1963 Venezuelan general election

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

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Presidential election
Turnout92.27%
 
Nominee Raúl Leoni Rafael Caldera Jóvito Villalba
Party Democratic Action Copei Democratic Republican
Popular vote 957,574 589,177 551,266
Percentage 32.81% 20.19% 18.89%

 
Nominee Arturo Uslar Wolfgang Larrazábal
Party Democratic National Front Popular Democratic Front
Popular vote 469,363 275,325
Percentage 16.08% 9.43%


President before election

Rómulo Betancourt
Democratic Action

Elected President

Raúl Leoni
Democratic Action

Results

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President

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Raúl LeoniDemocratic Action957,57432.81
Rafael CalderaCopei589,17720.19
Jóvito VillalbaURDPSVMENI551,26618.89
Arturo Uslar PietriIndependents for the National Front [es]469,36316.08
Wolfgang LarrazábalPopular Democratic Front [es]275,3259.43
Raúl Ramos Giménez [es]Opposition Democratic Action [es]66,8802.29
Germán BorregalesNational Action Movement9,2920.32
Total2,918,877100.00
Valid votes2,918,87793.93
Invalid/blank votes188,6866.07
Total votes3,107,563100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,367,78792.27
Source: Nohlen

Congress

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PartyVotes%Seats
Chamber+/–Senate+/–
Democratic Action936,12432.7866–722–10
Copei595,69720.8639+198+2
Democratic Republican Union497,45417.4229–57–4
Independents for the National Front [es]381,60013.3622New5New
Popular Democratic Front [es]274,0969.6016New4New
Opposition Democratic Action [es]93,4943.275New1New
Socialist Party of Venezuela24,6700.861+100
Independent National Electoral Movement18,5100.651+100
National Action Movement15,7460.550New0New
National Authentic Party14,5550.510New0New
Popular Electoral Crusade Group S4,2300.150New0New
Total2,856,176100.00179+4747–4
Valid votes2,856,17693.53
Invalid/blank votes197,7086.47
Total votes3,053,884100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,367,78790.68
Source: Nohlen

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. ^ Nohlen, p580
  3. ^ Nohlen, p556