Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay

Chamber of Deputies Cámara de Diputados
Type
Type	Lower House of the Congress of Paraguay
Structure
Seats	80

Political groups	ANR (46) PLRA (28) AP (2) PEN (2) FG (1) Independent (1)
Elections
Voting system	Proportional representation
Last election	21 April 2013
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The Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados) is the lower house of Paraguay's bicameral legislature, the National Congress. It is made up of 80 members, elected for a five-year term by proportional representation. The other chamber of the National Congress (Congreso Nacional) is the Chamber of Senators (Cámara de Senadores).

Latest election

**Summary of the 21 April 2013 Paraguayan Chamber of Deputies election results**
Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Colorado Party	919,625	40.99	44	+14
Authentic Radical Liberal Party	656,301	29.25	27	0
National Union of Ethical Citizens	147,534	6.58	2	–13
Guasú Front	122,440	5.46	1	+1
National Encounter Party	108,662	4.84	2	+2
Avanza País	84,826	3.78	2	+2
Beloved Fatherland Party	63,662	2.84	1	–2
Democratic Progressive Party	30,579	1.36	0	–1
Youth Party	28,543	1.27	0	New
Chaqueña Passion Alliance	15,656	0.70	1	–
Civic Awakening Movement	9,661	0.43	0	New
Kuña Pyrenda	8,153	0.36	0	New
30 August Movement	7,080	0.32	0	New
Social Democrat Party	7,062	0.31	0	New
Independent Constitutionalist Movement	5,063	0.23	0	New
Paraguayan Humanist Party	4,225	0.19	0	0
People in Action Movement	3,107	0.14	0	New
United Democratic Movement for Victory	2,702	0.12	0	New
White Party	2,677	0.12	0	0
Citizens in Power Action Movement	2,017	0.09	0	New
Participative Independent Democratic Movement	1,905	0.08	0	New
Green Party	1,826	0.08	0	New
Concertacion todos por Concepcion	1,822	0.08	0	New
Free Homeland Party	1,625	0.07	0	New
Alianza Alto Paraguay Alegre	1,597	0.07	0	New
Institutional Independent Movement	1,575	0.07	0	New
Workers' Party	1,338	0.06	0	0
Movimiento Propuesta por la Soberania Nacional	783	0.03	0	New
Moviemiento para el Pueblo Encarnacion	656	0.03	0	New
Liberal Party	579	0.03	0	New
Another Paraguay Movement	251	0.01	0	New
Workers' Regional Movement	189	0.01	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	155,905	–	–	–
Total	2,399,626	100	80	–
Registered voters/turnout	3,516,275	68.24	–	–
Source: Supreme Electoral Justice Tribunal of Paraguay

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