1989 Paraguayan general election

none Paraguay 1988 1988 Paraguayan general election 1988 1 May 1989 1991 Paraguayan Constitutional Assembly election 1991 yes Presidential election Andrés Rodríguez Andrés Rodríguez 1990.jpg Colorado Party (Paraguay) 882,957 76.59% Domingo Laíno Domingo Laíno (cropped).jpg Authentic Radical Liberal Party 241,829 20.98% President Andrés Rodríguez Colorado Party (Paraguay) President-elect Andrés Rodríguez Colorado Party (Paraguay) Resultados de las elecciones presidenciales de Paraguay de 1953-1989.svg Results by department yes Parliamentary election All 72 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 37 Andrés Rodríguez Colorado Party (Paraguay) 74.47 40 48 Domingo Laíno Authentic Radical Liberal Party 20.19 new 21 Fernando Sánchez Revolutionary Febrerista Party 2.10 new 2 Radical Liberal Party (Paraguay) 1.32 13 1 Early general elections were held in Paraguay on 1 May 1989 to elect the president and Chamber of Deputies.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p425 978-0-19-928358-3 They were the first held since longtime president Alfredo Stroessner was toppled in a military coup on 3 February, seven months after being sworn in for an eighth term. For the first time in several years, the opposition was allowed to contest the elections more or less unmolested; the Communists were the only party that was banned from taking part.Nohlen, p416 Andrés Rodríguez, who had led the coup and had been serving as provisional president since then, was elected president in his own rightHistory Library of Congress Country Studies running on the Colorado Party ticket. The Colorado Party also won 48 of the 72 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. Voter turnout was 52%. The legislative elections were called after Rodríguez dissolved the previous Congress in February, citing a provision of the constitution that allowed the president to do so if they felt Congress had acted in a manner that distorted the separation of powers. Rodríguez used the new elections as a tool to purge pro-Stroessner "militants" from the Colorado caucus. The presidential elections were held because the constitution required new elections if a president died, resigned, or was permanently disabled less than two years into their term. That same provision stipulated that the winner would not serve a full five-year term, but only the remainder of the previous president's term. In this case, Rodríguez won the right to serve the remainder of Stroessner's term, which was due to end in 1993. Results President Andrés Rodríguez Colorado Party 882957 Domingo Laíno Authentic Radical Liberal Party 241829 Fernando Vera Sánchez es Revolutionary Febrerista Party 11007 Secundino Núñez Medina Christian Democratic Party 8032 Carlos Ferreira Ibarra Liberal Party 4423 Blas Manuel Mangabeira Unified Radical Liberal Party 3545 Carlos Gustavo Callizo Parini Paraguayan Humanist Party 1058 11197 2226061 Justicia Electoral Chamber of Deputies Colorado Party 845820 48 +8 Authentic Radical Liberal Party 229329 21 New Revolutionary Febrerista Party 23815 2 New Radical Liberal Party 15083 1 –12 Christian Democratic Party 11674 0 New Liberal Party 5544 0 –7 Unified Radical Liberal Party 3476 0 New Paraguayan Humanist Party 1069 0 New 21971 2226061 +12 Nohlen References Paraguay General Category:Parliamentary elections in Paraguay Category:Presidential elections in Paraguay Paraguay