1946 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election

Constituent Assembly elections were held in Venezuela on 27 October 1946,[1] following a coup the year before which launched El Trienio Adeco.[2] The result was a victory for Democratic Action, which won 137 of the 160 seats in the Assembly. Voter turnout was 86.6%.[3]

Rómulo Betancourt voting in the 1946 elections

Results
PartyVotes%Seats
Democratic Action1,099,60178.43137
Copei141,41810.0919
Communist Party of Venezuela50,8373.632
Democratic Republican Union49,7213.552
Republican Federal Union38,4402.740
Falconian Electoral Committee5,4890.390
Liberal Party of Tachira4,3330.310
Democratic Electoral Organisation3,0070.210
Socialist Party of Venezuela2,0780.150
Venezuelan Independent Sector2,0730.150
Independent Democratic Organisation1,6190.120
Progressive Liberal Party8460.060
Other parties2,5490.180
Total1,402,011100.00160
Valid votes1,402,01199.88
Invalid/blank votes1,7060.12
Total votes1,403,717100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,621,68786.56
Source: Nohlen, Nohlen, Martínez[4]

Seats won by state
State/
Territory		 AD COPEI/
UFR		 PCV URD
Federal District 12 2 1
Anzoátegui 6
Apure 3
Aragua 6
Barinas 3
Bolívar 4
Carabobo 8
Cojedes 3
Falcón 9
Guárico 6
Lara 12 1
Mérida 3 5
Miranda 9
Monagas 5
Nueva Esparta 2 1
Portuguesa 4
Sucre 11 1
Táchira 3 7
Trujillo 8 3
Yaracuy 5
Zulia 12 1 1
Amazonas Federal Territory 1
Delta Amacuro Federal Territory 2
Source: CSE[5]

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. Nohlen, p537
  3. Nohlen, p568
  4. Pedro José Martínez (1987) Propaganda política, partidos y sistema electoral
  5. Los Partidos políticos y sus estadísticas electorales, 1946-1984. Consejo Supremo Electoral, División de Estadística. 1987. pp. 43–44.
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