1983 Venezuelan general election

General elections were held in Venezuela on 4 December 1983.[1] The presidential elections were won by Jaime Lusinchi of Democratic Action, who received 56.7% of the vote,[2] whilst his party won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate.

1983 Venezuelan general election

4 December 1983
Turnout	87.8%
Nominee Jaime Lusinchi Rafael Caldera Party Democratic Action COPEI Home state Anzoátegui Yaracuy Popular vote 3,773,731 2,298,176 Percentage 56.7% 34.5%
President before election Luis Herrera Campins COPEI Elected President Jaime Lusinchi Democratic Action

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Jaime Lusinchi	AD–URD–VOI	3,773,731	56.72
Rafael Caldera	Copei–ICC–NGD–CIMA–FUN–MIO	2,298,176	34.54
Teodoro Petkoff	MAS–MIR–IRE	277,498	4.17
José Vicente Rangel	MEP–PCV–NA-LS–GAR–SI	221,918	3.34
Jorge Olavarria	National Opinion	32,254	0.48
Gonzalo Pérez	National Integration Movement	19,528	0.29
Luis Rangel	National Rescue	8,820	0.13
Andrés Velásquez	Radical Cause	5,917	0.09
Vinicio Romero	National Confidence	3,236	0.05
Alberto Solano	Emancipatory Force	1,650	0.02
Félix Díaz Otega	NOR	1,610	0.02
Juan Iarra Riverol	Venezuelan Nationalist Party	1,363	0.02
Adolfo Alcala	Independent Voters	1,077	0.02
Other candidates		6,539	0.10
Invalid/blank votes		171,863	–
Total		6,825,180	100
Registered voters/turnout		7,777,892	87.75
Source: National Electoral Council[2]

Congress

Popular vote
AD			49.90%
COPEI			28.68%
MAS			5.74%
OPINA			1.98%
MEP			1.96%
URD			1.91%
PCV			1.75%
MIR			1.58%
NA			1.04%
ICC			0.97%
Others			4.49%

Seats (Chamber)
AD			56.50%
COPEI			30.00%
MAS			5.00%
OPINA			1.50%
MEP			1.50%
URD			1.50%
PCV			1.50%
MIR			1.00%
NA			0.50%
Others			1.00%

Party	Votes	%	Seats
			Chamber	+/-	Senate	+/-
Democratic Action	3,284,166	49.9	113	+25	28	+7
Copei	1,887,226	28.7	60	-24	14	-7
Movement for Socialism	377,795	5.7	10	-1	2	0
National Opinion	130,022	2.0	3	+3	0	0
People's Electoral Movement	129,263	2.0	3	-1	0	0
Democratic Republican Union	125,458	1.9	3	0	0	0
Communist Party of Venezuela	115,162	1.7	3	+2	0	0
Revolutionary Left Movement	103,923	1.6	2	-2	0	0
New Alternative	68,729	1.0	1	New	0	New
Independents with Change	63,822	1.0	0	New	0	New
National Integration Movement	59,870	0.9	1	0	0	0
Socialist League	53,506	0.8	1	0	0	0
Radical Cause	35,304	0.5	0	0	0	0
LNR (OLVARRIA)	29,642	0.5	0	New	0	New
Majoritarian Independent Committee	18,762	0.3	0	New	0	New
National Rescue	15,083	0.2	0	New	0	New
Revolutionary Action Group	15,033	0.2	0	0	0	0
Nationalist Unity Front	12,262	0.2	0	0	0	0
New Democratic Generation	10,288	0.2	0	New	0	New
MIO	10,020	0.2	0	New	0	New
29 other parties	35,563	0.5	0	–	0	–
Invalid/blank votes	244,281	–	–	–	–	–
Total	6,825,180	100	200	+1	44	0
Registered voters/turnout	7,777,892	87.8	–	–	–	–
Source: Nohlen

References

1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
2. "Elecciones Presidenciales, Cuadro Comparativo 1958-2000" (PDF). National Electoral Council. p. 3. Retrieved February 21, 2018.