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 46.6% of the vote.[2] Although Copei received more votes, Democratic Action won the most seats in the Venezuelan Chamber of Deputies, whilst the two parties won 21 seats each in the Venezuelan Senate. Voter turnout was 87.6%.[3]

Venezuelan presidential election, 1978

3 December 1978
Turnout87.6%
 
Nominee Luis Herrera Campins Luis Piñerúa Ordaz José Vicente Rangel
Party COPEI Democratic Action MAS
Home state Lara Monagas Caracas
Popular vote 2,487,318 2,309,577 276,083
Percentage 46.6% 43.3% 5.18%

President before election

Carlos Andrés Pérez
Democratic Action

Elected President

Luis Herrera Campins
COPEI

Results

President

Candidate Party Votes %
Luis Herrera CampinsCopei-URD-FDP-OPINA2,487,31846.6
Luis Piñerúa OrdazDemocratic Action2,309,57743.3
José Vicente RangelMAS-VUC276,0835.2
Diego ArriaCommon Cause-MDT90,0601.7
Luis Beltrán Prieto FigueroaPeople's Electoral Movement59,7471.2
Américo MartínRevolutionary Left Movement52,2871.0
Héctor MujicaCommunist Party of Venezuela29,3050.5
Leonardo Montiel OrtegaNational Renewal Movement13,9180.3
Alejandro GómezNationalist Unity Front8,3370.2
Pablo Salas CastilloNationalist Civic Crusade6,0810.1
Invalid/blank votes116,888
Total5,449,601100
Source: Nohlen

Congress

Party Votes % Seats
Chamber +/- Senate +/-
Copei2,103,00439.884+2021+8
Democratic Action2,096,51239.788-1421-7
Movement for Socialism325,3286.211+220
Revolutionary Left Movement123,9152.34+300
People's Electoral Movement117,4552.24-40-2
Democratic Republican Union88,8071.73-20-1
Common Cause85,4321.61New0New
National Integration Movement83,7001.61New0New
Communist Party of Venezuela55,1681.01-100
Communist Unitarian Vanguard46,5470.91New0New
Socialist League30,1910.61New0New
National Renewal Movement26,2350.50New0New
Labour Movement22,9660.40New0New
Popular Democratic Front13,6970.30000
Nationalist Unity Front12,9860.20000
Radical Cause12,5730.20New0New
Nationalist Civic Crusade10,9060.20-70-1
Revolutionary Action Group9,0340.20New0New
National Opinion7,9610.20-100
Independents for Community Development6,7190.10New0New
Other parties3,7530.100
Invalid/blank votes166,901
Total5,449,790100199-144-3
Source: Nohlen
Popular vote
COPEI
39.81%
AD
39.68%
MAS
6.16%
MIR
2.35%
MEP
2.22%
URD
1.68%
CC
1.62%
MIN
1.58%
PCV
1.04%
Others
3.85%
Seats (Chamber)
AD
44.22%
COPEI
42.21%
MAS
5.53%
MIR
2.01%
MEP
2.01%
URD
1.51%
CC
0.50%
MIN
0.50%
PCV
0.50%
Others
1.01%

References

  1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. Nohlen, p581
  3. Nohlen, p556
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