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1978 Venezuelan general election
Presidential election
Turnout 87.56%
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]
Results
President
Candidate Party Votes %
Luis Herrera Campins
Copei –
URD –
FDP [
es ] –
OPINA [
es ] 2,487,318 46.64
Luis Piñerúa Ordaz
Democratic Action 2,309,577 43.31
José Vicente Rangel
MAS –
VUC 276,083 5.18
Diego Arria
Common Cause –
MDT 90,060 1.69
Luis Beltrán Prieto Figueroa
People's Electoral Movement 59,747 1.12
Américo Martín
Revolutionary Left Movement 52,287 0.98
Héctor Mujica [
es ]
Communist Party of Venezuela 29,305 0.55 Leonardo Montiel Ortega National Renewal Movement 13,918 0.26 Alejandro Gómez Nationalist Unity Front 8,337 0.16 Pablo Salas Castillo
Nationalist Civic Crusade 6,081 0.11 Total 5,332,713 100.00 Valid votes 5,332,713 97.86 Invalid/blank votes 116,888 2.14 Total votes 5,449,601 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 6,223,903 87.56 Source: Nohlen
Congress
Party Votes % Seats Chamber +/– Senate +/–
Copei 2,103,004 39.81 84 +20 21 +8
Democratic Action 2,096,512 39.68 88 –14 21 –7
Movement for Socialism 325,328 6.16 11 +2 2 0
Revolutionary Left Movement 123,915 2.35 4 +3 0 0
People's Electoral Movement 117,455 2.22 4 –4 0 –2
Democratic Republican Union 88,807 1.68 3 –2 0 –1
Common Cause 85,432 1.62 1 New 0 New
National Integration Movement [
es ] 83,700 1.58 1 New 0 New
Communist Party of Venezuela 55,168 1.04 1 –1 0 0
Communist Unitarian Vanguard 46,547 0.88 1 New 0 New
Socialist League 30,191 0.57 1 New 0 New National Renewal Movement 26,235 0.50 0 New 0 New Labour Movement 22,966 0.43 0 New 0 New
Popular Democratic Front [
es ] 13,697 0.26 0 0 0 0 Nationalist Unity Front 12,986 0.25 0 0 0 0
Radical Cause 12,573 0.24 0 New 0 New
Nationalist Civic Crusade 10,906 0.21 0 –7 0 –1 Revolutionary Action Group 9,034 0.17 0 New 0 New
National Opinion [
es ] 7,961 0.15 0 –1 0 0 Independents for Community Development 6,719 0.13 0 New 0 New Other parties 3,753 0.07 0 – 0 – Total 5,282,889 100.00 199 –1 44 –3 Valid votes 5,282,889 96.94 Invalid/blank votes 166,901 3.06 Total votes 5,449,790 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 6,223,903 87.56 Source: Nohlen
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