1968 Paraguayan general election

none Paraguay 1954 presidential 1967 Paraguayan Constitutional Assembly election 1967 11 February 1968 1973 Paraguayan general election 1973 73.14% yes Presidential election Alfredo Stroessner Alfredo Stroessner at desk (cropped) (cropped).jpg Colorado Party (Paraguay) 465,535 71.62% Gustavo González Gustavo González Riquelme.jpg Radical Liberal Party (Paraguay) 139,622 21.48% President Alfredo Stroessner Colorado Party (Paraguay) Alfredo Stroessner Colorado Party (Paraguay) yes Chamber of Deputies election All 60 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 31 Alfredo Stroessner Colorado Party (Paraguay) 71.62 40 40 Gustavo González Radical Liberal Party (Paraguay) 21.48 new 16 Ruy Rufinelli Liberal Party (Paraguay) 4.30 20 3 Carlos Gatti PRF 2.60 new 1 yes Senate election All 30 seats in the Senate 16 yes Colorado Party (Paraguay) 71.62 new 20 Radical Liberal Party (Paraguay) 21.48 new 9 Liberal Party (Paraguay) 4.30 new 1 General elections were held in Paraguay on 11 February 1968.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 73%.Nohlen, p426 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 y Presidential candidate Chamber +/– Senate Colorado Party Alfredo Stroessner 465535 40 0 20 Radical Liberal Party Gustavo González 139622 16 New 9 Liberal Party Ruy Rufinelli 27965 3 –17 1 Revolutionary Febrerista Party Carlos Caballero Gatti 16871 1 New 0 6421 897445 60 0 30 Nohlen, Lewis,Paul H. Lewis (1980) Paraguay Under Stroessner, University of North Carolina Press, p201 978-0807814376 IPU References Paraguay General Category:Parliamentary elections in Paraguay Category:Presidential elections in Paraguay Category:Alfredo Stroessner Paraguay