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Turnout | 77.39% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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All 60 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 31 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. | |||||||||||||||||||||
All 30 seats in the Senate 16 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. |
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General elections were held in Paraguay on 11 February 1973. [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 77%. [2]
Party | Presidential candidate | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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Chamber | +/– | Senate | +/– | ||||||
Colorado Party | Alfredo Stroessner | 681,306 | 84.74 | 40 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
Radical Liberal Party | Gustavo Riart | 98,096 | 12.20 | 16 | 0 | 8 | –1 | ||
Liberal Party | Carlos Levi Rufinelli | 24,611 | 3.06 | 4 | +1 | 2 | +1 | ||
Total | 804,013 | 100.00 | 60 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |||
Valid votes | 804,013 | 98.70 | |||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 10,597 | 1.30 | |||||||
Total votes | 814,610 | 100.00 | |||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,052,652 | 77.39 | |||||||
Source: Nohlen, IPU |
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