1998 Paraguayan general election
# 1998 Paraguayan general election

General elections were held in Paraguay on 10 May 1998. 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%.

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.

## Results

### President

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Raúl Cubas Grau | Colorado Party | 887,196 | 55.35 |
| | Domingo Laíno | Democratic Alliance (PLRA–PEN) | 703,379 | 43.88 |
| | Luis Alberto Campos Doria | Revolutionary Febrerista Party | 8,139 | 0.51 |
| | Gustavo Bader Ibáñez | National Christian Union | 4,192 | 0.26 |
| Total | Total | Total | 1,602,906 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 1,602,906 | 97.10 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 47,819 | 2.90 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,650,725 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 2,049,449 | 80.54 |
| Source: Justicia Electoral |||||

### Senate

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Colorado Party | 813,287 | 51.74 | 24 | +4 |
| | Democratic Alliance (PLRA–PEN) | 661,764 | 42.10 | 20 | –5 |
| | National Christian Union | 36,424 | 2.32 | 1 | New |
| | National Renewal Movement | 23,844 | 1.52 | 0 | New |
| | Christian Democratic Party | 19,891 | 1.27 | 0 | New |
| | Revolutionary Febrerista Party | 16,667 | 1.06 | 0 | New |
| Total | Total | 1,571,877 | 100.00 | 45 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 1,571,877 | 95.33 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 77,003 | 4.67 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 1,648,880 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 2,049,449 | 80.45 | | |
| Source: Nohle ||||||

### Chamber of Deputies

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Colorado Party | 857,473 | 53.78 | 45 | +7 |
| | Democratic Alliance (PLRA–PEN) | 681,917 | 42.77 | 35 | –7 |
| | Revolutionary Febrerista Party | 20,121 | 1.26 | 0 | New |
| | National Renewal Movement | 16,863 | 1.06 | 0 | New |
| | Christian Democratic Party | 9,249 | 0.58 | 0 | New |
| | National Christian Union | 8,791 | 0.55 | 0 | New |
| Total | Total | 1,594,414 | 100.00 | 80 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 1,594,414 | 96.67 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 55,005 | 3.33 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 1,649,419 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 2,049,449 | 80.48 | | |
| Source: Nohlen ||||||
