1953 Paraguayan general election
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15 February 1953
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General elections were held in Paraguay on 15 February 1953.[1] At the time, the Colorado Party was the only legally permitted party.[2] As such, incumbent president candidate Federico Chaves was re-elected unopposed.[3]
Chaves would only stay in office for a little over a year before he was overthrown in a May 1954 coup led by General Alfredo Stroessner, who was elected his successor in a special election in July.[4]
Results
[edit | edit source]| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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| Federico Chaves | Colorado Party | 224,788 | 100.00 | |
| Total | 224,788 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 224,788 | 94.83 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 12,261 | 5.17 | ||
| Total votes | 237,049 | 100.00 | ||
| Source: Nohlen | ||||
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p425 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Opposition Parties Library of Congress Country Studies
- ^ Nohlen, p434
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
