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General elections were held in Venezuela on 4 December 1988.[1] The presidential elections were won by Carlos Andrés Pérez of Democratic Action, who received 52.9% of the vote,[2] whilst his party won the most seats in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate. Voter turnout was 81.9% in the presidential election and 81.7% in the Congressional elections.[3]
Contents
1 Background
2 Results
2.1 President
2.2 Congress
3 References
Background
Democratic Action President Jaime Lusinchi backed Octavio Lepage to succeed him as the party's candidate for the election,[4] but in a primary election the party chose Carlos Andrés Pérez,[5] (previously president from 1973 to 1978).
Results
President
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
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| Carlos Andrés Pérez | Democratic Action | 3,879,024 | 52.9 |
| Eduardo Fernández | Copei | 2,963,015 | 40.4 |
| Teodoro Petkoff | MAS-MIR | 200,479 | 2.7 |
| Godofredo Marín | Authentic Renewal Organisation | 62,896 | 0.9 |
| Ismenia Vellalba | Democratic Republican Union | 61,684 | 0.8 |
| Edmundo Chirinos | Communist Party of Venezuela | 59,034 | 0.8 |
| Jorge Olavarria | National Opinion | 32,254 | 0.5 |
| Vladimir Gessen | New Democratic Generation | 27,833 | 0.4 |
| Andrés Velásquez | Radical Cause | 24,561 | 0.3 |
| Gastón Guisandes | National Opinion | 10,720 | 0.1 |
| David Nieves | Socialist League | 10,065 | 0.1 |
| Jorge Olavarria | LNR | 9,969 | 0.1 |
| Alberto Marini Urdaneta | Nationalist Unity Front | 5,821 | 0.1 |
| Luis Hernández Campos | Nationalist Civic Crusade | 2,589 | 0.0 |
| Luis Alfonso Godoy | Nosotros PSN | 2,532 | 0.0 |
| Leopoldo Díaz Bruzual | New Alternative | 2,528 | 0.0 |
| Alejandro Peña Esclusa | PUV | 2,168 | 0.0 |
| Rómulo Abrue Duarte | FEVO | 1,513 | 0.0 |
| José Rojas Contreras | New Order | 1,176 | 0.0 |
| Hernández Escarrá Quintara | MNV | 1,412 | 0.0 |
| Alberto Solano | Emancipatory Force | 818 | 0.0 |
| Napoleón Barrios | MPDIN | 736 | 0.0 |
| Arévalo Tovar Yajur | ONI | 432 | 0.0 |
| Rómulo Yordi Carvajal | PUEBLO | 382 | 0.0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 187,276 | – | |
| Total | 7,518,663 | 100 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 9,185,647 | 81.9 | |
| Source: Nohlen | |||
Congress
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamber | +/- | Senate | +/- | |||
| Democratic Action | 3,123,790 | 43.3 | 97 | -16 | 22 | -6 |
| Copei | 2,247,236 | 31.1 | 67 | +7 | 20 | +6 |
MAS-MIR | 733,421 | 10.2 | 18 | +6 | 3 | +1 |
| New Democratic Generation | 236,833 | 3.3 | 6 | +6 | 1 | +1 |
| Radical Cause | 117,562 | 1.6 | 3 | +3 | 0 | 0 |
| People's Electoral Movement | 116,621 | 1.6 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic Republican Union | 103,883 | 1.4 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Formula 1 | 93,228 | 1.3 | 2 | New | 0 | New |
| Authentic Renewal Organisation | 92,117 | 1.3 | 2 | New | 0 | New |
| National Opinion | 351,709 | 4.9 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
| Communist Party of Venezuela | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 56 other parties | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 283,635 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 7,500,085 | 100 | 201 | +1 | 46 | +2 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 9,185,647 | 81.7 | – | – | – | – |
| Source: Nohlen | ||||||
References
^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
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^ Nohlen, p582
^ Nohlen, p556
^ In Venezuela, Ex-President Seeks Old Job New York Times, 28 June 1987
^ The World Los Angeles Times, 12 October 1987
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