1978 Venezuelan general election

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1978 Venezuelan general election
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  1973 3 December 1978 1983  
Presidential election
Turnout87.56%
  Luis Herrera Campins en 1978.jpg Luis Maria Pinerua Ordaz.jpg Jose Vicente Rangel.png
Nominee Luis Herrera Campins Luis Piñerúa Ordaz José Vicente Rangel
Party Copei Democratic Action MAS
Popular vote2,487,3182,309,577276,083
Percentage46.64%43.31%5.18%

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President before election

Carlos Andrés Pérez
Democratic Action

Elected President

Luis Herrera Campins
Copei

General elections were held in Venezuela on 3 December 1978. [1] The presidential elections were won by Luis Herrera Campins of Copei, who received 47% of the vote. [2] Although Copei received more votes, Democratic Action won the most seats in the Chamber of Deputies, whilst the two parties won 21 seats each in the Senate. Voter turnout was 88%. [3]

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Results

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Luis Herrera Campins CopeiURDFDP  [ es ]OPINA  [ es ]2,487,31846.64
Luis Piñerúa Ordaz Democratic Action 2,309,57743.31
José Vicente Rangel MASVUC 276,0835.18
Diego Arria Common CauseMDT90,0601.69
Luis Beltrán Prieto Figueroa People's Electoral Movement 59,7471.12
Américo Martín Revolutionary Left Movement 52,2870.98
Héctor Mujica  [ es ] Communist Party of Venezuela 29,3050.55
Leonardo Montiel OrtegaNational Renewal Movement13,9180.26
Alejandro GómezNationalist Unity Front8,3370.16
Pablo Salas Castillo Nationalist Civic Crusade 6,0810.11
Total5,332,713100.00
Valid votes5,332,71397.86
Invalid/blank votes116,8882.14
Total votes5,449,601100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,223,90387.56
Source: Nohlen

Congress

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PartyVotes%Seats
Chamber+/–Senate+/–
Copei 2,103,00439.8184+2021+8
Democratic Action 2,096,51239.6888–1421–7
Movement for Socialism 325,3286.1611+220
Revolutionary Left Movement 123,9152.354+300
People's Electoral Movement 117,4552.224–40–2
Democratic Republican Union 88,8071.683–20–1
Common Cause 85,4321.621New0New
National Integration Movement  [ es ]83,7001.581New0New
Communist Party of Venezuela 55,1681.041–100
Communist Unitarian Vanguard 46,5470.881New0New
Socialist League 30,1910.571New0New
National Renewal Movement26,2350.500New0New
Labour Movement22,9660.430New0New
Popular Democratic Front  [ es ]13,6970.260000
Nationalist Unity Front12,9860.250000
Radical Cause 12,5730.240New0New
Nationalist Civic Crusade 10,9060.210–70–1
Revolutionary Action Group9,0340.170New0New
National Opinion  [ es ]7,9610.150–100
Independents for Community Development6,7190.130New0New
Other parties3,7530.0700
Total5,282,889100.00199–144–3
Valid votes5,282,88996.94
Invalid/blank votes166,9013.06
Total votes5,449,790100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,223,90387.56
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN   978-0-19-928358-3
  2. Nohlen, p581
  3. Nohlen, p556