General elections were held in Venezuela on 1 December 1963.[ 1] The presidential elections were won by Raúl Leoni of the Democratic Action political party, who received 32.8% of the vote.[ 2] Leoni's 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]
1963 Venezuelan general election
Presidential election
Turnout 92.27%
Candidate Party Votes % Raúl Leoni Democratic Action 957,574 32.81 Rafael Caldera Copei 589,177 20.19 Jóvito Villalba URD –PSV –MENI 551,266 18.89 Arturo Uslar Pietri Independents for the National Front [es ] 469,363 16.08 Wolfgang Larrazábal Popular Democratic Front [es ] 275,325 9.43 Raúl Ramos Giménez [es ] Opposition Democratic Action [es ] 66,880 2.29 Germán Borregales National Action Movement 9,292 0.32 Total 2,918,877 100.00 Valid votes 2,918,877 93.93 Invalid/blank votes 188,686 6.07 Total votes 3,107,563 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 3,367,787 92.27 Source: Nohlen
Party Votes % Seats Chamber +/– Senate +/– Democratic Action 936,124 32.78 66 –7 22 –10 Copei 595,697 20.86 39 +19 8 +2 Democratic Republican Union 497,454 17.42 29 –5 7 –4 Independents for the National Front [es ] 381,600 13.36 22 New 5 New Popular Democratic Front [es ] 274,096 9.60 16 New 4 New Opposition Democratic Action [es ] 93,494 3.27 5 New 1 New Socialist Party of Venezuela 24,670 0.86 1 +1 0 0 Independent National Electoral Movement 18,510 0.65 1 +1 0 0 National Action Movement 15,746 0.55 0 New 0 New National Authentic Party 14,555 0.51 0 New 0 New Popular Electoral Crusade Group S 4,230 0.15 0 New 0 New Total 2,856,176 100.00 179 +47 47 –4 Valid votes 2,856,176 93.53 Invalid/blank votes 197,708 6.47 Total votes 3,053,884 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 3,367,787 90.68 Source: Nohlen