Venezuelan presidential election, 1973
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General elections were held in Venezuela
on 9 December 1973. The presidential elections were won by Carlos Andrés Pérez
of Democratic Action
, who received 48.7% of the vote, whilst his party won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate. Voter turnout was 96.5%.
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
on 9 December 1973. The presidential elections were won by Carlos Andrés Pérez
Carlos Andrés Pérez
Carlos Andrés Pérez Rodríguez , also known as CAP and often referred to as El Gocho , was a Venezuelan politician, President of Venezuela from 1974 to 1979 and again from 1989 to 1993. His first presidency was known as the Saudi Venezuela due to its economic and social prosperity thanks to...
of Democratic Action
Democratic Action
Democratic Action is a centrist Venezuelan political party established in 1941. The party and its antecedents played an important role in the early years of Venezuelan democracy, and led the government during Venezuela's first democratic period...
, who received 48.7% of the vote, whilst his party won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate. Voter turnout was 96.5%.
President
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Andrés Pérez Carlos Andrés Pérez Carlos Andrés Pérez Rodríguez , also known as CAP and often referred to as El Gocho , was a Venezuelan politician, President of Venezuela from 1974 to 1979 and again from 1989 to 1993. His first presidency was known as the Saudi Venezuela due to its economic and social prosperity thanks to... |
AD Democratic Action Democratic Action is a centrist Venezuelan political party established in 1941. The party and its antecedents played an important role in the early years of Venezuelan democracy, and led the government during Venezuela's first democratic period... -PRN |
2,130,743 | 48.7 |
| Leonardo Fernández | Copei-FDP-MPI | 1,605,628 | 36.7 |
| Jesus Paz Gallarraga | MEP-PCV Communist Party of Venezuela The Communist Party of Venezuela is a Marxist-Leninist political party, and the oldest continuously existing party in Venezuela... |
221,239 | 5.1 |
| José Vicente Rangel José Vicente Rangel José Vicente Rangel Vale is a Venezuelan leftist politician. He ran for President three times in the 1970s and 1980s and later supported Hugo Chávez, successively becoming Foreign Minister, Defense Minister, and Vice President in Chávez's government.-Political activism:His political activism began... |
Movement for Socialism Movement for Socialism (Venezuela) Movement for Socialism is a center-left political party in Venezuela.-History:The Movement for Socialism is a social-democratic political party in Venezuela. MAS was founded in 1971 by a faction of the Communist Party of Venezuela, with a view to emphasising a socialist message... |
186,255 | 4.3 |
| Jóvito Villalba Jóvito Villalba Jóvito Villalba Gutiérrez , was a Venezuelan lawyer and politician, member of the Generation of 1928, founder of the party URD and signer of the Punto Fijo Pact.-Background:... |
Democratic Republican Union Democratic Republican Union The Democratic Republican Union is a Venezuelan political party founded in 1945.When the party appeared on course to win the 1952 election for a constitutional assembly, dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez suspended the election... |
134,478 | 3.1 |
| Miguel Ángel Burelli Rivas Miguel Ángel Burelli Rivas Miguel Ángel Burelli Rivas , was a Venezuelan lawyer, diplomat and politician, presidential candidate in 1968, and Minister of Foreign Affairs, between 1994 until 1999.... |
National Opinion | 33,977 | 0.8 |
| Pedro Tinoco Pedro Tinoco Pedro Tinoco was Venezuela's Minister of Finance from 1969 to 1972, under President Rafael Caldera. He was then Chairman of the Board of Banco Latino from 1975, and one of Carlos Andrés Pérez's "Twelve Apostles".... |
PNI-MD | 29,399 | 0.7 |
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PSD | 11,965 | 0.3 |
| Germán Borreglas | National Action Movement | 9,331 | 0.2 |
| Pedro Segnini | Democratic National Front | 6,176 | 0.1 |
| Raimundo Verde Roja | Independent Democratic Movement | 3,754 | 0.1 |
| Alberto Solano | Emancipatory Force | 1,736 | 0.0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 196,880 | – | |
| Total | 4,571,561 | 100 | |
| Source: Nohlen | |||
Congress
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamber | +/- | Senate | +/- | |||
| Democratic Action Democratic Action Democratic Action is a centrist Venezuelan political party established in 1941. The party and its antecedents played an important role in the early years of Venezuelan democracy, and led the government during Venezuela's first democratic period... |
1,955,439 | 44.4 | 102 | 28 | ||
| Copei | 1,330,514 | 30.2 | 64 | 13 | ||
| Movement for Socialism Movement for Socialism (Venezuela) Movement for Socialism is a center-left political party in Venezuela.-History:The Movement for Socialism is a social-democratic political party in Venezuela. MAS was founded in 1971 by a faction of the Communist Party of Venezuela, with a view to emphasising a socialist message... |
232,756 | 5.3 | 9 | New | 2 | New |
| People's Electoral Movement | 218,192 | 5.0 | 8 | |||
| 2 | ||||||
| Nationalist Civic Crusade | 189,667 | 4.3 | 7 | |||
| 1 | ||||||
| Democratic Republican Union Democratic Republican Union The Democratic Republican Union is a Venezuelan political party founded in 1945.When the party appeared on course to win the 1952 election for a constitutional assembly, dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez suspended the election... |
140,462 | 3.2 | 5 | |||
| 1 | ||||||
| Popular Democratic Front | 54,759 | 1.2 | 0 | |||
| 0 | ||||||
| Communist Party of Venezuela Communist Party of Venezuela The Communist Party of Venezuela is a Marxist-Leninist political party, and the oldest continuously existing party in Venezuela... |
52,754 | 1.2 | 2 | New | 0 | New |
| Revolutionary Left Movement Revolutionary Left Movement (Venezuela) The Revolutionary Left Movement , was a left-wing Marxist political party in Venezuela... |
44,012 | 1.0 | 1 | New | 0 | New |
| National Opinion | 32,751 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Integrationist National Party | 30,618 | 0.7 | 1 | New | 0 | New |
| Progressive Independents | 27,528 | 0.6 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| Nationalist Unity Front | 15,537 | 0.4 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| National Action Movement | 12,588 | 0.3 | 0 | |||
| 0 | 0 | |||||
| PSD | 12,238 | 0.3 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| Democratic National Front | 11,313 | 0.3 | 0 | |||
| 0 | ||||||
| Popular Movement | 8,324 | 0.2 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| 19 other parties | 8,031 | 0.2 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| Invalid/blank votes | 172,422 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 4,572,187 | 100 | 200 | -14 | 47 | -5 |
| Source: Nohlen | ||||||