Country: | Paraguay |
Type: | presidential |
Previous Election: | 1998 Paraguayan general election |
Previous Year: | 1998 |
Election Date: | 13 August 2000 |
Next Election: | 2003 Paraguayan general election |
Next Year: | 2003 |
Turnout: | 60.72% (19.82pp) |
Candidate1: | Julio César Franco |
Image1: | Julio César Franco.jpg |
Party1: | Authentic Radical Liberal Party |
Popular Vote1: | 597,431 |
Percentage1: | 49.64% |
Candidate2: | Félix Argaña |
Party2: | Colorado Party (Paraguay) |
Popular Vote2: | 587,498 |
Percentage2: | 48.82% |
Vice President | |
Before Election: | Vacant (due to assassination of Luis María Argaña) |
Posttitle: | Vice President-elect |
After Election: | Julio César Franco |
After Party: | Authentic Radical Liberal Party |
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]