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1973 Venezuelan general election
Presidential election
Turnout 96.50%
General elections were held in
Venezuela on Sunday 9 December 1973.
[1] The presidential elections were won by
Carlos Andrés Pérez of
Democratic Action , who received 48.7% of the vote,
[2] whilst his party won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate. Voter turnout was 96.5%.
[3]
Results
President
Candidate Party Votes %
Carlos Andrés Pérez
AD –
PRN [
es ] 2,130,743 48.71
Lorenzo Fernández [
es ]
Copei –
FDP –
MPI 1,605,628 36.70
Jesús Paz Galarraga [
es ]
MEP –
PCV 221,239 5.06
José Vicente Rangel
Movement for Socialism 186,255 4.26
Jóvito Villalba
Democratic Republican Union 134,478 3.07
Miguel Ángel Burelli Rivas
National Opinion [
es ] 33,977 0.78
Pedro Tinoco
PNI –
MD 29,399 0.67 Martín Garcia
Democratic Socialist Party 11,965 0.27
Germán Borregales
National Action Movement 9,331 0.21 Pedro Segnini
Democratic National Front [
es ] 6,176 0.14 Raimundo Verde Roja Independent Democratic Movement 3,754 0.09 Alberto Solano Emancipatory Force 1,736 0.04 Total 4,374,681 100.00 Valid votes 4,374,681 95.69 Invalid/blank votes 196,880 4.31 Total votes 4,571,561 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 4,737,152 96.50 Source: Nohlen
Congress
Party Votes % Seats Chamber +/– Senate +/–
Democratic Action 1,955,439 44.44 102 +36 28 +9
Copei 1,330,514 30.24 64 +5 13 –3
Movement for Socialism 232,756 5.29 9 New 2 New
People's Electoral Movement 218,192 4.96 8 –17 2 –3
Nationalist Civic Crusade 189,667 4.31 7 –14 1 –3
Democratic Republican Union 140,462 3.19 5 –13 1 –2
Popular Democratic Front 54,759 1.24 0 –10 0 –1
Communist Party of Venezuela 52,754 1.20 2 New 0 New
Revolutionary Left Movement 44,012 1.00 1 New 0 New
National Opinion [
es ] 32,751 0.74 1 +1 0 0
Integrationist National Party 30,618 0.70 1 New 0 New Progressive Independents 27,528 0.63 0 New 0 New Nationalist Unity Front 15,537 0.35 0 New 0 New
National Action Movement 12,588 0.29 0 –1 0 0
Democratic Socialist Party 12,238 0.28 0 New 0 New
Democratic National Front [
es ] 11,313 0.26 0 –4 0 –1 Popular Movement 8,324 0.19 0 New 0 New 19 other parties 30,313 0.69 0 – 0 – Total 4,399,765 100.00 200 –14 47 –5 Valid votes 4,399,765 96.23 Invalid/blank votes 172,422 3.77 Total votes 4,572,187 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 4,737,152 96.52 Source: Nohlen
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