1978 Paraguayan general election
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60 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 30 seats in the Senate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. |
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General elections were held in Paraguay on 12 February 1978.[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 Deputies. Voter turnout was 86%.[2]
Results
[edit]Party | Presidential candidate | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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Chamber | +/– | Senate | +/– | ||||||
Colorado Party | Alfredo Stroessner | 905,461 | 90.77 | 40 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
Radical Liberal Party | Germán Acosta Caballero | 54,984 | 5.51 | 12 | –4 | 6 | –2 | ||
Liberal Party | Fulvio Hugo Celauro | 37,059 | 3.72 | 8 | +4 | 4 | +2 | ||
Total | 997,504 | 100.00 | 60 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |||
Valid votes | 997,504 | 98.73 | |||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 12,795 | 1.27 | |||||||
Total votes | 1,010,299 | 100.00 | |||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,175,351 | 85.96 | |||||||
Source: Nohlen, Banks[3] |
References
[edit]- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p425 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- ^ Nohlen, p426
- ^ Arthur S. Banks (1981) Political Handbook of the World 1981, p387