Santiago Pena wins presidential election in Paraguay

The first results of the presidential elections in Paraguay, held on Sunday, April 30, have been announced. According to the statement made by the Paraguay Electoral Court, after 85% of the ballot boxes were opened, Santiago Pena, the candidate of the conservative Colorado Party, won the one-round presidential election with 43.5 percent of the votes. Efrain Alegre, the candidate of the opposition centre-left alliance, came in second with 27.58% of the vote. The voter turnout reached 59.75 percent.