1954 Paraguayan general election
11 July 1954
 
Candidate Alfredo Stroessner
Party Colorado
Popular vote 236,191
Percentage 100%
President before election

Tomás Romero Pereira (interim)
Colorado

 President-elect

Alfredo Stroessner
Colorado

Presidential elections were held in Paraguay on 11 July 1954,[1] following a military coup on 8 May 1954 which toppled Federico Chávez who had been re-elected the previous year. At the time, the Colorado Party was the only legally permitted party. Alfredo Stroessner, who had led the coup, ran as the Colorado candidate in a special election for the remainder of Chávez' term, and was elected unopposed.[2][3][4]

This was the first of Stroessner's eight consecutive election victories.[5]

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Alfredo StroessnerColorado Party236,191100.00
Total236,191100.00
Valid votes236,19198.42
Invalid/blank votes3,7871.58
Total votes239,978100.00
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p425 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. ↑ Opposition Parties Library of Congress Country Studies
  3. ↑ Nohlen, p434
  4. ↑ W. John Green (2015). A History of Political Murder in Latin America: Killing the Messengers of Change. SUNY Press. p. 265. ISBN 9781438456652.
  5. ↑ "Obituary: General Alfredo Stroessner". the Guardian. 2006-08-17. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
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