1978 Venezuelan general election

General elections were held in Venezuela on 3 December 1978.[1] The presidential elections were won by Luis Herrera Campins of Copei, who received 47% of the vote.[2] Although Copei received more votes, Democratic Action won the most seats in the Chamber of Deputies, whilst the two parties won 21 seats each in the Senate. Voter turnout was 88%.[3]

1978 Venezuelan general election

← 1973 3 December 1978 1983 →
Presidential election
Turnout87.56%
 
Nominee Luis Herrera Campins Luis Piñerúa Ordaz José Vicente Rangel
Party Copei Democratic Action MAS
Popular vote 2,487,318 2,309,577 276,083
Percentage 46.64% 43.31% 5.18%


President before election

Carlos Andrés Pérez
Democratic Action

Elected President

Luis Herrera Campins
Copei

Results

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President

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Luis Herrera CampinsCopeiURDFDP [es]OPINA [es]2,487,31846.64
Luis Piñerúa OrdazDemocratic Action2,309,57743.31
José Vicente RangelMASVUC276,0835.18
Diego ArriaCommon CauseMDT90,0601.69
Luis Beltrán Prieto FigueroaPeople's Electoral Movement59,7471.12
Américo MartínRevolutionary Left Movement52,2870.98
Héctor Mujica [es]Communist Party of Venezuela29,3050.55
Leonardo Montiel OrtegaNational Renewal Movement13,9180.26
Alejandro GómezNationalist Unity Front8,3370.16
Pablo Salas CastilloNationalist Civic Crusade6,0810.11
Total5,332,713100.00
Valid votes5,332,71397.86
Invalid/blank votes116,8882.14
Total votes5,449,601100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,223,90387.56
Source: Nohlen

Congress

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PartyVotes%Seats
Chamber+/–Senate+/–
Copei2,103,00439.8184+2021+8
Democratic Action2,096,51239.6888–1421–7
Movement for Socialism325,3286.1611+220
Revolutionary Left Movement123,9152.354+300
People's Electoral Movement117,4552.224–40–2
Democratic Republican Union88,8071.683–20–1
Common Cause85,4321.621New0New
National Integration Movement [es]83,7001.581New0New
Communist Party of Venezuela55,1681.041–100
Communist Unitarian Vanguard46,5470.881New0New
Socialist League30,1910.571New0New
National Renewal Movement26,2350.500New0New
Labour Movement22,9660.430New0New
Popular Democratic Front [es]13,6970.260000
Nationalist Unity Front12,9860.250000
Radical Cause12,5730.240New0New
Nationalist Civic Crusade10,9060.210–70–1
Revolutionary Action Group9,0340.170New0New
National Opinion [es]7,9610.150–100
Independents for Community Development6,7190.130New0New
Other parties3,7530.0700
Total5,282,889100.00199–144–3
Valid votes5,282,88996.94
Invalid/blank votes166,9013.06
Total votes5,449,790100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,223,90387.56
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, p581
  3. ^ Nohlen, p556