1973 Venezuelan general election

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Presidential election

Turnout

96.50%


Nominee	Carlos Andrés Pérez	Lorenzo Fernández [es]	Jesús Paz Galarraga [es]
Party	Democratic Action	Copei	People’s Electoral Movement
Alliance			Communist
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

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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 [es]	2,130,743	48.71
	Lorenzo Fernández [es]	Copei–FDP–MPI	1,605,628	36.70
	Jesús Paz Galarraga [es]	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 [es]	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 [es]	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
Party		Votes	%	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 [es]	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 [es]	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

References

Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
Nohlen, p581
Nohlen, p556

Carlos Andrés Pérez

President of Venezuela (1974–1979) & (1989-1993)

First presidency

Second presidency

Electoral history

Chamber of Deputies	1947 general election 1958 general election 1963 general election
Presidential	1973 general election 1988 general election
Senate	1998 parliamentary election

Family

Blanca Rodríguez (wife)

Image

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Category

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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
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