1968 Paraguayan general election

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1968 Paraguayan general election
Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg
  1967 11 February 1968 1973  
Turnout73.14%
Presidential election
  Alfredo Stroessner at desk (cropped) (cropped).jpg Gustavo Gonzalez Riquelme.jpg
Candidate Alfredo Stroessner Gustavo González
Party Colorado Radical Liberal
Popular vote465,535139,622
Percentage71.62%21.48%

President before election

Alfredo Stroessner
Colorado

Elected President

Alfredo Stroessner
Colorado

Chamber of Deputies election

All 60 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
31 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeaderVote %Seats+/–
Colorado Alfredo Stroessner 71.62400
Radical Liberal Gustavo González 21.4816New
Liberal Ruy Rufinelli 4.303−17
PRF Carlos Gatti 2.601New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Senate election

All 30 seats in the Senate
16 seats needed for a majority
PartyVote %Seats+/–
Colorado 71.6220New
Radical Liberal 21.489New
Liberal 4.301New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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.

Results

PartyPresidential candidateVotes%Seats
Chamber+/–Senate
Colorado Party Alfredo Stroessner 465,53571.6240020
Radical Liberal Party Gustavo González139,62221.4816New9
Liberal Party Ruy Rufinelli27,9654.303–171
Revolutionary Febrerista Party Carlos Caballero Gatti16,8712.601New0
Total649,993100.0060030
Valid votes649,99399.02
Invalid/blank votes6,4210.98
Total votes656,414100.00
Registered voters/turnout897,44573.14
Source: Nohlen, Lewis, [3] IPU

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p425 ISBN   978-0-19-928358-3
  2. Nohlen, p426
  3. Paul H. Lewis (1980) Paraguay Under Stroessner, University of North Carolina Press, p201 ISBN   978-0807814376