Venezuelan general election, 1963

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General elections were held in Venezuela on 1 December 1963.^[1] The presidential elections were won by Raúl Leoni of Democratic Action, who received 32.8% of the vote,^[2] whilst his 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	32.8
Rafael Caldera	Copei	589,177	20.2
Jóvito Villalba	URD-PSV-MENI	551,266	18.9
Arturo Uslar Pietri	Independents for the National Front	469,363	16.1
Wolfgang Larrazábal	Popular Democratic Front	275,325	9.4
Raúl Ramón Giménez	Opposition Democratic Action	66,880	2.3
Germán Borregales	National Action Movement	9,292	0.3
Invalid/blank votes		188,686	–
Total		3,107,563	100
Source: Nohlen

Congress

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Party	Votes	%	Chamber	+/-	Senate	+/-
Democratic Action	936,124	32.7	66	-7	22	-10
Copei	595,697	20.8	39	+19	8	+2
Democratic Republican Union	497,454	17.4	29	-5	7	-4
Independents for the National Front	381,600	13.3	22	New	5	New
Popular Democratic Front	274,096	9.6	16	New	4	New
Opposition Democratic Action	93,494	3.3	5	New	1	New
Socialist Party of Venezuela	24,670	0.9	1	+1	0	0
Independent National Electoral Movement	18,510	0.6	1	+1	0	0
National Action Movement	15,746	0.6	0	New	0	New
National Authentic Party	14,555	0.5	0	New	0	New
Popular Electoral Crusade Group S	4,230	0.1	0	New	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	197,708	–	–	–	–	–
Total	3,059,434	100	179	+47	47	-4
Source: Nohlen

Note that there is a difference of 100 votes between the party total and the overall total.^[4]

Popular Vote

AD			32.71%
COPEI			20.82%
URD			17.38%
CIPFN			13.33%
FDP			9.58%
AD Opposition			3.27%
Others			2.72%

Seats (Chamber)

AD			36.87%
COPEI			21.79%
URD			16.20%
CIPFN			12.29%
FDP			8.94%
AD Opposition			2.79%
Others			1.12%

References

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
↑ Nohlen, p580
↑ Nohlen, p556
↑ Nohlen, p570

Elections and referendums in Venezuela

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Regional elections	1989 1992 1995 1998 2000 2004 2008 2010 2012

Municipal elections	2000 2004 2008 2010 2013 2014

Referendums	1957 1999 (Apr) 1999 (Dec) 2000 2004 2007 2009

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