1946 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election

Rómulo Betancourt voting in the 1946 elections

Constituent Assembly elections were held in Venezuela on 27 October 1946, ^[1] following a coup the year before which launched El Trienio Adeco. ^[2] They were the first free national elections in the country's history.

Democratic Action, which had led the provisional government formed after the coup, won a decisive victory with 137 of the 160 seats in the Assembly. Voter turnout was 86.6%. ^[3] The assembly drafted a constitution ahead of the country's first free regular elections a year later.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Democratic Action	1,099,601	78.43	137
	Copei	141,418	10.09	19
	Communist Party of Venezuela	50,837	3.63	2
	Democratic Republican Union	49,721	3.55	2
	Republican Federal Union	38,440	2.74	0
	Falconian Electoral Committee	5,489	0.39	0
	Liberal Party of Tachira	4,333	0.31	0
	Democratic Electoral Organisation	3,007	0.21	0
	Socialist Party of Venezuela	2,078	0.15	0
	Venezuelan Independent Sector	2,073	0.15	0
	Independent Democratic Organisation	1,619	0.12	0
	Progressive Liberal Party	846	0.06	0
	Other parties	2,549	0.18	0
Total		1,402,011	100.00	160
Valid votes		1,402,011	99.88
Invalid/blank votes		1,706	0.12
Total votes		1,403,717	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,621,687	86.56
Source: Nohlen, Nohlen, Martínez [4]

Seats won by state

State/ Territory	AD	COPEI/ UFR	PCV	URD
Federal District	12	2	1
Anzoátegui	6
Apure	3
Aragua	6
Barinas	3
Bolívar	4
Carabobo	8
Cojedes	3
Falcón	9
Guárico	6
Lara	12	1
Mérida	3	5
Miranda	9
Monagas	5
Nueva Esparta	2			1
Portuguesa	4
Sucre	11			1
Táchira	3	7
Trujillo	8	3
Yaracuy	5
Zulia	12	1	1
Amazonas Federal Territory	1
Delta Amacuro Federal Territory	2
Source: CSE [5]

References

1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN   978-0-19-928358-3
2. Nohlen, p537
3. Nohlen, p568
4. Pedro José Martínez (1987) Propaganda política, partidos y sistema electoral
5. Los Partidos políticos y sus estadísticas electorales, 1946-1984. Consejo Supremo Electoral, División de Estadística. 1987. pp. 43–44.