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1963 Venezuelan general election
Presidential election
Turnout 92.27%
General elections were held in
Venezuela on 1 December 1963.
[1] The presidential elections were won by
Raúl Leoni of the
Democratic Action political party, who received 32.8% of the vote.
[2] Leoni's party won 66 of the 179 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 22 of the 47 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 92.3% in the presidential election and 90.8% in the Congressional elections.
[3]
Results
President
Candidate Party Votes %
Raúl Leoni
Democratic Action 957,574 32.81
Rafael Caldera
Copei 589,177 20.19
Jóvito Villalba
URD –
PSV –
MENI 551,266 18.89
Arturo Uslar Pietri
Independents for the National Front [
es ] 469,363 16.08
Wolfgang Larrazábal
Popular Democratic Front [
es ] 275,325 9.43
Raúl Ramos Giménez [
es ]
Opposition Democratic Action [
es ] 66,880 2.29
Germán Borregales
National Action Movement 9,292 0.32 Total 2,918,877 100.00 Valid votes 2,918,877 93.93 Invalid/blank votes 188,686 6.07 Total votes 3,107,563 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 3,367,787 92.27 Source: Nohlen
Congress
Party Votes % Seats Chamber +/– Senate +/–
Democratic Action 936,124 32.78 66 –7 22 –10
Copei 595,697 20.86 39 +19 8 +2
Democratic Republican Union 497,454 17.42 29 –5 7 –4
Independents for the National Front [
es ] 381,600 13.36 22 New 5 New
Popular Democratic Front [
es ] 274,096 9.60 16 New 4 New
Opposition Democratic Action [
es ] 93,494 3.27 5 New 1 New
Socialist Party of Venezuela 24,670 0.86 1 +1 0 0
Independent National Electoral Movement 18,510 0.65 1 +1 0 0
National Action Movement 15,746 0.55 0 New 0 New National Authentic Party 14,555 0.51 0 New 0 New Popular Electoral Crusade Group S 4,230 0.15 0 New 0 New Total 2,856,176 100.00 179 +47 47 –4 Valid votes 2,856,176 93.53 Invalid/blank votes 197,708 6.47 Total votes 3,053,884 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 3,367,787 90.68 Source: Nohlen
References
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