Paraguay’s ruling party candidate wins the presidential election

SAS – Asuncion:

The Supreme Court of Electoral Justice in Paraguay declared the candidate of the ruling party, Santiago Peña, the winner of the presidential elections. The court stated that after more than 96 percent of the votes were counted, Peña of the conservative Colorado party got nearly 43 percent of the vote, while Efraín Alegre, the candidate of the Coalition for a New Paraguay, got nearly 27.5 percent of the vote without any chance of being overtaken. Benya. Peña will succeed President Mario Abdo Benitez, also from the Colorado party, to rule the country for the next five years.

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