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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 Deputies. Voter turnout was 73%.[2]
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Turnout | 73.14% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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All 60 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 31 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All 30 seats in the Senate 16 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. |
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.
Party | Presidential candidate | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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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 |
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