Venezuelan general election, 1988

Venezuelan presidential election, 1988

December 4, 1988

Nominee Carlos Andrés Pérez Eduardo Fernández Party AD COPEI Home state Táchira Caracas States carried 20 4 Popular vote 3,868,843 2,955,061 Percentage 52.89% 40.40%

President before election Jaime Lusinchi AD Elected President Carlos Andrés Pérez AD

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 Marín	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 Díaz 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
AD			43.29%
COPEI			31.14%
MAS-MIR			10.16%
NGD			3.28%
LCR			1.63%
MEP			1.62%
URD			1.44%
FORMULA 1			1.29%
ORA			1.28%
Others			4.87%

Seats (Chamber)
AD			48.26%
COPEI			33.33%
MAS-MIR			8.96%
NGD			2.99%
LCR			1.49%
MEP			1.00%
URD			1.00%
FORMULA 1			1.00%
ORA			1.00%
Others			1.00%

References

1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
2. Nohlen, p582
3. Nohlen, p556
4. In Venezuela, Ex-President Seeks Old Job New York Times, 28 June 1987
5. The World Los Angeles Times, 12 October 1987