1968 Paraguayan general election

1968 Paraguayan general election

11 February 1968
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
Party 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
Party 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.

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 Deputies. Voter turnout was 73%.[2]

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
					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,[3] IPU

References

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