Colorado Party (Paraguay)

The National Republican Association/Colorado Party (Asociación Nacional Republicana/Partido Colorado) is a conservative political party in Paraguay, founded in 1887 by Bernardino Caballero.

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Political party - Paraguay - 1887 - Bernardino Caballero

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At the last legislative elections, 27 April 2003, the party won 35.3 % of the popular vote and 37 out of 80 seats in the Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay and 32.9 %, leading to 16 out of 45 seats in the Senate. Its candidate at the presidential elections of the same day, Nicanor Duarte Frutos, won 37.1 % of the popular vote and was elected President of Paraguay.

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Legislative - Elections - Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay - Nicanor Duarte Frutos - President of Paraguay

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