1948 Venezuelan municipal elections

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Elections to local municipal councils were held across Venezuela on May 9, 1948, except for the Federal District and the Federal Territories were local authorities had been elected in December 1947. [1] [2] These were the first municipal elections with direct universal and secret suffrage held separately from the national presidential or legislative elections. [3]

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Participation declined compared with the presidential and legislative elections the previous year. [3] As it was the third election in two years, there was considerable voter fatigue. [1] In total 693,154 people cast their votes. [1] [2]

The elections resulted in an overwhelming victory for the Democratic Action party, following the pattern of the 1946-1947 elections. [4] COPEI won the election in the Táchira state and its local affiliate the Republican Federal Union won the polls in the Mérida state. [1] Most of the COPEI votes came from these two states, where the party won majorities in almost all of the municipal councils. [5] The Communist Party gained representation in councils in the Federal District, Anzoátegui, Lara and Zulia. [6] The Revolutionary Party of the Proletariat, the so-called 'Black Communists', won a seat in Anzoátegui. [7] [8] [9]

Results

National summary

PartyVotes%Councillors
elected
Democratic Action 491,72470.82727
Copei 109,68215.79105
Republican Federal Union 37,5735.41
Democratic Republican Union 26,5023.8222
Communist Party of Venezuela 23,5673.3912
Revolutionary Party of the Proletariat (Communist) 3,6970.53*
Socialist Party of Venezuela 5970.09*
Total693,154100868
Source: [4] [10] [9]

State-wise distribution of seats

State AD COPEI
/UFR
URD PCV Others
Anzoátegui 551121
Apure 20
Aragua 402
Barinas 3811
Bolívar 25
Carabobo 313
Cojedes 332
Falcón 5514
Guárico 35
Lara 3832
Mérida 1923
Miranda 473
Monagas 341
Nueva Esparta 2010
Portuguesa 3811
Sucre 5851
Táchira 1534
Trujillo 2713
Yaracuy 351
Zulia 64105

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