1958 Venezuelan general election

General elections were held in Venezuela on 7 December 1958.[1] The presidential elections were won by Rómulo Betancourt of Democratic Action, who received 49.2% of the vote,[2] whilst his party won 73 of the 132 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 32 of the 51 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 94.4% in the presidential election and 92.1% in the Congressional elections.[3]

Venezuelan presidential election, 1958
7 December 1958
Turnout94.4% (presidential)
92.1% (congressional)
 
Nominee Rómulo Betancourt Wolfgang Larrazábal Rafael Caldera
Party Democratic Action URD-PCV COPEI
Home state Miranda Yaracuy Yaracuy
Popular vote 1,284,092 903,479 423,262
Percentage 49.2% 34.6% 16.21%
President before election

Wolfgang Larrazábal
URD

 Elected President

Rómulo Betancourt
Democratic Action

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Results

President
Candidate Party Votes %
Rómulo BetancourtDemocratic Action1,284,09249.2
Wolfgang LarrazábalURD-PCV-MENI903,47934.6
Rafael CalderaCopei-IR-PST423,26216.2
Invalid/blank votes111,220–
Total2,722,053100
Source: Nohlen

Congress
Party Votes % Seats
Chamber +/- Senate +/-
Democratic Action1,275,97349.573-1032-6
Democratic Republican Union690,35726.834+3011+10
Copei392,30515.218+26+2
Communist Party of Venezuela160,7916.27+42+1
Republican Integration19,4240.80New0New
Socialist Workers' Party15,4760.60New0New
Independent National Electoral Movement14,9080.60New0New
Socialist Party of Venezuela10,9830.40000
Invalid/blank votes104,732–––––
Total2,684,949100132+2251+5
Source: Nohlen
Popular vote
AD
 
 49.45%
URD
 
 26.76%
COPEI
 
 15.20%
PCV
 
 6.23%
Others
 
 2.36%
Seats (Chamber)
AD
 
 55.30%
URD
 
 25.76%
COPEI
 
 13.64%
PCV
 
 5.30%
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References
  1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. Nohlen, p580
  3. Nohlen, p556
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