1963 Paraguayan general election

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1963 Paraguayan general election
Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg
  1958 10 February 1963 1967  
Turnout85.12%
Presidential election
  Alfredo Stroessner at desk (cropped) (cropped).jpg Ernesto Gavilan.jpg
Candidate Alfredo Stroessner Ernesto Gavilan
Party Colorado Liberal
Popular vote569,55147,750
Percentage92.26%7.74%

President before election

Alfredo Stroessner
Colorado

Elected President

Alfredo Stroessner
Colorado

Parliamentary election

60 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
31 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeaderVote %Seats+/–
Colorado Alfredo Stroessner 92.2640−20
Liberal Ernesto Gavilan 7.7420New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

General elections were held in Paraguay on 10 February 1963. [1] Opposition parties had been legalized just a year earlier, after a 15-year period in which the Colorado Party was the only legally permitted party. [2] They were the first elections in which opposition parties were allowed to take part since 1939.

Incumbent president Alfredo Stroessner of the Colorado Party was re-elected for a fourth term, whilst the Colorado Party won 40 of the 60 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. Voter turnout was 85.1%. [3]

Results

PartyPresidential candidateVotes%Seats+/–
Colorado Party Alfredo Stroessner 569,55192.2640–20
Liberal Party Ernesto Gavilan 47,7507.7420New
Total617,301100.00600
Valid votes617,30198.20
Invalid/blank votes11,3141.80
Total votes628,615100.00
Registered voters/turnout738,47285.12
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p425 ISBN   978-0-19-928358-3
  2. Opposition Parties Library of Congress Country Studies
  3. Nohlen, p426