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The Beloved Fatherland Party ( es, Partido Patria Querida, PPQ) is a
political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...
in Paraguay.


History

Established in 2001, the party first contested national elections in 2003 Paraguayan general election, 2003,Dieter Nohlen, Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p428 when it won 10 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and seven in the Senate, becoming the joint third-largest party. Its presidential candidate Pedro Fadul received 21.9% of the popular vote. In the 2008 Paraguayan general election, 2008 elections it was reduced to three seats in the Chamber and four in the Senate, whilst Fadul won 2.5% of the vote in the presidential election. In the 2013 Paraguayan general election, elections five years later, the party's seat share was reduced to one seat in the Chamber and none in the Senate, while the party's presidential candidate Miguel Carrizosa received 1.1% of the vote in the presidential election. In the 2018 Paraguayan general election, 2018 elections, the party secured three seats in both the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies.


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{{Paraguayan political parties Paraguayan nationalism Political parties in Paraguay Political parties established in 2002 2002 establishments in Paraguay