Venezuelan general election, 1978
General elections were held in Venezuela on 3 December 1978.[1] The presidential elections were won by Luis Herrera Campins of Copei, who received 46.6% of the vote.[2] Although Copei received more votes, Democratic Action won the most seats in the Chamber of Deputies, whilst the two parties won 21 seats each in the Senate. Voter turnout was 87.6%.[3]
Results
President
Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
% |
Luis Herrera Campins |
Copei-URD-FDP-OPINA |
2,487,318 |
46.6 |
Luis Piñerúa Ordaz |
Democratic Action |
2,309,577 |
43.3 |
José Vicente Rangel |
MAS-VUC |
276,083 |
5.2 |
Diego Arria |
CC-MDT |
90,060 |
1.7 |
Américo Martín |
Revolutionary Left Movement |
52,287 |
1.0 |
Héctor Mujica |
Communist Party of Venezuela |
29,305 |
0.5 |
Leonardo Montiel |
National Renewal Movement |
13,918 |
0.3 |
Alejandro Gómez |
Nationalist Unity Front |
8,337 |
0.2 |
Pablo Salas Castillo |
Nationalist Civic Crusade |
6,081 |
0.1 |
Invalid/blank votes |
116,888 |
– |
Total |
5,449,801 |
100 |
Source: Nohlen |
Congress
Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
Chamber |
+/- |
Senate |
+/- |
Copei |
2,103,004 |
39.8 |
84 |
+20 |
21 |
+8 |
Democratic Action |
2,096,512 |
39.7 |
88 |
-14 |
21 |
-7 |
Movement for Socialism |
325,328 |
6.2 |
11 |
+2 |
2 |
0 |
Revolutionary Left Movement |
123,915 |
2.3 |
4 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
People's Electoral Movement |
117,455 |
2.2 |
4 |
-4 |
0 |
-2 |
Democratic Republican Union |
88,807 |
1.7 |
3 |
-2 |
0 |
-1 |
National Integration Movement |
83,700 |
1.6 |
1 |
New |
0 |
New |
Common Cause |
85,432 |
1.6 |
1 |
New |
0 |
New |
Communist Party of Venezuela |
55,168 |
1.0 |
1 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
Communist Unitarian Vanguard |
46,547 |
0.9 |
1 |
New |
0 |
New |
Socialist League |
30,191 |
0.6 |
1 |
New |
0 |
New |
National Renewal Movement |
26,235 |
0.5 |
0 |
New |
0 |
New |
Labour Movement |
22,966 |
0.4 |
0 |
New |
0 |
New |
Popular Democratic Front |
13,697 |
0.3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Nationalist Unity Front |
12,986 |
0.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Radical Cause |
12,573 |
0.2 |
0 |
New |
0 |
New |
Nationalist Civic Crusade |
10,906 |
0.2 |
0 |
-7 |
0 |
-1 |
Revolutionary Action Group |
9,034 |
0.2 |
0 |
New |
0 |
New |
National Opinion |
7,961 |
0.2 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
Independents for Community Development |
6,719 |
0.1 |
0 |
New |
0 |
New |
Other parties |
3,753 |
0.1 |
0 |
– |
0 |
– |
Invalid/blank votes |
166,901 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
Total |
5,449,790 |
100 |
199 |
-1 |
44 |
-3 |
Source: Nohlen |
References
- ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN 9780199283583
- ^ Nohlen, p581
- ^ Nohlen, p556