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1988 Venezuelan general election
Presidential election
Turnout 81.85%
General elections were held in Venezuela on 4 December 1988.[1] The presidential elections were won by Carlos Andrés Pérez of Democratic Action , who received 53% of the vote,[2] whilst his party won the most seats in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate. Voter turnout was 82%.[3]
Background
Democratic Action President Jaime Lusinchi backed Octavio Lepage to succeed him as the party's candidate for the election,[4] but in a primary election the party chose Carlos Andrés Pérez ,[5] (previously president from 1974 to 1979).
Results
President
Candidate Party Votes % Jorge Olavarria
New Republic 9,969 0.14 Alberto Marini Urdaneta Nationalist Unity Front 5,821 0.08 Luis Hernández Campos Nationalist Civic Crusade 2,589 0.04 Luis Alfonso Godoy Social Power of the Nation 2,532 0.03 Leopoldo Díaz Bruzual [es ] New Alternative 2,528 0.03 Alejandro Peña Esclusa Venezuelan Labour Party 2,168 0.03 Rómulo Abrue Duarte Guiding Venezuelan Spiritual Force 1,513 0.02 José Rojas Contreras New Order 1,176 0.02 Hernández Escarrá Quintara Venezuelan National Movement 1,412 0.02 Alberto Solano Emancipatory Force 818 0.01 Napoleón Barrios Movement for the Defence of Nationalist Ideas 736 0.01 Arévalo Tovar Yajur Independent Nationalist Organisation 432 0.01 Rómulo Yordi Carvajal People 382 0.01 Total 7,331,387 100.00 Valid votes 7,331,387 97.51 Invalid/blank votes 187,276 2.49 Total votes 7,518,663 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 9,185,647 81.85 Source: Nohlen
Congress
MAS–
MIR 733,421 10.16 18 +6 3 +1 New Democratic Generation [es ] 236,833 3.28 6 +6 1 +1 Radical Cause 117,562 1.63 3 +3 0 0 People's Electoral Movement 116,621 1.62 2 –1 0 0 Democratic Republican Union 103,883 1.44 2 –1 0 0 Formula 1 93,228 1.29 2 New 0 New Authentic Renewal Organization 92,117 1.28 2 New 0 New Communist Party of Venezuela 70,058 0.97 1 –2 0 0 National Opinion [es ] 41,984 0.58 1 –2 0 0 Socialist League 36,394 0.50 0 –1 0 0 National Integration Movement [es ] 33,728 0.47 0 –1 0 0 New Republic 24,596 0.34 0 0 0 0 Electoral Renewal Integration 18,986 0.26 0 0 0 0 National Party 14,500 0.20 0 New 0 New 51 other parties 111,463 1.54 0 – 0 – Total 7,216,400 100.00 201 +1 46 +2 Valid votes 7,216,400 96.22 Invalid/blank votes 283,635 3.78 Total votes 7,500,035 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 9,185,647 81.65 Source: Nohlen, SIC[6]
References
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