1973 Venezuelan general election
General elections were held in Venezuela on Sunday 9 December 1973.[1] The presidential elections were won by Carlos Andrés Pérez of Democratic Action, who received 48.7% of the vote,[2] whilst his party won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate. Voter turnout was 96.5%.[3]
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Results
President
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
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| Carlos Andrés Pérez | AD-PRN | 2,130,743 | 48.7 |
| Lorenzo Fernández | Copei-FDP-MPI | 1,605,628 | 36.7 |
| Jesus Paz Gallarraga | MEP-PCV | 221,239 | 5.1 |
| José Vicente Rangel | Movement for Socialism | 186,255 | 4.3 |
| Jóvito Villalba | Democratic Republican Union | 134,478 | 3.1 |
| Miguel Ángel Burelli Rivas | National Opinion | 33,977 | 0.8 |
| Pedro Tinoco | PNI-MD | 29,399 | 0.7 |
| Martín Garcia | PSD | 11,965 | 0.3 |
| Germán Borregales | National Action Movement | 9,331 | 0.2 |
| Pedro Segnini | Democratic National Front | 6,176 | 0.1 |
| Raimundo Verde Roja | Independent Democratic Movement | 3,754 | 0.1 |
| Alberto Solano | Emancipatory Force | 1,736 | 0.0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 196,880 | – | |
| Total | 4,571,561 | 100 | |
| Source: Nohlen | |||
Congress
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||
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| Chamber | +/- | Senate | +/- | |||
| Democratic Action | 1,955,439 | 44.4 | 102 | +36 | 28 | +9 |
| Copei | 1,330,514 | 30.2 | 64 | +5 | 13 | -3 |
| Movement for Socialism | 232,756 | 5.3 | 9 | New | 2 | New |
| People's Electoral Movement | 218,192 | 5.0 | 8 | -17 | 2 | -3 |
| Nationalist Civic Crusade | 189,667 | 4.3 | 7 | -14 | 1 | -3 |
| Democratic Republican Union | 140,462 | 3.2 | 5 | -13 | 1 | -2 |
| Popular Democratic Front | 54,759 | 1.2 | 0 | -10 | 0 | -1 |
| Communist Party of Venezuela | 52,754 | 1.2 | 2 | New | 0 | New |
| Revolutionary Left Movement | 44,012 | 1.0 | 1 | New | 0 | New |
| National Opinion | 32,751 | 0.7 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 |
| Integrationist National Party | 30,618 | 0.7 | 1 | New | 0 | New |
| Progressive Independents | 27,528 | 0.6 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| Nationalist Unity Front | 15,537 | 0.4 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| National Action Movement | 12,588 | 0.3 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| PSD | 12,238 | 0.3 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| Democratic National Front | 11,313 | 0.3 | 0 | -4 | 0 | -1 |
| Popular Movement | 8,324 | 0.2 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| 19 other parties | 8,031 | 0.2 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| Invalid/blank votes | 172,422 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 4,572,187 | 100 | 200 | -14 | 47 | -5 |
| Source: Nohlen | ||||||
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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, p581
- Nohlen, p556
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