1963 Venezuelan general election

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Venezuelan presidential election, 1963

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Presidential election
Turnout92.27%
  Raúl Leoni 1965.jpg Rafa Caldera 1983 (headshot).png Jóvito Villalba 1940s.jpg
Nominee Raúl Leoni Rafael Caldera Jóvito Villalba
Party Democratic Action Copei URD
Home state Bolívar Yaracuy Nueva Esparta
Popular vote 957,574 589,177 551,266
Percentage 32.81% 20.19% 18.89%

  Uslar Pietri.jpg WolfangLarrazábal.jpg
Nominee Arturo Uslar Wolfgang Larrazábal
Party
Home state Distrito Federal Yaracuy
Popular vote 469,363 275,325
Percentage 16.08% 9.43%

President before election

Rómulo Betancourt
Democratic Action

Elected President

Raúl Leoni
Democratic Action

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[]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Raúl LeoniDemocratic Action957,57432.81
Rafael CalderaCopei589,17720.19
Jóvito VillalbaURD––551,26618.89
Arturo Uslar Pietri469,36316.08
Wolfgang Larrazábal275,3259.43
66,8802.29
Germán BorregalesNational Action Movement9,2920.32
Total2,918,877100.00
Valid votes2,918,87793.93
Invalid/blank votes188,6866.07
Total votes3,107,563100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,367,78792.27
Source: Nohlen

Congress[]

Cámara de Diputados de Venezuela elecciones 1963.svgSenado de Venezuela elecciones 1963.svg
PartyVotes%Seats
Chamber+/–Senate+/–
Democratic Action936,12432.7866–722–10
Copei595,69720.8639+198+2
Democratic Republican Union497,45417.4229–57–4
381,60013.3622New5New
274,0969.6016New4New
93,4943.275New1New
24,6700.861+100
18,5100.651+100
National Action Movement15,7460.550New0New
National Authentic Party14,5550.510New0New
Popular Electoral Crusade Group S4,2300.150New0New
Total2,856,176100.00179+4747–4
Valid votes2,856,17693.53
Invalid/blank votes197,7086.47
Total votes3,053,884100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,367,78790.68
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, p580
  3. ^ Nohlen, p556
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