1963 Venezuelan general election

1963 Venezuelan general election
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Presidential election
Turnout92.27%
 
Nominee Raúl Leoni Rafael Caldera Jóvito Villalba
Party Democratic Action Copei Democratic Republican
Popular vote 957,574 589,177 551,266
Percentage 32.81% 20.19% 18.89%
 
Nominee Arturo Uslar Wolfgang Larrazábal
Party Democratic National Front Popular Democratic Front
Popular vote 469,363 275,325
Percentage 16.08% 9.43%
President before election

Rómulo Betancourt
Democratic Action

Elected President

Raúl Leoni
Democratic Action

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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]

  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