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Venezuelan presidential election, 1963
Presidential election
Turnout 92.27%
General elections were held in Venezuela on 1 December 1963.[1] The presidential elections were won by Raúl Leoni of the Democratic Action political party, who received 32.8% of the vote.[2] Leoni's party won 66 of the 179 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 22 of the 47 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 92.3% in the presidential election and 90.8% in the Congressional elections.[3]
Results [ ]
President [ ]
Candidate Party Votes % Raúl Leoni Democratic Action 957,574 32.81 Rafael Caldera Copei 589,177 20.19 Jóvito Villalba URD ––551,266 18.89 Arturo Uslar Pietri 469,363 16.08 Wolfgang Larrazábal 275,325 9.43 66,880 2.29 Germán Borregales National Action Movement 9,292 0.32 Total 2,918,877 100.00 Valid votes 2,918,877 93.93 Invalid/blank votes 188,686 6.07 Total votes 3,107,563 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 3,367,787 92.27 Source: Nohlen
Congress [ ]
Party Votes % Seats Chamber +/– Senate +/– Democratic Action 936,124 32.78 66 –7 22 –10 Copei 595,697 20.86 39 +19 8 +2 Democratic Republican Union 497,454 17.42 29 –5 7 –4 381,600 13.36 22 New 5 New 274,096 9.60 16 New 4 New 93,494 3.27 5 New 1 New 24,670 0.86 1 +1 0 0 18,510 0.65 1 +1 0 0 National Action Movement 15,746 0.55 0 New 0 New National Authentic Party 14,555 0.51 0 New 0 New Popular Electoral Crusade Group S 4,230 0.15 0 New 0 New Total 2,856,176 100.00 179 +47 47 –4 Valid votes 2,856,176 93.53 Invalid/blank votes 197,708 6.47 Total votes 3,053,884 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 3,367,787 90.68 Source: Nohlen
References [ ]
^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II , p555 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
^ Nohlen, p580
^ Nohlen, p556
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