Office briefing
BAHIA NEGRA / ALTO PARAGUAY — Mayor
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Paraguay · BAHIA NEGRA / ALTO PARAGUAY / ALTO PARAGUAY · municipal · MayorPY-16-003-M
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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-ad89381400fee00bd295f685
- 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 COLORADO49.8%
- CONCERTACION NACIONAL FRENTE GUASU25.0%
- PARTIDO PATRIA QUERIDA13.9%
- PARTIDO LIBERAL RADICAL AUTENTICO11.3%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARTIDO COLORADO · JOAO ROBERTO FERREIRA PAYA | ANRparaguay/S82789e1ede/2021 | 611 | 49.8% | 1 | Recorded |
| CONCERTACION NACIONAL FRENTE GUASU · RAMON DARIO BENITEZ MARTI | CNFGparaguay/S82789e1ede/2021 | 307 | 25% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO PATRIA QUERIDA · SANTIAGO FERREIRA BARBOZA | PPQparaguay/S82789e1ede/2021 | 170 | 13.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO LIBERAL RADICAL AUTENTICO · CRISTIAN RENE BENITEZ MARTI | PLRAparaguay/S82789e1ede/2021 | 139 | 11.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2015-11-15
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes
- PARTIDO COLORADO57.5%
- PARTIDO LIBERAL RADICAL AUTENTICO42.5%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARTIDO COLORADO · JOAO ROBERTO FERREIRA PAYA | ANRparaguay/S82789e1ede/2015 | 586 | 57.5% | 1 | Recorded |
| PARTIDO LIBERAL RADICAL AUTENTICO · CRISTIAN RENE BENITEZ MARTI | PLRAparaguay/S82789e1ede/2015 | 434 | 42.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2010-11-07
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes
- PARTIDO LIBERAL RADICAL AUTENTICO50.1%
- PARTIDO COLORADO49.1%
- UNION NACIONAL DE CIUDADANOS ETICOS0.8%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARTIDO LIBERAL RADICAL AUTENTICO · SAUL BERNAL CARRERA | PLRAparaguay/S82789e1ede/2010 | 323 | 50.1% | 1 | Recorded |
| PARTIDO COLORADO · JOAO ROBERTO FERREIRA PAYA | ANRparaguay/S82789e1ede/2010 | 317 | 49.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UNION NACIONAL DE CIUDADANOS ETICOS · ELIGIO RAMON PERALTA BENITEZ | UNACEparaguay/S82789e1ede/2010 | 5 | 0.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
Other events (not selected cycles)
- 2006-11-19 · Ordinary · Legal certification not established
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI2.850–100 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=24.775876120619394, oldest_gap=0.9302325581395294, previous_gap=14.90196078431373
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility38.88percentage 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=[[49.796251018744904,11.328443357783211,0,13.854930725346373,0,25.02037489812551,0],[57.450980392156865,42.549019607843135,0,0,0,0,0],[49.14728682170543,50.07751937984496,0,0,0.7751937984496124,0,0]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility8.3percentage 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=[[49.796251018744904,11.328443357783211,0,13.854930725346373,0,25.02037489812551,0],[57.450980392156865,42.549019607843135,0,0,0,0,0],[49.14728682170543,50.07751937984496,0,0,0.7751937984496124,0,0]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility23.59percentage 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=[[49.796251018744904,11.328443357783211,0,13.854930725346373,0,25.02037489812551,0],[57.450980392156865,42.549019607843135,0,0,0,0,0],[49.14728682170543,50.07751937984496,0,0,0.7751937984496124,0,0]]
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 — Mayor.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/PY-16-003-M. Sources: paraguay--url-7428974d1a7032fc28d114b3, paraguay--S82789e1ede, paraguay--Sebfa7a567d.