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]

Venezuelan presidential election, 1963

1 December 1963
Turnout92.3% (presidential)
90.8% (congressional)
 
Nominee Raúl Leoni Rafael Caldera Jóvito Villalba
Party Democratic Action COPEI URD
Home state Bolívar Yaracuy Nueva Esparta
Popular vote 957,574 589,177 551,266
Percentage 32.8% 20.2% 18.9%

 
Nominee Arturo Uslar Wolfgang Larrazábal
Party FND FDP
Home state Distrito Federal Yaracuy
Popular vote 469,363 275,325
Percentage 16.08% 9.4%

President before election

Rómulo Betancourt
Democratic Action

Elected President

Raúl Leoni
Democratic Action

Results

President

Candidate Party Votes %
Raúl LeoniDemocratic Action957,57432.8
Rafael CalderaCopei589,17720.2
Jóvito VillalbaURD-PSV-MENI551,26618.9
Arturo Uslar PietriIndependents for the National Front469,36316.1
Wolfgang LarrazábalPopular Democratic Front275,3259.4
Raúl Ramón GiménezOpposition Democratic Action66,8802.3
Germán BorregalesNational Action Movement9,2920.3
Invalid/blank votes188,686
Total3,107,563100
Source: Nohlen

Congress

Party Votes % Seats
Chamber +/- Senate +/-
Democratic Action936,12432.766-722-10
Copei595,69720.839+198+2
Democratic Republican Union497,45417.429-57-4
Independents for the National Front381,60013.322New5New
Popular Democratic Front274,0969.616New4New
Opposition Democratic Action93,4943.35New1New
Socialist Party of Venezuela24,6700.91+100
Independent National Electoral Movement18,5100.61+100
National Action Movement15,7460.60New0New
National Authentic Party14,5550.50New0New
Popular Electoral Crusade Group S4,2300.10New0New
Invalid/blank votes197,708
Total3,059,434100179+4747-4
Source: Nohlen

Note that there is a difference of 100 votes between the party total and the overall total.[4]

Popular vote
AD
32.71%
COPEI
20.82%
URD
17.38%
CIPFN
13.33%
FDP
9.58%
AD Opposition
3.27%
Others
2.72%
Seats (Chamber)
AD
36.87%
COPEI
21.79%
URD
16.20%
CIPFN
12.29%
FDP
8.94%
AD Opposition
2.79%
Others
1.12%

References

  1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. Nohlen, p580
  3. Nohlen, p556
  4. Nohlen, p570
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