1988 Paraguayan general election

none Paraguay 1988 1983 Paraguayan general election 1983 14 February 1988 1989 Paraguayan general election 1989 92.17% yes Presidential election Alfredo Stroessner Alfredo Stroessner at desk (cropped) (cropped).jpg Colorado Party (Paraguay) 1,187,738 89.60% Luis María Vega 3x4.svg Radical Liberal Party (Paraguay) 95,450 7.20% President Alfredo Stroessner Colorado Party (Paraguay) President-elect Alfredo Stroessner Colorado Party (Paraguay) yes Chamber of Deputies election All 60 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 31 Alfredo Stroessner Colorado Party (Paraguay) 89.60 40 40 Luis María Vega Radical Liberal Party (Paraguay) 7.20 13 13 Carlos Ybarra Liberal Party (Paraguay) 3.20 7 7 yes Senate election All 30 seats in the Senate 16 yes Colorado Party (Paraguay) 89.60 20 20 Radical Liberal Party (Paraguay) 7.20 6 6 Liberal Party (Paraguay) 3.20 4 4 General elections were held in Paraguay on 14 February 1988.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p425 978-0-19-928358-3 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 92%.Nohlen, p426 These were the first elections held since Stroessner nominally lifted a state of siege in 1987. The state of siege had been in force since he took office in 1954. Despite this, the elections took place in an atmosphere that was little different from past elections during Stroessner's 34-year rule. Opposition leaders were arbitrarily arrested, and opposition meetings and demonstrations were broken up—often brutally. The Colorados were the only party allowed to campaign unhindered. By election day, the only independent media outlets that had not been shut down were those operated by the Catholic Church. Under these conditions, most opposition parties urged their supporters to either cast blank ballots or abstain from voting altogether.paraguay Bruneau, Thomas C. Government and Politics As it turned out, these were the last elections under Stroessner, who had won every election since 1954 with more than 70% of the vote. In February 1989, seven months after being sworn in for his eighth term, he was overthrown in a military coup.Nohlen, p416 Fresh elections were held in May 1989, the first time the opposition had been able to contest elections more or less unmolested for over thirty years. Results y Presidential candidate Chamber +/– Senate +/– Colorado Party Alfredo Stroessner 1187738 40 0 20 0 Radical Liberal Party Luis María Vega 95450 13 0 6 0 Liberal Party Carlos Ferreira Ybarra 42430 7 0 4 0 7818 1446675 60 0 30 0 Nohlen, IPU References Paraguay General Category:Parliamentary elections in Paraguay Category:Presidential elections in Paraguay Category:Alfredo Stroessner Paraguay