Mario Abdo Benitez, who represents the country's long-dominant Colorado conservatives, won slightly more than 46 percent of the vote, with his centrist opponent Efrain Alegre taking almost 43 percent in a race that was far closer than expected.
The GANAR coalition's Efrain Alegre and the Colorado Party's Mario Abdo, son of private secretary of dictator Alfredo Stroessner, are the two presidential candidates.
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