Paraguay

Population Statistics

6,783,272

Total Population

1,017,491

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

03 September 2008

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


National Constitution of the Republic of Paraguay (1992, last amended 2011)

Updated: June 2015

Article 118 states:

Suffrage is a right, duty and public function of the electorate. It constitutes the base of the democratic and representative system. It is founded in the universal, free, direct, equal, and secret vote; in the revote public, and in the system of proportional representation.

 

Article 120 states:

Every Paraguayan citizen, 18 years old and residing in the national territory is eligible to vote. Citizens can not only elect, but can also be elected without restrictions, other than those established in this Constitution and the law.

 

Excerpts from the National Constitution of the Republic of Paraguay (1992, last amended 2011)