1983 Paraguayan general election
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. |
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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 93%.[2]
Results
[edit]Party | Presidential candidate | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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Chamber | +/– | Senate | +/– | ||||||
Colorado Party | Alfredo Stroessner | 944,637 | 91.03 | 40 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
Radical Liberal Party | Enzo Doldan | 59,094 | 5.69 | 13 | +1 | 6 | 0 | ||
Liberal Party | Fulvio Hugo Celauro | 34,010 | 3.28 | 7 | –1 | 4 | 0 | ||
Total | 1,037,741 | 100.00 | 60 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |||
Valid votes | 1,037,741 | 98.93 | |||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 11,255 | 1.07 | |||||||
Total votes | 1,048,996 | 100.00 | |||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,132,582 | 92.62 | |||||||
Source: Nohlen, The Europa World Year Book 1985 |
References
[edit]- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p425 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- ^ Nohlen, p426