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
}}