1963 Venezuelan general election
General elections were held in Venezuela on 1 December 1963.[1] The presidential elections were won by Raúl Leoni of the Democratic Action political party, who received 32.8% of the vote.[2] Leoni's party won 66 of the 179 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 22 of the 47 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 92.3% in the presidential election and 90.8% in the Congressional elections.[3]
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Results
President
Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
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Raúl Leoni | Democratic Action | 957,574 | 32.8 |
Rafael Caldera | Copei | 589,177 | 20.2 |
Jóvito Villalba | URD-PSV-MENI | 551,266 | 18.9 |
Arturo Uslar Pietri | Independents for the National Front | 469,363 | 16.1 |
Wolfgang Larrazábal | Popular Democratic Front | 275,325 | 9.4 |
Raúl Ramón Giménez | Opposition Democratic Action | 66,880 | 2.3 |
Germán Borregales | National Action Movement | 9,292 | 0.3 |
Invalid/blank votes | 188,686 | – | |
Total | 3,107,563 | 100 | |
Source: Nohlen |
Congress
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||
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Chamber | +/- | Senate | +/- | |||
Democratic Action | 936,124 | 32.7 | 66 | -7 | 22 | -10 |
Copei | 595,697 | 20.8 | 39 | +19 | 8 | +2 |
Democratic Republican Union | 497,454 | 17.4 | 29 | -5 | 7 | -4 |
Independents for the National Front | 381,600 | 13.3 | 22 | New | 5 | New |
Popular Democratic Front | 274,096 | 9.6 | 16 | New | 4 | New |
Opposition Democratic Action | 93,494 | 3.3 | 5 | New | 1 | New |
Socialist Party of Venezuela | 24,670 | 0.9 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 |
Independent National Electoral Movement | 18,510 | 0.6 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 |
National Action Movement | 15,746 | 0.6 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
National Authentic Party | 14,555 | 0.5 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
Popular Electoral Crusade Group S | 4,230 | 0.1 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
Invalid/blank votes | 197,708 | – | – | – | – | – |
Total | 3,059,434 | 100 | 179 | +47 | 47 | -4 |
Source: Nohlen |
Note that there is a difference of 100 votes between the party total and the overall total.[4]
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References
- Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- Nohlen, p580
- Nohlen, p556
- Nohlen, p570
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