Paraguayan Constitutional Assembly election, 1991

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Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Paraguay on 1 December 1991.^[1] The result was a victory for the Colorado Party, which won 122 of the 198 seats. Voter turnout was 51.7%.^[2] Following the election, a new constitution was published in 1992. The new constitution reintroduced the position of Vice President and allowed for the President to be elected by a plurality of the vote.^[3]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Colorado Party	409,730	55.1	122
Authentic Radical Liberal Party	201,040	27.0	55
Constitution for All	81,860	11.0	19
Revolutionary Febrerista Party	9,094	1.2	1
Christian Democratic Party	6,548	0.9	1
Workers' Party		0.6	0
Paraguayan Humanist Party		0.5	0
PNS		0.1	0
Invalid/blank votes		–	–
Total	743,546	100	198
Source: Nohlen

References

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p425 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
↑ Nohlen, p426
↑ Nohlen, p417

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