1953 Paraguayan general election

1953 Paraguayan general election
	15 February 1953
	Presidential election
	Results by department
President before election; Federico Chaves; Colorado	Elected President ; Federico Chaves; Colorado

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


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	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

^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p425 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
^ Opposition Parties Library of Congress Country Studies
^ Nohlen, p434
^ W. John Green (2015). A History of Political Murder in Latin America: Killing the Messengers of Change. SUNY Press. p. 265. ISBN 9781438456652.

[N1-1] Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p425 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3

[2] Opposition Parties Library of Congress Country Studies

[3] Nohlen, p434

[4] W. John Green (2015). A History of Political Murder in Latin America: Killing the Messengers of Change. SUNY Press. p. 265. ISBN 9781438456652.

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