1968 Paraguayan general election explained
| Country: | Paraguay |
| Type: | presidential |
| Previous Election: | 1967 Paraguayan Constitutional Assembly election |
| Previous Year: | 1967 |
| Election Date: | 11 February 1968 |
| Next Election: | 1973 Paraguayan general election |
| Next Year: | 1973 |
| Turnout: | 73.14% |
| Module: | | Embed: | yes | | Election Name: | Presidential election | | Candidate1: | Alfredo Stroessner | | Image1: | Alfredo Stroessner at desk (cropped) (cropped).jpg | | Party1: | Colorado Party (Paraguay) | | Popular Vote1: | 465,535 | | Percentage1: | 71.62% | | Candidate2: | Gustavo González | | Party2: | Radical Liberal Party (Paraguay) | | Popular Vote2: | 139,622 | | Percentage2: | 21.48% | | President | | Before Election: | Alfredo Stroessner | | Before Party: | Colorado Party (Paraguay) | | After Election: | Alfredo Stroessner | | After Party: | Colorado Party (Paraguay) | | Module: | | Embed: | yes | | Election Name: | Chamber of Deputies election | | Seats For Election: | All 60 seats in the Chamber of Deputies | | Majority Seats: | 31 | | Leader1: | Alfredo Stroessner | | Party1: | Colorado Party (Paraguay) | | Percentage1: | 71.62 | | Last Election1: | 40 | | Seats1: | 40 | | Leader2: | Gustavo González | | Party2: | Radical Liberal Party (Paraguay) | | Percentage2: | 21.48 | | Last Election2: | new | | Seats2: | 16 | | Leader3: | Ruy Rufinelli | | Party3: | Liberal Party (Paraguay) | | Percentage3: | 4.30 | | Last Election3: | 20 | | Seats3: | 3 | | Leader4: | Carlos Gatti | | Party4: | PRF | | Percentage4: | 2.60 | | Last Election4: | new | | Seats4: | 1 | | Module: | | Embed: | yes | | Election Name: | Senate election | | Seats For Election: | All 30 seats in the Senate | | Majority Seats: | 16 | | Noleader: | yes | | Party5: | Colorado Party (Paraguay) | | Percentage5: | 71.62 | | Last Election5: | new | | Seats5: | 20 | | Party6: | Radical Liberal Party (Paraguay) | | Percentage6: | 21.48 | | Last Election6: | new | | Seats6: | 9 | | Party7: | Liberal Party (Paraguay) | | Percentage7: | 4.30 | | Last Election7: | new | | Seats7: | 1 |
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General elections were held in Paraguay on 11 February 1968.[1] Alfredo Stroessner of the Colorado Party won the presidential elections, whilst the Colorado Party won 20 of the 30 seats in the Senate and 40 of the 60 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. Voter turnout was 73%.[2]
This would be the lowest vote share Stroessner would claim in the six elections in which he nominally faced an opponent; on the other occasions, he claimed to win by margins of well over 80 percent. It would also be the only time in Stroessner's 35-year tenure that an opposition candidate would manage even 20 percent of the vote.
Notes and References
- [Dieter Nohlen]
- Nohlen, p426
