1954 Paraguayan presidential election

Election of Alfredo Stroessner as President of Paraguay 1954 Paraguayan general election Paraguay 1954 presidential no 1953 Paraguayan general election 1953 11 July 1954 1958 Paraguayan general election 1958 x150px Alfredo Stroessner Colorado Party (Paraguay) 236,191 100% President Tomás Romero Pereira (interim) Colorado Party (Paraguay) President-elect Alfredo Stroessner Colorado Party (Paraguay) Presidential elections were held in Paraguay on 11 July 1954,Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p425 978-0-19-928358-3 following a military coup on 8 May 1954 which toppled Federico Chávez who had been re-elected the previous year. At the time, the Colorado Party was the only legally permitted party. Alfredo Stroessner, who had led the coup, ran as the Colorado candidate in a special election for the remainder of Chávez' term, and was elected unopposed.Opposition Parties Library of Congress Country StudiesNohlen, p434https://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 This was the first of Stroessner's eight consecutive election victories.2006-08-17 Obituary: General Alfredo Stroessner http://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/aug/17/guardianobituaries.world 2020-09-16 the Guardian en Results Alfredo Stroessner Colorado Party 236191 3787 Nohlen References Paraguay Presidential election Category:Presidential elections in Paraguay Category:Single-candidate elections Category:Alfredo Stroessner Paraguayan presidential election Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results