Paraguayan general election, 1989

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Early general elections were held in Paraguay on 1 May 1989,^[1] following the overthrow of President Alfredo Stroessner on 3 February. For the first time in several years, the opposition was allowed to contest the elections more or less unmolested.^[2] The presidential elections were won by Andrés Rodríguez (who had led the coup)^[2] running on the Colorado Party ticket. The Colorado Party also won 48 of the 72 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. Voter turnout was 54% in the presidential election and 52% in the parliamentary elections.^[3]

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Andrés Rodríguez	Colorado Party	894,374	75.9
Domingo Laino	Authentic Radical Liberal Party	240,600	20.4
Aniano Estigarribia	Radical Liberal Party	14,849	1.3
Fernando Vera	Revolutionary Febrerista Party	11,041	0.9
Secundio Nueñez	Christian Democratic Party	8,116	0.8
	Liberal Party	5,051	0.4
	Unified Radical Liberal Party	3,545	0.3
	Paraguayan Humanist Party	1,028	0.1
Invalid/blank votes		24,222	–
Total		1,202,826	100
Source: Nohlen

Chamber of Deputies

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Colorado Party	845,820	74.5	48	+8
Authentic Radical Liberal Party	229,329	20.2	21	New
Revolutionary Febrerista Party	23,815	2.1	2	New
Radical Liberal Party	15,083	1.3	1	-12
Christian Democratic Party	11,674	1.0	0	New
Liberal Party	5,544	0.5	0	-7
Unified Radical Liberal Party	3,476	0.3	0	New
Paraguayan Humanist Party	1,069	0.1	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	21,971	–	–	–
Total	1,157,781	100	72	+12
Source: Nohlen

References

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p425 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
1 2 Nohlen, p416
↑ Nohlen, p426

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