Venezuelan general election, 1983

Venezuelan presidential election, 1983

December 4, 1983


Nominee	Jaime Lusinchi	Rafael Caldera
Party	AD	COPEI
Popular vote	3,775,341	2,166,467
Percentage	58.4%	33.5%

President before election

Luis Herrera Campins
COPEI

Elected President

Jaime Lusinchi
AD

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General elections were held in Venezuela on 4 December 1983.^[1] The presidential elections were won by Jaime Lusinchi of Democratic Action, who received 58.4% of the vote,^[2] whilst his party won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate. Voter turnout was 87.3%.^[3]

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Jaime Lusinchi	AD-URD-VOI	3,775,341	58.4
Rafael Caldera	Copei-ICC-NGD-CIMA-FUN-MIO	2,166,467	33.5
Teodoro Petkoff	MAS-MIR-IRE	223,194	3.5
José Vicente Rangel	MEP-PCV-NA-LS-GAR-SI	221,918	3.4
Américo Martín	Revolutionary Left Movement	52,287	1.0
Jorge Olavarria	National Opinion	32,254	0.5
Gonzalo Pérez	National Integration Movement	19,528	0.3
Luis Rangel	National Rescue	8,820	0.1
Andrés Velásquez	Radical Cause	5,917	0.1
Vinicio Romero	National Confidence	3,236	0.1
Alberto Solano	Emancipatory Force	1,650	0.0
Juan Iarra Riverol	Venezuelan Nationalist Party	1,363	0.0
Adolfo Alcala	Independent Voters	1,077	0.0
Invalid/blank votes		331,443	–
Total		6,792,208	100
Source: Nohlen

Congress

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Party	Votes	%	Chamber	+/-	Senate	+/-
Democratic Action	3,284,166	49.9	113	+25	28	+7
Copei	1,887,226	28.7	60	-24	14	-7
Movement for Socialism	377,795	5.7	10	-1	2	0
National Opinion	130,022	2.0	3	+3	0	0
People's Electoral Movement	129,263	2.0	3	-1	0	0
Democratic Republican Union	125,458	1.9	3	0	0	0
Communist Party of Venezuela	115,162	1.7	3	+2	0	0
Revolutionary Left Movement	103,923	1.6	2	-2	0	0
New Alternative	68,729	1.0	1	New	0	New
Independents with Change	63,822	1.0	0	New	0	New
National Integration Movement	59,870	0.9	1	0	0	0
Socialist League	53,506	0.8	1	0	0	0
Radical Cause	35,304	0.5	0	0	0	0
LNR (OLVARRIA)	29,642	0.5	0	New	0	New
Majoritarian Independent Committee	18,762	0.3	0	New	0	New
National Rescue	15,083	0.2	0	New	0	New
Revolutionary Action Group	15,033	0.2	0	0	0	0
Nationalist Unity Front	12,262	0.2	0	0	0	0
New Democratic Generation	10,288	0.2	0	New	0	New
MIO	10,020	0.2	0	New	0	New
29 other parties	35,563	0.5	0	–	0	–
Invalid/blank votes	244,281	–	–	–	–	–
Total	6,825,180	100	200	+1	44	0
Source: Nohlen

Popular vote

AD			49.90%
COPEI			28.68%
MAS			5.74%
OPINA			1.98%
MEP			1.96%
URD			1.91%
PCV			1.75%
MIR			1.58%
NA			1.04%
ICC			0.97%
Others			4.49%

Seats (Chamber)

AD			56.50%
COPEI			30.00%
MAS			5.00%
OPINA			1.50%
MEP			1.50%
URD			1.50%
PCV			1.50%
MIR			1.00%
NA			0.50%
Others			1.00%

References

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
↑ Nohlen, p582
↑ Nohlen, p556

Elections and referendums in Venezuela
Presidential elections	1831 1835 1839 1843 1847 1851 1855 1860 1864 1873 1877 1882 1888 1890 1894 1898 1922 1929 1931 1936 1941 1947 1958 1963 1968 1973 1978 1983 1988 1993 1998 2000 2006 2012 2013 2018
Parliamentary elections	1832 1835 1838 1841 1844 1847 1850 1853 1856 1859 1863 1873 1877 1882 1888 1890 1894 1898 1922 1929 1931 1936 1941 1947 1958 1963 1968 1973 1978 1983 1988 1993 1998 2000 2005 2010 2015
Regional elections	1989 1992 1995 1998 2000 2004 2008 2010 2012 2017
Municipal elections	2000 2004 2008 2010 2013 2017
Referendums	1957 1999 (Apr) 1999 (Dec) 2000 2004 2007 2009 2017
Constitutent Assemblies	1946 1952 1999 2017

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