Venezuelan general election, 1988
Venezuelan presidential election, 1988

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General elections were held in Venezuela on 4 December 1988.[1] The presidential elections were won by Carlos Andrés Pérez of Democratic Action, who received 52.9% of the vote,[2] whilst his party won the most seats in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate. Voter turnout was 81.9% in the presidential election and 81.7% in the Congressional elections.[3]
Background
Democratic Action President Jaime Lusinchi backed Octavio Lepage to succeed him as the party's candidate for the election,[4] but in a primary election the party chose Carlos Andrés Pérez,[5] (previously president from 1973 to 1978).
Results
President
Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
% |
Carlos Andrés Pérez | Democratic Action | 3,879,024 | 52.9 |
Eduardo Fernández | Copei | 2,963,015 | 40.4 |
Teodoro Petkoff | MAS-MIR | 200,479 | 2.7 |
Godofredo MarÃn | Authentic Renewal Organisation | 62,896 | 0.9 |
Ismenia Vellalba | Democratic Republican Union | 61,684 | 0.8 |
Edmundo Chirinos | Communist Party of Venezuela | 59,034 | 0.8 |
Jorge Olavarria | National Opinion | 32,254 | 0.5 |
Vladimir Gessen | New Democratic Generation | 27,833 | 0.4 |
Andrés Velásquez | Radical Cause | 24,561 | 0.3 |
Gastón Guisandes | National Opinion | 10,720 | 0.1 |
David Nieves | Socialist League | 10,065 | 0.1 |
Jorge Olavarria | LNR | 9,969 | 0.1 |
Alberto Marini Urdaneta | Nationalist Unity Front | 5,821 | 0.1 |
Luis Hernández Campos | Nationalist Civic Crusade | 2,589 | 0.0 |
Luis Alfonso Godoy | Nosotros PSN | 2,532 | 0.0 |
Leopoldo DÃaz Bruzual | New Alternative | 2,528 | 0.0 |
Alejandro Peña Esclusa | PUV | 2,168 | 0.0 |
Rómulo Abrue Duarte | FEVO | 1,513 | 0.0 |
José Rojas Contreras | New Order | 1,176 | 0.0 |
Hernández Escarrá Quintara | MNV | 1,412 | 0.0 |
Alberto Solano | Emancipatory Force | 818 | 0.0 |
Napoleón Barrios | MPDIN | 736 | 0.0 |
Arévalo Tovar Yajur | ONI | 432 | 0.0 |
Rómulo Yordi Carvajal | PUEBLO | 382 | 0.0 |
Invalid/blank votes | 187,276 | – |
Total | 7,518,663 | 100 |
Source: Nohlen |
Congress
Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
Chamber |
+/- |
Senate |
+/- |
Democratic Action | 3,123,790 | 43.3 | 97 | -16 | 22 | -6 |
Copei | 2,247,236 | 31.1 | 67 | +7 | 20 | +6 |
MAS-MIR | 733,421 | 10.2 | 18 | +6 | 3 | +1 |
New Democratic Generation | 236,833 | 3.3 | 6 | +6 | 1 | +1 |
Radical Cause | 117,562 | 1.6 | 3 | +3 | 0 | 0 |
People's Electoral Movement | 116,621 | 1.6 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
Democratic Republican Union | 103,883 | 1.4 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
Formula 1 | 93,228 | 1.3 | 2 | New | 0 | New |
Authentic Renewal Organisation | 92,117 | 1.3 | 2 | New | 0 | New |
National Opinion | 351,709 | 4.9 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
Communist Party of Venezuela | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
56 other parties | 0 | – | 0 | – |
Invalid/blank votes | 283,635 | – | – | – | – | – |
Total | 7,500,085 | 100 | 201 | +1 | 46 | +2 |
Source: Nohlen |
Popular Vote |
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AD |
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43.29% |
COPEI |
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31.14% |
MAS-MIR |
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10.16% |
NGD |
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3.28% |
LCR |
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1.63% |
MEP |
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1.62% |
URD |
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1.44% |
FORMULA 1 |
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1.29% |
ORA |
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1.28% |
Others |
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4.87% |
Seats (Chamber) |
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AD |
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48.26% |
COPEI |
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33.33% |
MAS-MIR |
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8.96% |
NGD |
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2.99% |
LCR |
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1.49% |
MEP |
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1.00% |
URD |
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1.00% |
FORMULA 1 |
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1.00% |
ORA |
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1.00% |
Others |
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1.00% |
References