Venezuelan presidential election, 1963
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General elections were held in Venezuela
on 1 December 1963. The presidential elections were won by Raúl Leoni
of Democratic Action
, who received 32.8% of the vote, whilst his 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.
Note that there is a difference of 100 votes between the party total and the overall total.
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
on 1 December 1963. The presidential elections were won by Raúl Leoni
Raúl Leoni
Raúl Leoni Otero was President of Venezuela from 1964 until 1969. He fought against the dictators Juan Vicente Gómez and Marcos Pérez Jiménez, and was a charter member of the Acción Democrática party....
of Democratic Action
Democratic Action
Democratic Action is a centrist Venezuelan political party established in 1941. The party and its antecedents played an important role in the early years of Venezuelan democracy, and led the government during Venezuela's first democratic period...
, who received 32.8% of the vote, whilst his 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.
President
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raúl Leoni Raúl Leoni Raúl Leoni Otero was President of Venezuela from 1964 until 1969. He fought against the dictators Juan Vicente Gómez and Marcos Pérez Jiménez, and was a charter member of the Acción Democrática party.... |
Democratic Action Democratic Action Democratic Action is a centrist Venezuelan political party established in 1941. The party and its antecedents played an important role in the early years of Venezuelan democracy, and led the government during Venezuela's first democratic period... |
957,574 | 32.8 |
| Rafael Caldera Rafael Caldera Rafael Antonio Caldera Rodríguez was president of Venezuela from 1969 to 1974 and again from 1994 to 1999.Caldera taught sociology and law at various universities before entering politics. He was a founding member of COPEI, Venezuela's Christian Democratic party... |
Copei | 589,177 | 20.2 |
| Jóvito Villalba Jóvito Villalba Jóvito Villalba Gutiérrez , was a Venezuelan lawyer and politician, member of the Generation of 1928, founder of the party URD and signer of the Punto Fijo Pact.-Background:... |
URD Democratic Republican Union The Democratic Republican Union is a Venezuelan political party founded in 1945.When the party appeared on course to win the 1952 election for a constitutional assembly, dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez suspended the election... -PSV-MENI |
551,266 | 18.9 |
| Arturo Uslar Pietri Arturo Uslar Pietri Arturo Uslar Pietri , was a Venezuelan intellectual, lawyer, journalist, writer, television producer and politician.- Life :... |
Independents for the National Front | 469,363 | 16.1 |
| Wolfgang Larazabal | Popular Democratic Front | 275,325 | 9.4 |
| Raúl Ramon Giménez | Opposition Democratic Action | 66,880 | 2.3 |
| Germán Borreglas | National Action Movement | 9,292 | 0.3 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 188,686 | – | |
| Total | 3,107,563 | 100 | |
| Source: Nohlen | |||
Congress
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamber | +/- | Senate | +/- | |||
| Democratic Action Democratic Action Democratic Action is a centrist Venezuelan political party established in 1941. The party and its antecedents played an important role in the early years of Venezuelan democracy, and led the government during Venezuela's first democratic period... |
936,124 | 32.7 | 66 | |||
| 22 | ||||||
| Copei | 595,697 | 20.8 | 39 | 8 | ||
| Democratic Republican Union Democratic Republican Union The Democratic Republican Union is a Venezuelan political party founded in 1945.When the party appeared on course to win the 1952 election for a constitutional assembly, dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez suspended the election... |
497,454 | 17.4 | 29 | |||
| 7 | ||||||
| Independents for the National Front | 381,600 | 13.3 | 22 | New | 5 | New |
| Popular Democratic Front | 274,096 | 9.6 | 16 | New | 4 | New |
| Opposition Democratic Action | 93,494 | 3.3 | 5 | New | 1 | New |
| Socialist Party of Venezuela | 24,670 | 0.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent National Electoral Movement | 18,510 | 0.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Action Movement | 15,746 | 0.6 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| National Authentic Party | 14,555 | 0.5 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| Popular Electoral Crusade Group S | 4,230 | 0.1 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| Invalid/blank votes | 197,708 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 3,059,434 | 100 | 179 | +47 | 47 | -4 |
| Source: Nohlen | ||||||
Note that there is a difference of 100 votes between the party total and the overall total.