NRA victory. Photo: Diego Fleitas, Media Nation.
The victory of the ANR in the presidential and legislative elections was replicated in the fight for the governorships. The Republican nucleation won 15 of the 17 districts in contention.
in amambaand, the colorados recovered the departmental administration after 25 years, at the hands of Juan Acosta, who prevailed over the candidate of the Concertación, the liberal Zulma Icassatti de Acevedo, a member of the Acevedo clan.
Saint Peter was the scene in which the republicano Freddy D’Ecclesiis won the game against Pakova Ledesma, son of the liberal senator Pakova Ledesma.
in mountain range Former head of Petróleos Paraguayos (Petropar), Denis Lichi, won the election over his opponent Dan González.
in conception, Dr. Liz Meza, in the last count, prevailed in the fight against the liberal Eliseo Guggiari.
in centerthe orposition recovered the governorship with the liberal candidate Ricardo Estigarribia, former mayor of Villa Elisa. He himself defeated Luis Fernando, former mayor of Capiatá.
Guairá was the district of Cesarito Sosa’s victorywho won the candidate of the National Concertation Luis Silva.
In Caaguazú, Marcelo Soto, beat Raúl Portillo, chosen from the Concertación, Christian Acosta triumphed in the compulsa against the opponent Ulises Nenito Martínez. In Itapua, the opposition with Javier Pereira at the head won the colorado Tito Vergara.
In Misiones, the ANR won, where the candidate for governor-elect is Richard Ramírez, who prevailed over José López, while in Paraguarí, Norma Zárate de Monges, with 32,239 votes, against María del Carmen Benítez, defeated Víctor Ocampos.
Alto Paraná imposed the engineer César Landy Torres, over the opponents. In Ñeembucú, Víctor Hugo Fornerón is the new governor, after defeating “Captain” Apodaca. In Canindeyú, Nelson Martínez, was elected as departmental head.
President Hayes elected Bernardo Zarate, winner of Dr. Jacinto Noguera. In Alto Paraguay the governorship is also of the colorados, the same as in Boquerón.
As for deputies, the official count of the Superior Court of Electoral Justice consigned a wide victory for the colorados, who, apart from maintaining the majority, displace opposition groups from their seats.
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