2000 Paraguayan vice presidential election

2000 Paraguayan vice presidential election

13 August 2000
Turnout60.72% ( 19.82pp)
 
Candidate Julio César Franco Félix Argaña
Party PLRA Colorado
Popular vote 597,431 587,498
Percentage 49.64% 48.82%

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, following the assassination of Luis María Argaña. 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%.