1968 Paraguayan general election

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 73.1%.[2]

1968 Paraguayan general election

11 February 1968
Turnout	73.1%
Presidential election
Candidate Alfredo Stroessner Gustavo González Party Colorado Radical Liberal Popular vote 465,535 139,622 Percentage 71.6% 21.5%
President before election Alfredo Stroessner Colorado President-elect Alfredo Stroessner Colorado
Parliamentary election
60 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 30 seats in the Senate
Party Leader % Seats ± Chamber of Deputies (31 seats for a majority) Colorado Alfredo Stroessner 71.6% 40 0 Radical Liberal Gustavo González 21.5% 16 New Liberal Ruy Rufinelli 4.3% 3 -17 PRF Carlos Gatti 2.6% 1 New Senate (16 seats for a majority) Colorado 20 New Radical Liberal 9 New Liberal 1 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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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.