Venezuelan general election, 1973

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General elections were held in Venezuela on Sunday December 9, 1973.^[1] The presidential elections were won by Carlos Andrés Pérez of Democratic Action, who received 48.7% of the vote,^[2] whilst his party won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate. Voter turnout was 96.5%.^[3]

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Carlos Andrés Pérez	AD-PRN	2,130,743	48.7
Lorenzo Fernández	Copei-FDP-MPI	1,605,628	36.7
Jesus Paz Gallarraga	MEP-PCV	221,239	5.1
José Vicente Rangel	Movement for Socialism	186,255	4.3
Jóvito Villalba	Democratic Republican Union	134,478	3.1
Miguel Ángel Burelli Rivas	National Opinion	33,977	0.8
Pedro Tinoco	PNI-MD	29,399	0.7
Martín Garcia	PSD	11,965	0.3
Germán Borregales	National Action Movement	9,331	0.2
Pedro Segnini	Democratic National Front	6,176	0.1
Raimundo Verde Roja	Independent Democratic Movement	3,754	0.1
Alberto Solano	Emancipatory Force	1,736	0.0
Invalid/blank votes		196,880	–
Total		4,571,561	100
Source: Nohlen

Congress

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Party	Votes	%	Chamber	+/-	Senate	+/-
Democratic Action	1,955,439	44.4	102	+36	28	+9
Copei	1,330,514	30.2	64	+5	13	-3
Movement for Socialism	232,756	5.3	9	New	2	New
People's Electoral Movement	218,192	5.0	8	-17	2	-3
Nationalist Civic Crusade	189,667	4.3	7	-14	1	-3
Democratic Republican Union	140,462	3.2	5	-13	1	-2
Popular Democratic Front	54,759	1.2	0	-10	0	-1
Communist Party of Venezuela	52,754	1.2	2	New	0	New
Revolutionary Left Movement	44,012	1.0	1	New	0	New
National Opinion	32,751	0.7	1	+1	0	0
Integrationist National Party	30,618	0.7	1	New	0	New
Progressive Independents	27,528	0.6	0	New	0	New
Nationalist Unity Front	15,537	0.4	0	New	0	New
National Action Movement	12,588	0.3	0	-1	0	0
PSD	12,238	0.3	0	New	0	New
Democratic National Front	11,313	0.3	0	-4	0	-1
Popular Movement	8,324	0.2	0	New	0	New
19 other parties	8,031	0.2	0	–	0	–
Invalid/blank votes	172,422	–	–	–	–	–
Total	4,572,187	100	200	-14	47	-5
Source: Nohlen

Popular vote

AD			44.44%
COPEI			30.24%
MAS			5.29%
MEP			4.96%
CCN			4.31%
URD			3.19%
FDP			1.24%
PCV			1.20%
MIR			1.00%
Others			3.61%

Seats (Chamber)

AD			51.00%
COPEI			32.00%
MAS			4.50%
MEP			4.00%
CCN			3.50%
URD			2.50%
PCV			1.00%
MIR			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, p581
↑ Nohlen, p556

Elections and referendums in Venezuela
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Referendums	1957 1999 (Apr) 1999 (Dec) 2000 2004 2007 2009 2017
Constitutent Assemblies	1946 1952 1999 2017

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