1953 Paraguayan general election

none Paraguay 1842 1950 Paraguayan general election 1950 15 February 1953 1954 Paraguayan presidential election 1954 yes Presidential election presidential Federico Chaves (cropped).jpg Federico Chaves Colorado Party (Paraguay) 224,788 100% Resultados de las elecciones presidenciales de Paraguay de 1953-1989.svg Results by department yes Parliamentary election 53 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 1949 1958 Federico Chaves Colorado Party (Paraguay) 100.0 49 53 President Federico Chaves Colorado Party (Paraguay) Federico Chaves Colorado Party (Paraguay) General elections were held in Paraguay on 15 February 1953.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p425 978-0-19-928358-3 At the time, the Colorado Party was the only legally permitted party.Opposition Parties Library of Congress Country Studies As such, incumbent president candidate Federico Chaves was re-elected unopposed.Nohlen, p434 Chaves would only stay in office for a little over a year before he was overthrown in a May 1954 coup led by General Alfredo Stroessner, who was elected his successor in a special election in July.https://books.google.com/books?id=NyezCAAAQBAJ&dq=1954+Stroessner+special+election&pg=PA265 A History of Political Murder in Latin America: Killing the Messengers of Change W. John Green SUNY Press 2015 9781438456652 265 Results Federico Chaves Colorado Party 224788 12261 Nohlen References Paraguay Category:1953 in Paraguay Category:Parliamentary elections in Paraguay Category:Single-candidate elections Category:Presidential elections in Paraguay Category:February 1953 in South America Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results