2000 Paraguayan vice presidential election

{{Infobox election

| 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% ({{decrease}} 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

| image2 = 3x4.svg

| party2 = Colorado Party (Paraguay)

| popular_vote2 = 587,498

| percentage2 = 48.82%

| title = Vice President

| before_election = Vacant (due to assassination of Luis María Argaña)

| before_party =

| posttitle = Vice President-elect

| after_election = Julio César Franco

| after_party = Authentic Radical Liberal Party

}}{{Politics of Paraguay}}

Vice presidential elections were held in Paraguay on 13 August 2000,Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p425 {{ISBN|978-0-19-928358-3}} following the assassination of Luis María Argaña.Nohlen, pp417-418 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%.Nohlen, p437

Results

{{Election results

|cand1=Julio César Franco|party1=Authentic Radical Liberal Party|votes1=597431

|cand2=Félix Argaña|party2=Colorado Party|votes2=587498

|cand3=Ricardo Buman|party3=Paraguayan Humanist Party|votes3=18496

|invalid=46841

|electorate=2059164

|source=Nohlen

}}

References

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{{Paraguayan elections}}

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