Paraguayan general election, 1968

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General elections were held in Paraguay on 11 February 1968.^[1] 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 Deputues. Voter turnout was 73.1%.^[2]

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Alfredo Stroessner	Colorado Party	465,535	71.6
Gustavo González	Radical Liberal Party	139,622	21.5
Ruy Rufinelli	Liberal Party	27,965	4.3
Carlos Caballero Gatti	Revolutionary Febrerista Party	16,871	2.6
Invalid/blank votes		6,421	–
Total		656,414	100
Source: Nohlen, Lewis^[3]

Party	%	Seats
Colorado Party		20
Radical Liberal Party		9
Liberal Party		1
Revolutionary Febrerista Party		0
Invalid/blank votes	–	–
Total		30
Source: IPU

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Colorado Party	465,535	71.6	40	0
Radical Liberal Party	139,622	21.5	16	New
Liberal Party	27,965	4.3	3	-17
Revolutionary Febrerista Party	16,871	2.6	1	New
Invalid/blank votes	11,314	–	–	–
Total	628,615	100	60	0
Source: Nohlen

↑ Nohlen, D (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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