1928 Paraguayan presidential election

1928 Paraguayan presidential election
18 April 1928
Presidential election
 
Candidate José Patricio Guggiari Eduardo Fleitas
Party Liberal Colorado
Popular vote 51,139 23,687
Percentage 57.54% 26.65%
President before election

Eligio Ayala
Liberal

Elected President

José Patricio Guggiari
Liberal

Presidential elections were held in Paraguay on 14 April 1928. José Patricio Guggiari of the Liberal Party won the elections. The Colorado Party candidate was Eduardo Fleitas.

The election is considered to have been the first free and fair presidential elections in Paraguayan history. Nonetheless, aroun 14,000 blank ballots were cast, according to The New York Times, as a protest against alleged election fraud.

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