General elections were held in

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on 15 February 1953. Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p425 At the time, the Colorado Party was the only legally permitted party. As such, incumbent president candidate Federico Chaves was re-elected unopposed. Chaves would only stay in office for a little over a year before he was overthrown in a May 1954 coup led by General

Alfredo Stroessner Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda (; 3 November 1912 – 16 August 2006) was a Paraguayan army officer and politician who served as President of Paraguay from 15 August 1954 to 3 February 1989. Stroessner led a coup d'état on 4 May 1954 with t ...

, who was elected his successor in

special election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...

in July.

Results

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