1963 Paraguayan general election

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10 February 1963

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Turnout

85.12%

Presidential election


Candidate	Alfredo Stroessner	Ernesto Gavilan
Party	Colorado	Liberal
Popular vote	569,551	47,750
Percentage	92.26%	7.74%

President before election

Alfredo Stroessner
Colorado

Elected President

Alfredo Stroessner
Colorado

Parliamentary election

60 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
31 seats needed for a majority

Party		Leader	Vote %	Seats	+/–
	Colorado	Alfredo Stroessner	92.26	40	−20
	Liberal	Ernesto Gavilan	7.74	20	New

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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General elections were held in Paraguay on 10 February 1963. Opposition parties had been legalized just a year earlier, after a 15-year period in which the Colorado Party was the only legally permitted party. They were the first elections in which opposition parties were allowed to take part since 1939.

Incumbent president Alfredo Stroessner of the Colorado Party was re-elected for a fourth term, whilst the Colorado Party won 40 of the 60 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. Voter turnout was 85.1%.

Results


Party		Presidential candidate	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Colorado Party	Alfredo Stroessner	569,551	92.26	40	–20
	Liberal Party	Ernesto Gavilan	47,750	7.74	20	New
Total			617,301	100.00	60	0

Valid votes			617,301	98.20
Invalid/blank votes			11,314	1.80
Total votes			628,615	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			738,472	85.12
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, p426

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