Venezuelan general election, 1958

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General elections were held in Venezuela on 7 December 1958.[1] The presidential elections were won by Rómulo Betancourt of Democratic Action, who received 49.2% of the vote,[2] whilst his party won 73 of the 132 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 32 of the 51 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 94.4% in the presidential election and 92.1% in the Congressional elections.[3]

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Results

President

Candidate Party Votes %
Rómulo Betancourt Democratic Action 1,284,092 49.2
Wolfgang Larrazábal URD-PCV-MENI 903,479 34.6
Rafael Caldera Copei-IR-PST 423,262 16.2
Invalid/blank votes 111,220 –
Total 2,722,053 100
Source: Nohlen

Congress

Party Votes % Seats
Chamber +/- Senate +/-
Democratic Action 1,275,973 49.5 73 -10 32 -6
Democratic Republican Union 690,357 26.8 34 +30 11 +10
Copei 392,305 15.2 18 +2 6 +2
Communist Party of Venezuela 160,791 6.2 7 +4 2 +1
Republican Integration 19,424 0.8 0 New 0 New
Socialist Workers' Party 15,476 0.6 0 New 0 New
Independent National Electoral Movement 14,908 0.6 0 New 0 New
Socialist Party of Venezuela 10,983 0.4 0 0 0 0
Invalid/blank votes 104,732 – – – – –
Total 2,684,949 100 132 +22 51 +5
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN 9780199283583
  2. ^ Nohlen, p580
  3. ^ Nohlen, p556
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