[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 Deputies.

[2] These were the first elections held since Stroessner nominally lifted a state of siege in 1987.

By election day, the only independent media outlets that had not been shut down were those operated by the Catholic Church.

Under these conditions, most opposition parties urged their supporters to either cast blank ballots or abstain from voting altogether.

In February 1989, seven months after being sworn in for his eighth term, he was overthrown in a military coup.