Venezuelan general election, 1978
Venezuelan presidential election, 1978
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General elections were held in Venezuela on 3 December 1978.[1] The presidential elections were won by Luis Herrera Campins of Copei, who received 46.6% of the vote.[2] Although Copei received more votes, Democratic Action won the most seats in the Venezuelan Chamber of Deputies, whilst the two parties won 21 seats each in the Venezuelan Senate. Voter turnout was 87.6%.[3]
Results
President
| Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
% |
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| Luis Herrera Campins | Copei-URD-FDP-OPINA | 2,487,318 | 46.6 |
| Luis Piñerúa Ordaz | Democratic Action | 2,309,577 | 43.3 |
| José Vicente Rangel | MAS-VUC | 276,083 | 5.2 |
| Diego Arria | Common Cause-MDT | 90,060 | 1.7 |
| Luis Beltrán Prieto Figueroa | People's Electoral Movement | 59,747 | 1.2 |
| Américo Martín | Revolutionary Left Movement | 52,287 | 1.0 |
| Héctor Mujica | Communist Party of Venezuela | 29,305 | 0.5 |
| Leonardo Montiel Ortega | National Renewal Movement | 13,918 | 0.3 |
| Alejandro Gómez | Nationalist Unity Front | 8,337 | 0.2 |
| Pablo Salas Castillo | Nationalist Civic Crusade | 6,081 | 0.1 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 116,888 | – |
| Total | 5,449,601 | 100 |
| Source: Nohlen |
Congress
| Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
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| Chamber |
+/- |
Senate |
+/- |
| Copei | 2,103,004 | 39.8 | 84 | +20 | 21 | +8 |
| Democratic Action | 2,096,512 | 39.7 | 88 | -14 | 21 | -7 |
| Movement for Socialism | 325,328 | 6.2 | 11 | +2 | 2 | 0 |
| Revolutionary Left Movement | 123,915 | 2.3 | 4 | +3 | 0 | 0 |
| People's Electoral Movement | 117,455 | 2.2 | 4 | -4 | 0 | -2 |
| Democratic Republican Union | 88,807 | 1.7 | 3 | -2 | 0 | -1 |
| Common Cause | 85,432 | 1.6 | 1 | New | 0 | New |
| National Integration Movement | 83,700 | 1.6 | 1 | New | 0 | New |
| Communist Party of Venezuela | 55,168 | 1.0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Communist Unitarian Vanguard | 46,547 | 0.9 | 1 | New | 0 | New |
| Socialist League | 30,191 | 0.6 | 1 | New | 0 | New |
| National Renewal Movement | 26,235 | 0.5 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| Labour Movement | 22,966 | 0.4 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| Popular Democratic Front | 13,697 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationalist Unity Front | 12,986 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Radical Cause | 12,573 | 0.2 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| Nationalist Civic Crusade | 10,906 | 0.2 | 0 | -7 | 0 | -1 |
| Revolutionary Action Group | 9,034 | 0.2 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| National Opinion | 7,961 | 0.2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Independents for Community Development | 6,719 | 0.1 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| Other parties | 3,753 | 0.1 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| Invalid/blank votes | 166,901 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 5,449,790 | 100 | 199 | -1 | 44 | -3 |
| Source: Nohlen |
| Popular Vote |
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| COPEI |
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39.81% |
| AD |
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39.68% |
| MAS |
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6.16% |
| MIR |
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2.35% |
| MEP |
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2.22% |
| URD |
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1.68% |
| CC |
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1.62% |
| MIN |
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1.58% |
| PCV |
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1.04% |
| Others |
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3.85% |
| Seats (Chamber) |
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| AD |
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44.22% |
| COPEI |
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42.21% |
| MAS |
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5.53% |
| MIR |
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2.01% |
| MEP |
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2.01% |
| URD |
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1.51% |
| CC |
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0.50% |
| MIN |
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0.50% |
| PCV |
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0.50% |
| Others |
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1.01% |
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- ↑ Nohlen, p581
- ↑ Nohlen, p556
