1963 Venezuelan general election|
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Presidential election |
| Turnout | 92.27% |
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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 | % |
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| 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 | 469,363 | 16.08 |
| Wolfgang Larrazábal | Popular Democratic Front | 275,325 | 9.43 |
| Raúl Ramos Giménez | Opposition Democratic Action | 66,880 | 2.29 |
| Germán Borregales | National Action Movement | 9,292 | 0.32 |
| Total | 2,918,877 | 100.00 |
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| Valid votes | 2,918,877 | 93.93 |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 188,686 | 6.07 |
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| Total votes | 3,107,563 | 100.00 |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 3,367,787 | 92.27 |
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| Source: Nohlen |
Congress
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats |
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| Chamber | +/– | Senate | +/– |
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| 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 | 381,600 | 13.36 | 22 | New | 5 | New |
| Popular Democratic Front | 274,096 | 9.60 | 16 | New | 4 | New |
| Opposition Democratic Action | 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 |
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| Valid votes | 2,856,176 | 93.53 | |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 197,708 | 6.47 | |
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| Total votes | 3,053,884 | 100.00 | |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 3,367,787 | 90.68 | |
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| Source: Nohlen |
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- ^ Nohlen, p580
- ^ Nohlen, p556
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