Revolutionary Febrerista Party

The Revolutionary Febrerista Party (Spanish: Partido Revolucionario Febrerista, PRF) is a democratic socialist party of Paraguay.

Revolutionary Febrerista Party

Partido Revolucionario Febrerista
PresidentJosefina Duarte
FounderRafael Franco
Founded1951
HeadquartersCasa del Pueblo, Manduvirá Nº 522
Asunción, Paraguay
IdeologyLeft-wing nationalism
Democratic socialism[1]
Environmentalism
Indigenismo
Political positionLeft-wing
ColoursGreen
Website
Partido Revolucionario Febrerista

History

The party was established on 11 December 1951 in Buenos Aires, Argentina and was initially banned in Paraguay, which was under a Colorado Party regime at the time. The party was legalised in 1964 as it was no longer deemed to be a threat to President Alfredo Stroessner.[2] In the 1967 Constitutional Assembly elections it won three of the 120 seats. In the general elections the following year the party failed to win a Senate seat, but won one seat in the Chamber of Deputies.

After 1968 the party did not contest another national election until the overthrow of the Stroessner regime in 1989. In the elections that year they won two seats in the Chamber of Deputies. In the 1991 Constitutional Assembly elections they won a single seat. For the 1993 elections it was part of the National Encounter Party coalition,[3] which finished third. The party ran alone in the 1998 elections, but failed to win a seat. They also failed to win a seat in the 2003 elections. For the 2008 elections the party was part of the Patriotic Alliance for Change, which won two seats.

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election Party candidate Votes % Result
1968 Carlos Caballero Gatti 16,871 2.6% Lost N
1989 Fernando Antonio Vera Sánchez 11,007 0.95% Lost N
1993 None

(endorsed Guillermo Caballero Vargas)

262,407 24.39% Lost N
1998 Luis Alberto Campos Doria 8,139 0.51% Lost N
2008 None

(endorsed Fernando Lugo)

764,968 41.20% Elected Y

Chamber of Deputies elections

Chamber of Deputies
Election Votes % Seats +/–
1968 16,871 2.6%
1 / 60
1
1989 23,815 2.1%
2 / 72
2
1993 199,053

(as part of NEP)

17.7%
9 / 80
7
1998 20,121 1.3%
0 / 80
9
2003 11,542 0.8%
0 / 80
2008 520 0.03%
0 / 80
2018 15,169 0.64%
0 / 80

Senate elections

Senate
Election Votes % Seats +/–
1968 Not released Not released
0 / 30
1993 203,213

(as part of NEP)

17.9%
8 / 45
8
1998 16,667 1.1%
0 / 45
8
2003 10,202 0.7%
0 / 45
2018 14,332 0.61%
0 / 45

References

  1. Busky, Donald F. (2000), Democratic Socialism: A Global Survey, Praeger Publishers, p. 195, ISBN 9780275968861
  2. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p416 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  3. Nohlen, p427
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