1954 Paraguayan presidential election
ELECTION OF ALFREDO STROESSNER AS PRESIDENT OF PARAGUAY
Paraguayan general election, 1954; Paraguayan presidential election, 1954
Presidential elections were held in Paraguay on 11 July 1954,Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p425 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.