1963 Venezuelan general election

1963 Venezuelan general election
	Presidential election
Turnout	92.27%
President before election; Rómulo Betancourt; Democratic Action	Elected President ; Raúl Leoni; Democratic Action

General elections were held in Venezuela on 1 December 1963.^[1] The presidential elections were won by Raúl Leoni of the Democratic Action political party, who received 32.8% of the vote.^[2] Leoni's 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.^[3]

Results

President


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Raúl Leoni	Democratic Action	957,574	32.81
	Rafael Caldera	Copei	589,177	20.19
	Jóvito Villalba	URD–PSV–MENI	551,266	18.89
	Arturo Uslar Pietri	Independents for the National Front [es]	469,363	16.08
	Wolfgang Larrazábal	Popular Democratic Front [es]	275,325	9.43
	Raúl Ramos Giménez [es]	Opposition Democratic Action [es]	66,880	2.29
	Germán Borregales	National Action Movement	9,292	0.32
Total			2,918,877	100.00

Valid votes			2,918,877	93.93
Invalid/blank votes			188,686	6.07
Total votes			3,107,563	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			3,367,787	92.27
Source: Nohlen

Congress



Party		Votes	%	Seats
Party		Votes	%	Chamber	+/–	Senate	+/–
	Democratic Action	936,124	32.78	66	–7	22	–10
	Copei	595,697	20.86	39	+19	8	+2
	Democratic Republican Union	497,454	17.42	29	–5	7	–4
	Independents for the National Front [es]	381,600	13.36	22	New	5	New
	Popular Democratic Front [es]	274,096	9.60	16	New	4	New
	Opposition Democratic Action [es]	93,494	3.27	5	New	1	New
	Socialist Party of Venezuela	24,670	0.86	1	+1	0	0
	Independent National Electoral Movement	18,510	0.65	1	+1	0	0
	National Action Movement	15,746	0.55	0	New	0	New
	National Authentic Party	14,555	0.51	0	New	0	New
	Popular Electoral Crusade Group S	4,230	0.15	0	New	0	New
Total		2,856,176	100.00	179	+47	47	–4

Valid votes		2,856,176	93.53
Invalid/blank votes		197,708	6.47
Total votes		3,053,884	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,367,787	90.68
Source: Nohlen

References

^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
^ Nohlen, p580
^ Nohlen, p556

[N1-1] Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3

[2] Nohlen, p580

[3] Nohlen, p556

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v t e Rómulo Betancourt
President of Venezuela (1945–1948; 1959–1964)
Early life and career	Generation of 1928 Barranquilla Plan [es] Democratic Action (Venezuela) Punto Fijo Pact
First presidency	1945 Venezuelan coup d'état 1946 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election 1947 Venezuelan general election
Second presidency	1958 Venezuelan general election Corporación Venezolana de Guayana Assassination attempt El Barcelonazo El Carupanazo El Porteñazo 1963 Venezuelan general election
Foreign policy	Betancourt Doctrine
Electoral history	1958 general election
Family	Carmen Valverde (wife) Virginia Betancourt (daughter)
Books	Venezuela, política y petróleo [es]
Image	Rómulo Resiste
← Wolfgang Larrazábal Raúl Leoni → Category

v t e Raúl Leoni
President of Venezuela (1964–1969)
Early life and career	Generation of 1928 Barranquilla Plan [es] El Trienio Adeco
Presidency	1967 Caracas earthquake Machurucuto raid Guri Dam 1968 Venezuelan general election
Foreign policy	Geneva Agreement
Electoral history	1963 general election
Family	Menca de Leoni [es] (wife)
← Rómulo Betancourt Rafael Caldera → Category

v t e Rafael Caldera
President of Venezuela (1964–1969; 1994–1999)
First presidency	Guerrilla pacification Operación Canguro 1973 general election
Second presidency	Venezuelan banking crisis of 1994 Pardon of Hugo Chávez Caso de los banqueros prófugos [es] 1998 presidential election
Electoral history	1947 general election 1958 general election 1963 general election 1968 general election 1983 general election 1993 general election
Family	Alicia Pietri (wife)
Related	Labor Law of Venezuela Puntofijo Pact
← Raúl Leoni Carlos Andrés Pérez → ← Carlos Andrés Pérez Hugo Chávez → Category

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