| Country: | Paraguay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous Election: | 1950 Paraguayan general election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous Year: | 1950 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Election Date: | 15 February 1953 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Next Election: | 1954 Paraguayan presidential election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Next Year: | 1954 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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General elections were held in Paraguay on 15 February 1953.[1] At the time, the Colorado Party was the only legally permitted party.[2] As such, incumbent president candidate Federico Chaves was re-elected unopposed.[3]
Chaves would only stay in office for a little over a year before he was overthrown in a May 1954 coup led by General Alfredo Stroessner, who was elected his successor in a special election in July.[4]