Paraguay

Population Statistics

6,783,272

Total Population

1,017,491

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

03 September 2008

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Electoral Code (1994, last amended 2012)

Updated: June 2015

Article 81 states:

Disqualifying factors to holding elective positions are…

  • (g) incapacity declared in court, which prevents persons from acting freely and with discernment.

 

Article 88 states:

The following are requirements to become a member of the Central Electoral Council…

  • (c) to be intellectually capable…

 

Excerpts from the Electoral Code (1994, last amended 2012)