1973 Venezuelan general election|
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Presidential election |
| Turnout | 96.50% |
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General elections were held in Venezuela on Sunday 9 December 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 | % |
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| Carlos Andrés Pérez | AD–PRN | 2,130,743 | 48.71 |
| Lorenzo Fernández | Copei–FDP–MPI | 1,605,628 | 36.70 |
| Jesús Paz Galarraga | MEP–PCV | 221,239 | 5.06 |
| José Vicente Rangel | Movement for Socialism | 186,255 | 4.26 |
| Jóvito Villalba | Democratic Republican Union | 134,478 | 3.07 |
| Miguel Ángel Burelli Rivas | National Opinion | 33,977 | 0.78 |
| Pedro Tinoco | PNI–MD | 29,399 | 0.67 |
| Martín Garcia | Democratic Socialist Party | 11,965 | 0.27 |
| Germán Borregales | National Action Movement | 9,331 | 0.21 |
| Pedro Segnini | Democratic National Front | 6,176 | 0.14 |
| Raimundo Verde Roja | Independent Democratic Movement | 3,754 | 0.09 |
| Alberto Solano | Emancipatory Force | 1,736 | 0.04 |
| Total | 4,374,681 | 100.00 |
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| Valid votes | 4,374,681 | 95.69 |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 196,880 | 4.31 |
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| Total votes | 4,571,561 | 100.00 |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 4,737,152 | 96.50 |
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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 | 1,955,439 | 44.44 | 102 | +36 | 28 | +9 |
| Copei | 1,330,514 | 30.24 | 64 | +5 | 13 | –3 |
| Movement for Socialism | 232,756 | 5.29 | 9 | New | 2 | New |
| People's Electoral Movement | 218,192 | 4.96 | 8 | –17 | 2 | –3 |
| Nationalist Civic Crusade | 189,667 | 4.31 | 7 | –14 | 1 | –3 |
| Democratic Republican Union | 140,462 | 3.19 | 5 | –13 | 1 | –2 |
| Popular Democratic Front | 54,759 | 1.24 | 0 | –10 | 0 | –1 |
| Communist Party of Venezuela | 52,754 | 1.20 | 2 | New | 0 | New |
| Revolutionary Left Movement | 44,012 | 1.00 | 1 | New | 0 | New |
| National Opinion | 32,751 | 0.74 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 |
| Integrationist National Party | 30,618 | 0.70 | 1 | New | 0 | New |
| Progressive Independents | 27,528 | 0.63 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| Nationalist Unity Front | 15,537 | 0.35 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| National Action Movement | 12,588 | 0.29 | 0 | –1 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic Socialist Party | 12,238 | 0.28 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| Democratic National Front | 11,313 | 0.26 | 0 | –4 | 0 | –1 |
| Popular Movement | 8,324 | 0.19 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| 19 other parties | 30,313 | 0.69 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| Total | 4,399,765 | 100.00 | 200 | –14 | 47 | –5 |
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| Valid votes | 4,399,765 | 96.23 | |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 172,422 | 3.77 | |
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| Total votes | 4,572,187 | 100.00 | |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 4,737,152 | 96.52 | |
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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, p581
- ^ Nohlen, p556