Venezuelan parliamentary election, 1998

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Parliamentary elections were held in Venezuela on 8 November 1998.^[1] Democratic Action won a plurality of seats, winning 61 of the 207 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 21 of the 54 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 54.5% in the Senate elections and 52.7% in the Chamber elections.^[2]^[3]

People elected for the first time in this election include Nicolás Maduro and Juan Barreto (MVR), Henrique Capriles Radonski (COPEI) for the Chamber of Deputies; and Rafael Poleo (Democratic Action) and Julián Isaías Rodríguez Diaz (MVR) for the Senate.

Results

Senate

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Democratic Action	1,246,567	24.4	21	+5
Fifth Republic Movement	1,008,693	19.8	8	New
Copei	518,976	12.1	6	-8
Project Venezuela	518,235	10.2	3	New
Movement for Socialism	465,977	9.1	5	0
Fatherland for All	171,469	3.4	4	New
Radical Cause	151,960	3.0	1	-8
Opening to National Participation	123,948	2.4	1	New
National Convergence	119,951	2.3	3	-3
Integration and Representation New Hope	63,422	1.2	0	New
Renovación	61,992	1.2	1	New
Communist Party of Venezuela	24,929	0.5	1	+1
Authentic Renewal Organisation	24,794	0.5	0	0
Independent Socialists	24,384	0.5	0	New
United for Human Rights	21,550	0.4	0	New
National Integration Movement	19,138	0.4	0	0
Democratic Republican Union	16,680	0.3	0	0
People's Electoral Movement	15,140	0.3	0	0
Emerging People	9,271	0.2	0	0
Independents for the National Community	7,027	0.1	0	New
257 other parties	391,857	7.7	0	–
Invalid/blank votes	776,201	–	–	–
Total	5,884,588	100	54	+4
Source: Nohlen

Chamber of Deputies

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Democratic Action	1,195,751	24.1	61	+6
Fifth Republic Movement	986,131	19.9	35	New
Copei	593,882	12.0	26	-27
Project Venezuela	518,235	10.4	20	New
Movement for Socialism	440,665	8.9	24	0
Fatherland for All	171,091	3.4	11	New
Radical Cause	147,806	3.0	5	-35
National Convergence	122,242	2.5	6	-20
Opening to National Participation	76,991	1.5	3	New
Integration and Representation New Hope	62,738	1.3	3	New
Renovación	61,704	1.2	2	New
United for Human Rights	30,760	0.6	1	New
Communist Party of Venezuela	28,827	0.6	2	New
Authentic Renewal Organisation	26,610	0.5	2	+1
Independent Socialists	24,729	0.5	1	New
Democratic Republican Union	19,195	0.4	1	0
National Integration Movement	18,099	0.4	1	0
People's Electoral Movement	17,343	0.3	1	0
Organisation Force in Motion	397,205	8.0	1	New
Movement for Popular Democracy-Red Flag			1	New
Other parties			0	–
Invalid/blank votes	828,631	–	–	–
Total	5,792,391	100	207	+4
Source: Nohlen

Popular vote

AD			24.09%
MVR			19.87%
COPEI			11.96%
PROVE			10.44%
MAS			8.88%
PPT			3.45%
LCR			2.98%
CVGV			2.46%
MA			1.55%
IRENE			1.26%
RENOVACION			1.24%
Others			11.34%

Seats

AD			29.47%
MVR			16.91%
COPEI			12.56%
MAS			11.59%
PROVE			9.66%
PPT			5.31%
CVGV			2.90%
LCR			2.42%
MA			1.45%
IRENE			1.45%
RENOVACION			0.97%
Others			5.31%

References

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
↑ Nohlen, p575
↑ Nohlen, p573

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