2000_Paraguayan_vice_presidential_election Knowpia

2000 Paraguayan vice presidential election
Turnout	60.72%
Vice President before election; Vacant (due to assassination of Luis María Argaña);	Vice President-elect ; Julio César Franco; PLRA

Vice presidential elections were held in Paraguay on 13 August 2000,^[1] following the assassination of Luis María Argaña.^[2] The result was a victory for Julio César Franco of the Authentic Radical Liberal Party, who received 49.6% of the vote. Voter turnout was 60.7%.^[3]

Results edit


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Julio César Franco	Authentic Radical Liberal Party	597,431	49.64
	Félix Argaña	Colorado Party	587,498	48.82
	Ricardo Buman	Paraguayan Humanist Party	18,496	1.54
Total			1,203,425	100.00

Valid votes			1,203,425	96.25
Invalid/blank votes			46,841	3.75
Total votes			1,250,266	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			2,059,164	60.72
Source: Nohlen

^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p425 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
^ Nohlen, pp417-418
^ Nohlen, p437