1983 Paraguayan general election

General elections were held in Paraguay on 6 February 1983.[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 92.6%.[2]

1983 Paraguayan general election

6 February 1983
Turnout92.6%
Presidential election
 
Candidate Alfredo Stroessner Enzo Doldan
Party Colorado Radical Liberal
Popular vote 944,637 59,094
Percentage 91.0% 5.7%

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 91.0% 40 0
Radical Liberal Enzo Doldan 5.7% 13 -3
Liberal Fulvio Celauro 3.3% 7 +3
Senate (16 seats needed for a majority)
Colorado 20 0
Radical Liberal 6 0
Liberal 4 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Results

President

Candidate Party Votes %
Alfredo StroessnerColorado Party944,63791.0
Enzo DoldanRadical Liberal Party59,0945.7
Fulvio Hugo CelauroLiberal Party34,0103.3
Invalid/blank votes11,255
Total1,048,996100
Source: Nohlen

Senate

Party Votes % Seats +/-
Colorado Party200
Radical Liberal Party6
Liberal Party4
Invalid/blank votes
Total300
Source: IPU, The Europa World Year Book 1985

Chamber of Deputies

Party Votes % Seats +/-
Colorado Party944,63791.0400
Radical Liberal Party59,0945.713-3
Liberal Party34,0103.37+3
Invalid/blank votes11,255
Total1,048,996100600
Source: Nohlen, The Europa World Year Book 1985

References

  1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p425 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. Nohlen, p426


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