Venezuelan general election, 1958
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General elections were held in Venezuela on 7 December 1958.[1] The presidential elections were won by Rómulo Betancourt of Democratic Action, who received 49.2% of the vote,[2] whilst his party won 73 of the 132 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 32 of the 51 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 94.4% in the presidential election and 92.1% in the Congressional elections.[3]
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Results
President
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rómulo Betancourt | Democratic Action | 1,284,092 | 49.2 |
| Wolfgang Larrazábal | URD-PCV-MENI | 903,479 | 34.6 |
| Rafael Caldera | Copei-IR-PST | 423,262 | 16.2 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 111,220 | – | |
| Total | 2,722,053 | 100 | |
| Source: Nohlen | |||
Congress
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamber | +/- | Senate | +/- | |||
| Democratic Action | 1,275,973 | 49.5 | 73 | -10 | 32 | -6 |
| Democratic Republican Union | 690,357 | 26.8 | 34 | +30 | 11 | +10 |
| Copei | 392,305 | 15.2 | 18 | +2 | 6 | +2 |
| Communist Party of Venezuela | 160,791 | 6.2 | 7 | +4 | 2 | +1 |
| Republican Integration | 19,424 | 0.8 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| Socialist Workers' Party | 15,476 | 0.6 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| Independent National Electoral Movement | 14,908 | 0.6 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| Socialist Party of Venezuela | 10,983 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 104,732 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 2,684,949 | 100 | 132 | +22 | 51 | +5 |
| Source: Nohlen | ||||||
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- ↑ Nohlen, p580
- ↑ Nohlen, p556
