1978 Venezuelan general election Presidential election
Turnout 87.56%
General elections were held in Venezuela on 3 December 1978.[ 1] Luis Herrera Campins of Copei , who received 47% of the vote.[ 2] Democratic Action won the most seats in the Chamber of Deputies , whilst the two parties won 21 seats each in the Senate . Voter turnout was 88%.[ 3]
Candidate Party Votes % Luis Herrera Campins Copei –URD –FDP [es ] –OPINA [es ] 2,487,318 46.64 Luis Piñerúa Ordaz Democratic Action 2,309,577 43.31 José Vicente Rangel MAS –VUC 276,083 5.18 Diego Arria Common Cause –MDT 90,060 1.69 Luis Beltrán Prieto Figueroa People's Electoral Movement 59,747 1.12 Américo Martín Revolutionary Left Movement 52,287 0.98 Héctor Mujica [es ] Communist Party of Venezuela 29,305 0.55 Leonardo Montiel Ortega National Renewal Movement 13,918 0.26 Alejandro Gómez Nationalist Unity Front 8,337 0.16 Pablo Salas Castillo Nationalist Civic Crusade 6,081 0.11 Total 5,332,713 100.00 Valid votes 5,332,713 97.86 Invalid/blank votes 116,888 2.14 Total votes 5,449,601 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 6,223,903 87.56 Source: Nohlen
Party Votes % Seats Chamber +/– Senate +/– Copei 2,103,004 39.81 84 +20 21 +8 Democratic Action 2,096,512 39.68 88 –14 21 –7 Movement for Socialism 325,328 6.16 11 +2 2 0 Revolutionary Left Movement 123,915 2.35 4 +3 0 0 People's Electoral Movement 117,455 2.22 4 –4 0 –2 Democratic Republican Union 88,807 1.68 3 –2 0 –1 Common Cause 85,432 1.62 1 New 0 New National Integration Movement [es ] 83,700 1.58 1 New 0 New Communist Party of Venezuela 55,168 1.04 1 –1 0 0 Communist Unitarian Vanguard 46,547 0.88 1 New 0 New Socialist League 30,191 0.57 1 New 0 New National Renewal Movement 26,235 0.50 0 New 0 New Labour Movement 22,966 0.43 0 New 0 New Popular Democratic Front [es ] 13,697 0.26 0 0 0 0 Nationalist Unity Front 12,986 0.25 0 0 0 0 Radical Cause 12,573 0.24 0 New 0 New Nationalist Civic Crusade 10,906 0.21 0 –7 0 –1 Revolutionary Action Group 9,034 0.17 0 New 0 New National Opinion [es ] 7,961 0.15 0 –1 0 0 Independents for Community Development 6,719 0.13 0 New 0 New Other parties 3,753 0.07 0 – 0 – Total 5,282,889 100.00 199 –1 44 –3 Valid votes 5,282,889 96.94 Invalid/blank votes 166,901 3.06 Total votes 5,449,790 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 6,223,903 87.56 Source: Nohlen
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