1983 Venezuelan general election

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1983 Venezuelan general election
State flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg
  1978 4 December 1983 1988  
Presidential election
Turnout87.75%
  Jaime Lusinchi 1984.jpg Rafa Caldera 1983 (headshot).png
Nominee Jaime Lusinchi Rafael Caldera
Party Democratic Action Copei
Popular vote3,773,7312,298,176
Percentage56.72%34.54%

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Results by region

President before election

Luis Herrera Campins
Copei

Elected President

Jaime Lusinchi
Democratic Action

General elections for the presidency, Congress and state legislatures were held in Venezuela on 4 December 1983. [1] [2] The presidential elections were won by Jaime Lusinchi of Democratic Action, who received 56.7% of the vote, [3] whilst his party won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate.

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Results

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Jaime Lusinchi ADURDVOI 3,773,73156.72
Rafael Caldera CopeiICCNGD  [ es ]CIMAFUNMIO2,298,17634.54
Teodoro Petkoff MASMIRIRE277,4984.17
José Vicente Rangel MEPPCVNALSGARSI221,9183.34
Jorge Olavarria National Opinion  [ es ]32,2540.48
Gonzalo Pérez Hernández  [ es ] National Integration Movement  [ es ]19,5280.29
Luis RangelNational Rescue8,8200.13
Andrés Velásquez Radical Cause 5,9170.09
Vinicio RomeroNational Confidence3,2360.05
Alberto SolanoEmancipatory Force1,6500.02
Félix Díaz Otega New Order 1,6100.02
Juan Iarra RiverolVenezuelan Nationalist Party1,3630.02
Adolfo AlcalaIndependent Voters1,0770.02
Other candidates6,5390.10
Total6,653,317100.00
Valid votes6,653,31797.48
Invalid/blank votes171,8632.52
Total votes6,825,180100.00
Registered voters/turnout7,777,89287.75
Source: National Electoral Council [3]

Congress

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PartyVotes%Seats
Chamber+/–Senate+/–
Democratic Action 3,284,16649.90113+2528+7
Copei 1,887,22628.6860–2414–7
Movement for Socialism 377,7955.7410–120
National Opinion  [ es ]130,0221.983+300
People's Electoral Movement 129,2631.963–100
Democratic Republican Union 125,4581.913000
Communist Party of Venezuela 115,1621.753+200
Revolutionary Left Movement 103,9231.582–200
New Alternative 68,7291.041New0New
Independents with Change63,8220.970New0New
National Integration Movement  [ es ]59,8700.911000
Socialist League 53,5060.811000
Radical Cause 35,3040.540000
New Republic29,6420.450New0New
Majoritarian Independent Committee18,7620.290New0New
National Rescue15,0830.230New0New
Revolutionary Action Group15,0330.230000
Nationalist Unity Front12,2620.190000
New Democratic Generation  [ es ]10,2880.160New0New
Organised Independent Movement10,0200.150New0New
29 other parties35,5630.5400
Total6,580,899100.00200+1440
Valid votes6,580,89996.42
Invalid/blank votes244,2813.58
Total votes6,825,180100.00
Registered voters/turnout7,777,89287.75
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN   978-0-19-928358-3
  2. Deas, Malcolm (1984). "The Venezuelan elections of 1983" . Electoral Studies. 3 (2): 200–203. doi:10.1016/0261-3794(84)90036-2. ISSN   0261-3794.
  3. 1 2 "Elecciones Presidenciales, Cuadro Comparativo 1958-2000" (PDF). National Electoral Council. p. 3. Retrieved February 21, 2018.