Battle of Backbone Mountain

General elections were held in Paraguay on 6 February 1983.^[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 Deputues. Voter turnout was 93%.^[2]

Results


Party		Presidential candidate	Votes	%	Seats
Party		Presidential candidate	Votes	%	Chamber	+/–	Senate	+/–
	Colorado Party	Alfredo Stroessner	944,637	91.03	40	0	20	0
	Radical Liberal Party	Enzo Doldan	59,094	5.69	13	+1	6	0
	Liberal Party	Fulvio Hugo Celauro	34,010	3.28	7	–1	4	0
Total			1,037,741	100.00	60	0	30	0

Valid votes			1,037,741	98.93
Invalid/blank votes			11,255	1.07
Total votes			1,048,996	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,132,582	92.62
Source: Nohlen, The Europa World Year Book 1985

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

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