Office briefing
BAHIA NEGRA / ALTO PARAGUAY — Municipal council
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Paraguay · BAHIA NEGRA / ALTO PARAGUAY / ALTO PARAGUAY · municipal · Municipal councilPY-16-003-C
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Municipality matched by department and name, with documented abbreviation/rename bridges. Historical numeric district codes are not stable. This is an identity bridge, not proof of unchanged boundaries. Replacement archive runs through November 2025; later events/current control require verification.
1. What office, where, and when is the next election?
- Geography
- BAHIA NEGRA / ALTO PARAGUAY / ALTO PARAGUAY
- Next election
- 2026-10-04
- Linked upcoming event
- next-27807b7ae7b7e989565a2be6
- Registry qualification
- Unknown
2. How certain is that date?
2026-10-04 is expected (not formally called). Day precision. A date without a formal call is not confirmed.
3. Who won earlier selected elections?
2021-10-10
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes
- PARTIDO COLORADO56.8%
- CONCERTACION NACIONAL FRENTE GUASU23.1%
- PARTIDO LIBERAL RADICAL AUTENTICO12.1%
- PARTIDO PATRIA QUERIDA8.1%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARTIDO COLORADO · JOAO ROBERTO FERREIRA PAYA | ANRparaguay/S82789e1ede/2021 | 702 | 56.8% | 7 | Recorded |
| CONCERTACION NACIONAL FRENTE GUASU · RAMON DARIO BENITEZ MARTI | CNFGparaguay/S82789e1ede/2021 | 285 | 23.1% | 3 | Recorded |
| PARTIDO LIBERAL RADICAL AUTENTICO · CRISTIAN RENE BENITEZ MARTI | PLRAparaguay/S82789e1ede/2021 | 149 | 12.1% | 1 | Recorded |
| PARTIDO PATRIA QUERIDA · SANTIAGO FERREIRA BARBOZA | PPQparaguay/S82789e1ede/2021 | 100 | 8.1% | 1 | Recorded |
2015-11-15
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes
- PARTIDO COLORADO52.3%
- PARTIDO LIBERAL RADICAL AUTENTICO47.7%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARTIDO COLORADO · JOAO ROBERTO FERREIRA PAYA | ANRparaguay/S82789e1ede/2015 | 526 | 52.3% | 5 | Recorded |
| PARTIDO LIBERAL RADICAL AUTENTICO · CRISTIAN RENE BENITEZ MARTI | PLRAparaguay/S82789e1ede/2015 | 479 | 47.7% | 4 | Recorded |
2010-11-07
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes
- PARTIDO COLORADO47.3%
- PARTIDO LIBERAL RADICAL AUTENTICO34.7%
- UNION NACIONAL DE CIUDADANOS ETICOS17.9%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARTIDO COLORADO · JOAO ROBERTO FERREIRA PAYA | ANRparaguay/S82789e1ede/2010 | 301 | 47.3% | 5 | Recorded |
| PARTIDO LIBERAL RADICAL AUTENTICO · SAUL BERNAL CARRERA | PLRAparaguay/S82789e1ede/2010 | 221 | 34.7% | 3 | Recorded |
| UNION NACIONAL DE CIUDADANOS ETICOS · ELIGIO RAMON PERALTA BENITEZ | UNACEparaguay/S82789e1ede/2010 | 114 | 17.9% | 1 | Recorded |
Other events (not selected cycles)
- 2006-11-19 · Ordinary · Legal certification not established
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI0 (recorded zero)0–100 historical closeness
Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete
Comparison status: Provisional imported-series comparison; actual-event review open
Method ci.weighted-gap.v1. Inputs: latest_gap=33.7378640776699, oldest_gap=12.578616352201259, previous_gap=4.676616915422883
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility35.61percentage points
Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). Standalone ANR, PLRA, PEN, PPQ, UNACE and Frente Guasu; all other lists and mixed alliances in Other. No coalition vote is split among constituent parties. An interval is withheld if either election has no list mapped to an explicit named group. This is aggregate share change, not individual voter switching. Event review: Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete
Comparison status: Latest interval
Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["ANR","PLRA","PEN","PPQ","UNACE","Frente Guasu","Other"], interval=Latest interval, vectors=[[56.79611650485437,12.055016181229773,0,8.090614886731391,0,23.058252427184467,0],[52.33830845771144,47.66169154228856,0,0,0,0,0],[47.327044025157235,34.74842767295598,0,0,17.92452830188679,0,0]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility17.92percentage points
Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). Standalone ANR, PLRA, PEN, PPQ, UNACE and Frente Guasu; all other lists and mixed alliances in Other. No coalition vote is split among constituent parties. An interval is withheld if either election has no list mapped to an explicit named group. This is aggregate share change, not individual voter switching. Event review: Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete
Comparison status: Previous interval
Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["ANR","PLRA","PEN","PPQ","UNACE","Frente Guasu","Other"], interval=Previous interval, vectors=[[56.79611650485437,12.055016181229773,0,8.090614886731391,0,23.058252427184467,0],[52.33830845771144,47.66169154228856,0,0,0,0,0],[47.327044025157235,34.74842767295598,0,0,17.92452830188679,0,0]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility26.77percentage points
Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). Standalone ANR, PLRA, PEN, PPQ, UNACE and Frente Guasu; all other lists and mixed alliances in Other. No coalition vote is split among constituent parties. An interval is withheld if either election has no list mapped to an explicit named group. This is aggregate share change, not individual voter switching. Event review: Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete
Comparison status: Both intervals mean
Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["ANR","PLRA","PEN","PPQ","UNACE","Frente Guasu","Other"], interval=Both intervals mean, vectors=[[56.79611650485437,12.055016181229773,0,8.090614886731391,0,23.058252427184467,0],[52.33830845771144,47.66169154228856,0,0,0,0,0],[47.327044025157235,34.74842767295598,0,0,17.92452830188679,0,0]]
Source-reported control: Unverified. Current tenure requires separate dated evidence.
5. Officeholder evidence
Dated roster observations are not automatically current tenure. The source current-office flag means this office is tracked now, not that the last winner still holds it.
No officeholder observation supplied.
6. Polling context
No local poll supplied.
7. Unresolved issues and sources
Municipality matched by department and name, with documented abbreviation/rename bridges. Historical numeric district codes are not stable. This is an identity bridge, not proof of unchanged boundaries. Replacement archive runs through November 2025; later events/current control require verification. Replacement elections sometimes contain only winner/seat evidence. New municipalities, boundary/party continuity and dated control remain incomplete. The separate ordinary-election baseline helps historical comparison but does not fill replacement losing-vote gaps.
Sources
- Paraguay: https://www.datos.gov.py/sites/default/files/Resultados-1996-a-2023-municipales-y-generales-por-distrito.csv · rights unknown
- Paraguay: Resultados-1996-a-2023-municipales-y-generales-por-distrito.csv · rights unknown
- Paraguay: Electos-dhont-1996-a-2025-munic-gene-complem-votospreferentes-251125.csv · rights unknown
Cite this record
Center for Digital Democracy. “BAHIA NEGRA / ALTO PARAGUAY — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/PY-16-003-C. Sources: paraguay--url-7428974d1a7032fc28d114b3, paraguay--S82789e1ede, paraguay--Sebfa7a567d.