1963 Venezuelan general election

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]

1963 Venezuelan general election

1 December 1963
Presidential election
Turnout92.27%
 
Nominee Raúl Leoni Rafael Caldera Jóvito Villalba
Party Democratic Action Copei URD
Popular vote 957,574 589,177 551,266
Percentage 32.81% 20.19% 18.89%

 
Nominee Arturo Uslar Wolfgang Larrazábal
Party IPFN FDP
Popular vote 469,363 275,325
Percentage 16.08% 9.43%


President before election

Rómulo Betancourt
Democratic Action

Elected President

Raúl Leoni
Democratic Action

Results

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Raúl LeoniDemocratic Action957,57432.81
Rafael CalderaCopei589,17720.19
Jóvito VillalbaURDPSVMENI551,26618.89
Arturo Uslar PietriIndependents for the National Front469,36316.08
Wolfgang LarrazábalPopular Democratic Front275,3259.43
Raúl Ramón GiménezOpposition Democratic Action66,8802.29
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

PartyVotes%Seats
Chamber+/–Senate+/–
Democratic Action936,12432.7866–722–10
Copei595,69720.8639+198+2
Democratic Republican Union497,45417.4229–57–4
Independents for the National Front381,60013.3622New5New
Popular Democratic Front274,0969.6016New4New
Opposition Democratic Action93,4943.275New1New
Socialist Party of Venezuela24,6700.861+100
Independent National Electoral Movement18,5100.651+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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