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1967 Paraguayan Constitutional Assembly election

Field	Value
election_name	1967 Paraguayan Constitutional Assembly election
country	Paraguay
flag_year	1954
previous_election	1963
next_election	1968
election_date	7 May 1967
first_election	yes
seats_for_election	120 seats in the Constitutional Assembly
majority_seats	61
ongoing	no
party1	Colorado Party (Paraguay)
percentage1	69.4
seats1	80
party2	Radical Liberal Party (Paraguay)
percentage2	21.5
seats2	29
party3	Liberal
colour3	#0000FF
percentage3	6.2
seats3	8
party4	PRF
colour4	#4F8B7C
percentage4	2.8
seats4	3

Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Paraguay on 7 May 1967. The Colorado Party won 80 of the 120 seats. Voter turnout was 68.9%.

Results

Constitutional amendments

The new constitution drafted by the Assembly replaced the constitution of 1940. It limited the president to two five-year terms, but a transitory article stated that only those terms completed after the 1968 election would count toward the two-term limit. This had the effect of allowing President Alfredo Stroessner, in office since 1954, to run for two more terms in office. The exercise of dictatorial powers was forbidden, and all officials were required to act in accordance with the constitution. It also allowed for political opposition to re-emerge, which prompted several former political leaders to return from exile.

The new constitution maintained the authoritarian character of its predecessor. While it banned the use of dictatorial powers, it also vested the president with many of the sweeping executive and legislative powers they had held in the 1940 constitution. Congress was prevented from carrying out autonomous actions, while the judiciary was dependent upon presidential appointment. The president retained the ability to dissolve Congress if they felt it had acted in a manner that disturbed the separation of powers. Having already ruled under what amounted to martial law for most of his first thirteen years in office (apart from a 24-hour period on election day) Stroessner continued doing so even after the new constitution was promulgated, effectively nullifying constitutional guarantees of civil rights.

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p425 {{ISBN. 978-0-19-928358-3
Nohlen, p429
Following the election, the country's [[Constitution of Paraguay
[http://countrystudies.us/paraguay/53.htm The Governmental System] [[Library of Congress Country Studies]]
Nickson, R. Andrew. (2015). "Historical Dictionary of Paraguay". Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
(December 25, 1967). "Latins Mystified by Wealthy Frenchman". [[Chicago Tribune]].
[http://countrystudies.us/paraguay/2.htm History] [[Library of Congress Country Studies]]
The president also retained the power to declare a [[state of emergency

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