1968 Paraguayan general election

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11 February 1968

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Turnout

73.14%

Presidential election


Candidate	Alfredo Stroessner	Gustavo González
Party	Colorado	Radical Liberal
Popular vote	465,535	139,622
Percentage	71.62%	21.48%

President before election

Alfredo Stroessner
Colorado

Elected President

Alfredo Stroessner
Colorado

Chamber of Deputies election

All 60 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
31 seats needed for a majority

	Leader	Vote %	Seats	+/–
Colorado	Alfredo Stroessner	71.62	40	0
Radical Liberal	Gustavo González	21.48	16	New
Liberal	Ruy Rufinelli	4.30	3	−17
PRF	Carlos Gatti	2.60	1	New

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Senate election

All 30 seats in the Senate
16 seats needed for a majority

	Vote %	Seats	+/–
Colorado	71.62	20	New
Radical Liberal	21.48	9	New
Liberal	4.30	1	New

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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General elections were held in Paraguay on 11 February 1968. 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%.

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


Party		Presidential candidate	Votes	%	Seats
Party		Presidential candidate	Votes	%	Chamber	+/–	Senate
	Colorado Party	Alfredo Stroessner	465,535	71.62	40	0	20
	Radical Liberal Party	Gustavo González	139,622	21.48	16	New	9
	Liberal Party	Ruy Rufinelli	27,965	4.30	3	–17	1
	Revolutionary Febrerista Party	Carlos Caballero Gatti	16,871	2.60	1	New	0
Total			649,993	100.00	60	0	30

Valid votes			649,993	99.02
Invalid/blank votes			6,421	0.98
Total votes			656,414	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			897,445	73.14
Source: Nohlen, Lewis, IPU

References

Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p425 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
Nohlen, p426
Paul H. Lewis (1980) Paraguay Under Stroessner, University of North Carolina Press, p201 ISBN 978-0807814376

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