1973 Venezuelan general election

1973 Venezuelan general election

9 December 1973
Presidential election
Turnout	96.50%
Nominee Carlos Andrés Pérez Lorenzo Fernández Jesús Paz Galarraga Party Democratic Action Copei MEP–PCV Home state Táchira Caracas Zulia States carried 22 1 Popular vote 2,130,743 1,605,628 221,827 Percentage 48.71% 36.70% 5.06%
President before election Rafael Caldera Copei Elected President Carlos Andrés Pérez Democratic Action

General elections were held in Venezuela on Sunday 9 December 1973. The presidential elections were won by Carlos Andrés Pérez of Democratic Action, who received 48.7% of the vote, whilst his party won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate. Voter turnout was 96.5%.

Results

President

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Carlos Andrés Pérez	AD–PRN	2,130,743	48.71
	Lorenzo Fernández	Copei–FDP–MPI	1,605,628	36.70
	Jesus Paz Gallarraga	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	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	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	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	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