1983 Venezuelan general election
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Turnout | 87.75% | ||||||||||||||||
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General elections were held in Venezuela on 4 December 1983.[1] The presidential elections were won by Jaime Lusinchi of Democratic Action, who received 56.7% of the vote,[2] whilst his party won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate.
Results
President
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Jorge Olavarria | National Opinion | 32,254 | 0.48 | |
Gonzalo Pérez Hernández | National Integration Movement | 19,528 | 0.29 | |
Luis Rangel | National Rescue | 8,820 | 0.13 | |
Andrés Velásquez | Radical Cause | 5,917 | 0.09 | |
Vinicio Romero | National Confidence | 3,236 | 0.05 | |
Alberto Solano | Emancipatory Force | 1,650 | 0.02 | |
Félix Díaz Otega | New Order | 1,610 | 0.02 | |
Juan Iarra Riverol | Venezuelan Nationalist Party | 1,363 | 0.02 | |
Adolfo Alcala | Independent Voters | 1,077 | 0.02 | |
Other candidates | 6,539 | 0.10 | ||
Total | 6,653,317 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 6,653,317 | 97.48 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 171,863 | 2.52 | ||
Total votes | 6,825,180 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 7,777,892 | 87.75 | ||
Source: National Electoral Council[2] |
Congress
Movement for Socialism 377,795 | 5.74 | 10 | –1 | 2 | 0 | | |||||||
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National Opinion | 130,022 | 1.98 | 3 | +3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
People's Electoral Movement | 129,263 | 1.96 | 3 | –1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Democratic Republican Union | 125,458 | 1.91 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communist Party of Venezuela | 115,162 | 1.75 | 3 | +2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Revolutionary Left Movement | 103,923 | 1.58 | 2 | –2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
New Alternative | 68,729 | 1.04 | 1 | New | 0 | New | |||||||
Independents with Change | 63,822 | 0.97 | 0 | New | 0 | New | |||||||
National Integration Movement | 59,870 | 0.91 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Socialist League | 53,506 | 0.81 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Radical Cause | 35,304 | 0.54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
New Republic | 29,642 | 0.45 | 0 | New | 0 | New | |||||||
Majoritarian Independent Committee | 18,762 | 0.29 | 0 | New | 0 | New | |||||||
National Rescue | 15,083 | 0.23 | 0 | New | 0 | New | |||||||
Revolutionary Action Group | 15,033 | 0.23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Nationalist Unity Front | 12,262 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
New Democratic Generation | 10,288 | 0.16 | 0 | New | 0 | New | |||||||
Organised Independent Movement | 10,020 | 0.15 | 0 | New | 0 | New | |||||||
29 other parties | 35,563 | 0.54 | 0 | – | 0 | – | |||||||
Total | 6,580,899 | 100.00 | 200 | +1 | 44 | 0 | |||||||
Valid votes | 6,580,899 | 96.42 | |||||||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 244,281 | 3.58 | |||||||||||
Total votes | 6,825,180 | 100.00 | |||||||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 7,777,892 | 87.75 | |||||||||||
Source: Nohlen |
References
- ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- ^ a b "Elecciones Presidenciales, Cuadro Comparativo 1958-2000" (PDF). National Electoral Council. p. 3. Retrieved February 21, 2018.