1973 Venezuelan general election

1973 Venezuelan general election

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Presidential election
Turnout96.50%
 
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

General elections were held in Venezuela on Sunday 9 December 1973.[1] The presidential elections were won by Carlos Andrés Pérez of Democratic Action, who received 48.7% of the vote,[2] whilst his party won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate. Voter turnout was 96.5%.[3]

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