1973 Paraguayan general election
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60 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 30 seats in the Senate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. |
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General elections were held in Paraguay on 11 February 1973.[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 77.4%.[2]
Results
President
Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
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Alfredo Stroessner | Colorado Party | 681,306 | 84.7 |
Gustavo Riart | Radical Liberal Party | 98,096 | 12.2 |
Carlos Levi Rufinelli | Liberal Party | 24,611 | 3.1 |
Invalid/blank votes | 10,597 | – | |
Total | 814,610 | 100 | |
Source: Nohlen |
Senate
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/- |
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Colorado Party | 681,306 | 84.7 | 20 | 0 |
Radical Liberal Party | 98,096 | 12.2 | 8 | -1 |
Liberal Party | 24,611 | 3.1 | 2 | +1 |
Invalid/blank votes | 10,597 | – | – | – |
Total | 814,610 | 100 | 30 | 0 |
Source: IPU |
Chamber of Deputies
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/- |
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Colorado Party | 681,306 | 84.7 | 40 | 0 |
Radical Liberal Party | 98,096 | 12.2 | 16 | 0 |
Liberal Party | 24,611 | 3.1 | 4 | +1 |
Invalid/blank votes | 10,597 | – | – | – |
Total | 814,610 | 100 | 60 | 0 |
Source: Nohlen, IPU |
References
- ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p425 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- ^ Nohlen, p426