Venezuelan general election, 1983
Venezuelan presidential election, 1983
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General elections were held in Venezuela on 4 December 1983.[1] The presidential elections were won by Jaime Lusinchi of Democratic Action, who received 58.4% of the vote,[2] whilst his party won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate. Voter turnout was 87.3%.[3]
Results
President
| Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
% |
|---|
| Jaime Lusinchi | AD-URD-VOI | 3,775,341 | 58.4 |
| Rafael Caldera | Copei-ICC-NGD-CIMA-FUN-MIO | 2,166,467 | 33.5 |
| Teodoro Petkoff | MAS-MIR-IRE | 223,194 | 3.5 |
| José Vicente Rangel | MEP-PCV-NA-LS-GAR-SI | 221,918 | 3.4 |
| Américo Martín | Revolutionary Left Movement | 52,287 | 1.0 |
| Jorge Olavarria | National Opinion | 32,254 | 0.5 |
| Gonzalo Pérez | National Integration Movement | 19,528 | 0.3 |
| Luis Rangel | National Rescue | 8,820 | 0.1 |
| Andrés Velásquez | Radical Cause | 5,917 | 0.1 |
| Vinicio Romero | National Confidence | 3,236 | 0.1 |
| Alberto Solano | Emancipatory Force | 1,650 | 0.0 |
| Juan Iarra Riverol | Venezuelan Nationalist Party | 1,363 | 0.0 |
| Adolfo Alcala | Independent Voters | 1,077 | 0.0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 331,443 | – |
| Total | 6,792,208 | 100 |
| Source: Nohlen |
Congress
| Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
|---|
| Chamber |
+/- |
Senate |
+/- |
| Democratic Action | 3,284,166 | 49.9 | 113 | +25 | 28 | +7 |
| Copei | 1,887,226 | 28.7 | 60 | -24 | 14 | -7 |
| Movement for Socialism | 377,795 | 5.7 | 10 | -1 | 2 | 0 |
| National Opinion | 130,022 | 2.0 | 3 | +3 | 0 | 0 |
| People's Electoral Movement | 129,263 | 2.0 | 3 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic Republican Union | 125,458 | 1.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Communist Party of Venezuela | 115,162 | 1.7 | 3 | +2 | 0 | 0 |
| Revolutionary Left Movement | 103,923 | 1.6 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
| New Alternative | 68,729 | 1.0 | 1 | New | 0 | New |
| Independents with Change | 63,822 | 1.0 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| National Integration Movement | 59,870 | 0.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Socialist League | 53,506 | 0.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Radical Cause | 35,304 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LNR (OLVARRIA) | 29,642 | 0.5 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| Majoritarian Independent Committee | 18,762 | 0.3 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| National Rescue | 15,083 | 0.2 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| Revolutionary Action Group | 15,033 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationalist Unity Front | 12,262 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Democratic Generation | 10,288 | 0.2 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| MIO | 10,020 | 0.2 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| 29 other parties | 35,563 | 0.5 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| Invalid/blank votes | 244,281 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 6,825,180 | 100 | 200 | +1 | 44 | 0 |
| Source: Nohlen |
| Popular Vote |
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| AD |
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49.90% |
| COPEI |
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28.68% |
| MAS |
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5.74% |
| OPINA |
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1.98% |
| MEP |
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1.96% |
| URD |
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1.91% |
| PCV |
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1.75% |
| MIR |
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1.58% |
| NA |
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1.04% |
| ICC |
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0.97% |
| Others |
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4.49% |
| Seats (Chamber) |
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| AD |
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56.50% |
| COPEI |
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30.00% |
| MAS |
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5.00% |
| OPINA |
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1.50% |
| MEP |
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1.50% |
| URD |
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1.50% |
| PCV |
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1.50% |
| MIR |
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1.00% |
| NA |
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0.50% |
| Others |
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1.00% |
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- ↑ Nohlen, p582
- ↑ Nohlen, p556
