0 | New |
| | Boquerón Alliance Unites Us | 8,048 | 0.28 | 0 | New |
| | Alliance for a New President Hayes | 7,906 | 0.28 | 0 | New |
| | Dreamt Fatherland Party | 7,206 | 0.25 | 0 | New |
| | Let's go to Boquerón | 6,974 | 0.25 | 0 | New |
| | Herederos Democratic Socialist Party | 6,289 | 0.22 | 0 | New |
| | Humanist and Solidarity Movement | 4,508 | 0.16 | 0 | New |
| | President Hayes Alliance for the Fatherland | 4,174 | 0.15 | 0 | New |
| | National Coalition for a New Paraguay Alto Paraguay | 3,317 | 0.12 | 0 | New |
| | Únete Paraguay | 2,835 | 0.10 | 0 | New |
| | Capital Patriotic Union Alliance | 2,732 | 0.10 | 0 | New |
| | Northern Popular Unity | 2,571 | 0.09 | 0 | New |
| | Alliance Patriotic Union of San Pedro | 2,066 | 0.07 | 0 | New |
| | New Air Political Movement for Alto Paraná | 1,407 | 0.05 | 0 | New |
| | National Encounter Party | 1,391 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 |
| | Cordillera Patriotic Union Alliance | 1,388 | 0.05 | 0 | New |
| | Caazapá Patriotic Union Alliance | 913 | 0.03 | 0 | New |
| | Tekojoja People's Party | 850 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 |
| | Alliance Patriotic Union of Paraguarí | 841 | 0.03 | 0 | New |
| | Green Party Paraguay | 684 | 0.02 | 0 | New |
| | Alliance Patriotic Union of Concepción | 613 | 0.02 | 0 | New |
| Total | Total | 2,837,550 | 100.00 | 80 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 2,837,550 | 94.22 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 13,650 | 0.45 | | |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | 160,551 | 5.33 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 3,011,751 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 4,730,694 | 63.66 | | |
| Source: TSJE - Resultados Definitivos ||||||

#### Elected deputies

| Name | Party | Alliance | Department | Votes |
| Adrián Darío Vaesken Vázquez | Authentic Radical Liberal Party | Alliance for the Homeland | Central | 11,856 |
| Alejandro Darío Aguilera Elizaur | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Guairá | 16,507 |
| Alejo Ríos Medina | Authentic Radical Liberal Party | Coalition for a New Paraguay | Caaguazú | 22,716 |
| Ariel Villagra Sosa | Authentic Radical Liberal Party | Departmental Coalition for a New San Pedro | San Pedro | 17,543 |
| Arnaldo Agustín Valdez Noguera | Authentic Radical Liberal Party | Misiones Departamental Coalition 2023 | Misiones | 14,066 |
| Arturo René Urbieta Cuevas | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Concepción | 17,084 |
| Avelino Dávalos Estigarribia | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Caazapá | 28,923 |
| Benjamín Cantero Ramírez | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Canindeyú | 13,579 |
| Bettina Rosmary Aguilera Paniagua | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Alto Paraná | 27,250 |
| Carlos Alberto Núñez Salinas | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Central | 27,242 |
| Carlos Alberto Pereira Rieve | Authentic Radical Liberal Party | Itapúa Departmental Coalition 2023 | Itapúa | 25,134 |
| Carlos Marcial Godoy García | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Caaguazú | 13,815 |
| Carlos María Arrechea Ortiz | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Misiones | 31,587 |
| Carlos María López López | Authentic Radical Liberal Party | Coalition for a New Paraguay | Cordillera | 16,991 |
| Carmen de Jesús Giménez de Ovando | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | San Pedro | 20,773 |
| César Ladislao Cerini Benítez | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Itapúa | 13,865 |
| Christian Gabriel Brunaga Rotela | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Itapúa | 22,342 |
| Cleto Marcelino Giménez Giménez | Authentic Radical Liberal Party | Canideyú Alliance | Canindeyú | 10,534 |
| Dalía Marlene Estigarribia | Authentic Radical Liberal Party | Alliance for the Homeland | Central | 26,506 |
| Daniel Fernando Centurión González | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Distrito Capital | 26,778 |
| Del Pilar Vázquez Cabrera | Authentic Radical Liberal Party | Itapúa Departmental Coalition 2023 | Itapúa | 19,194 |
| Derlis Manuel Rodríguez Báez | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Caaguazú | 23,982 |
| Diego Crispín Candia Melgarejo | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Central | 15,083 |
| Diosnel Aguilera Rojas | Authentic Radical Liberal Party | All Together Alliance for Ñeembucú | Ñeembucú | 12,486 |
| Édgar Gustavo Olmedo Silva | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Caaguazú | 22,850 |
| Édgar Milciades Chávez Brizuela | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Guairá | 25,071 |
| Emilio Pavón Doldán | Authentic Radical Liberal Party | Coalition for a New Paraguay | Concepción | 14,334 |
| Enrique Antonio Concepción Buzarquis Cáceres | Authentic Radical Liberal Party | Coalition for a New Paraguay | Caaguazú | 19,892 |
| Esteban Martín Samaniego Álvarez | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Paraguarí | 24,199 |
| Eulalio Gomes | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Amambay | 20,290 |
| Francisco Osvaldo Manuel Petersen Veiluva | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Boquerón | 10,443 |
| Germán Solinger Santander | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Itapúa | 22,200 |
| Gloria María Johana Vega Insfrán | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Central | 24,035 |
| Graciela Aguilera Ruiz Díaz | Authentic Radical Liberal Party | Coalition for a New Paraguay | Cordillera | 19,587 |
| Guillermo Ariel Rodríguez Duré | National Democratic Consciousness | I Believe | Alto Paraná | 23,414 |
| Héctor Rubén Figueredo Notario | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Paraguarí | 23,421 |
| Hilda María del Rocío Vallejo Ávalos | Beloved Fatherland Party | Beloved Fatherland Party | Distrito Capital | 20,317 |
| Hugo Joel Meza | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Cordillera | 26,895 |
| Jatar Eduardo Fernández Safuán | National Crusade Party | National Crusade Party | Central | 21,557 |
| Jazmín Narváez Osorio | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Central | 37,541 |
| Johanna Paola Ortega Ghiringhelli | Party for a Country of Solidarity | Alliance for Asunción Deputies | Distrito Capital | 13,864 |
| Jorge Ramón Ávalos Mariño | Authentic Radical Liberal Party | Alliance for a New Paraguarí | Paraguarí | 18,115 |
| Jorge Sebastián Barressi Mancia | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | San Pedro | 19,736 |
| José Domingo Adorno Mazacotte | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Alto Paraguay | 5,632 |
| José Ramón Rodríguez Maciel | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Distrito Capital | 17,109 |
| Juan Manuel Añazco Vera | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Central | 53,534 |
| Juan Ramón Maciel Merlo | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Caazapá | 17,569 |
| Leidy Paola Galeano Chávez | National Crusade Party | National Crusade Party | Central | 13,939 |
| Leonardo Saíz Arce | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | San Pedro | 26,645 |
| Liz Cristina Acosta Brítez | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Alto Paraná | 24,559 |
| Luis Federico Benítez Cuevas | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Ñeembucú | 24,196 |
| Luis Federico Franco Alfaro | Authentic Radical Liberal Party | Alliance for the Homeland | Central | 22,748 |
| Luis María González Vaesken | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Alto Paraná | 26,371 |
| Marcelo Rafael Salinas González | Authentic Radical Liberal Party | Alliance for the Homeland | Central | 34,041 |
| María Constancia Benítez de Benítez | Authentic Radical Liberal Party | Alliance for a New Guairá | Guairá | 20,032 |
| María Cristina Villalba de Abente | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Canindeyú | 23,137 |
| María Ida Cattebeke de Ortiz | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Presidente Hayes | 10,628 |
| María Rocío Abed de Zacarías | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Alto Paraná | 21,017 |
| Mauricio Fabián Espínola Núñez | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Distrito Capital | 22,607 |
| Miguel Ángel del Puerto Silva | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Caaguazú | 26,053 |
| Miguel Martínez Núñez | National Crusade Party | National Crusade Party | Alto Paraná | 15,599 |
| Néstor David Castellano Escobar | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Central | 17,684 |
| Orlando Gabriel Arévalo Zielanko | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Central | 21,293 |
| Pastor Alberto Vera Bejarano | Authentic Radical Liberal Party | Departmental Coalition for a New San Pedro | San Pedro | 15,915 |
| Patricia Alexandra Zena Oviedo | National Crusade Party | National Crusade Party | Central | 13,826 |
| Pedro José Gómez Silva | Authentic Radical Liberal Party | Alliance for the Homeland | Central | 17,373 |
| Pedro Ortiz Torres | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Central | 12,574 |
| Ramón Juan Manuel Ayala Acevedo | Authentic Radical Liberal Party | Authentic Radical Liberal Party | Amambay | 19,822 |
| Raúl Antonio Benítez Talavera | National Encounter Party | Alliance National Encounter | Central | 11,788 |
| Raúl Luis Latorre Martínez | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Distrito Capital | 50,093 |
| Roberto Eudez González Segovia | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Cordillera | 19,583 |
| Rodrigo Daniel Blanco Amarilla | Authentic Radical Liberal Party | Alliance for the Homeland | Central | 24,800 |
| Rodrigo Daniel Gamarra Krayacich | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Central | 16,004 |
| Roya Nigsa Torres Báez | Authentic Radical Liberal Party | Coalition for a New Paraguay | Alto Paraná | 15,810 |
| Rubén Antonio Roussillon Blaires | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Presidente Hayes | 18,566 |
| Rubén Isaac Rubín Orrego | Hagamos Political Party | Alliance National Encounter | Central | 22,264 |
| Virina Mauricia Villanueva de Peña | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Concepción | 25,644 |
| Walter Enrique Harms Céspedes | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Itapúa | 25,903 |
| Walter Hugo García Méndez | National Democratic Consciousness | I Believe | Alto Paraná | 12,663 |
| Yamil Esgaib Mansia | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Distrito Capital | 10,954 |
| Source: TSJE |||||

### Departmental governors

| Department | Elected governor | Party | Votes | % | Margin | Result |
| Alto Paraguay | Arturo Méndez | Colorado | 7,103 | 73.14 | 54.79 | Hold |
| Alto Paraná | César Torres | Colorado | 131,233 | 40.17 | 9.91 | Hold |
| Amambay | Juancho Acosta | Colorado | 34,268 | 47.02 | 4.41 | Gain |
| Boquerón | Harold Bergen | Colorado | 10,603 | 38.96 | 10.73 | Hold |
| Caaguazú | Marcelo Soto | Colorado | 113,106 | 51.77 | 18.54 | Gain |
| Caazapá | Christian Acosta | Colorado | 45,690 | 62.44 | 35.74 | Hold |
| Canindeyú | Nelson Martínez | Colorado | 46,094 | 57.65 | 32.15 | Hold |
| Central | Ricardo Estigarribia | National Coalition | 342,716 | 39.90 | 2.44 | Gain |
| Concepción | Liz Meza | Colorado | 44,298 | 45.47 | 0.03 | Gain |
| Cordillera | Denis Lichi | Colorado | 71.712 | 46.08 | 3.62 | Gain |
| Guairá | Cesarito Sosa | Colorado | 64,521 | 62.82 | 37.58 | Hold |
| Itapúa | Javier Pereira | National Coalition | 101,273 | 44.86 | 5.37 | Gain |
| Misiones | Richard Ramírez | Colorado | 40,316 | 58.61 | 24.35 | Hold |
| Ñeembucú | Víctor Hugo Forneron | Colorado | 27,030 | 56.07 | 21.71 | Hold |
| Paraguarí | Norma Zárate de Monges | Colorado | 71,868 | 59.39 | 32.96 | Hold |
| Presidente Hayes | Bernardo Zárate | Colorado | 29,528 | 57.75 | 30.30 | Hold |
| San Pedro | Freddy D. Ecclesiis | Colorado | 83,852 | 51.54 | 18.36 | Hold |
| TREP ||||||||

## Aftermath

Peña was congratulated by outgoing president Mario Abdo Benítez, and presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Alberto Fernández of Brazil and Argentina, respectively. Peña also received congratulations from the Taiwanese ambassador in Asunción on behalf of Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen. Both Peña and his running mate Pedro Alliana were sworn in on 15 August 2023. At the age of 44, he will become the country's youngest president since the restoration of democracy in 1989, surpassing Abdo Benítez's record, who was 46 years old when he became president in 2018.
Cubas made allegations of electoral fraud, leading to protests by his supporters. He dubbed members of the Colorado Party "thieves" and called on citizens to resist the "usurpers". Election observers from the Organization of American States stated there was "no reason to doubt" the results of the election. Protesters set up roadblocks and clashed with police, resulting in 70 arrests following protests outside of the electoral court in Asunción. Alegre, who had conceded the election, called for a manual recount of votes and an international audit following the nationwide protests. On 5 May, Cubas was arrested in San Lorenzo, accused of breaching the peace.