1954 Paraguayan presidential election
Election of Alfredo Stroessner as President of Paraguay / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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This was the first of Stroessner's eight consecutive election victories.[5]