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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.

Results

PartyPresidential candidateVotes%Seats
Chamber+/–Senate
Colorado PartyAlfredo Stroessner465,53571.6240020
Radical Liberal PartyGustavo González139,62221.4816New9
Liberal PartyRuy Rufinelli27,9654.303–171
Revolutionary Febrerista PartyCarlos 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


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