1947 Venezuelan general election

General elections were held in Venezuela on 14 December 1947. The presidential elections were won by Rómulo Gallegos of Democratic Action, who received 74.3% of the vote, whilst his party won 83 of the 110 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 38 of the 46 seats in the Senate. It was the first honest election in Venezuelan history.

Results

President

Italian presidential election, 1947

14 December 1947

Nominee Rómulo Gallegos Rafael Caldera Party Democratic Action COPEI Electoral vote 871,752 262,204 Percentage 74.3% 22.4%

President before election Rómulo Betancourt Democratic Action Elected President Rómulo Gallegos Democratic Action

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Action/meta/color"|	Democratic Action	Rómulo Gallegos	871,752	74.3%
bgcolor="Template:COPEI/meta/color"|	Copei	Rafael Caldera	262,204	22.4%
bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of Venezuela/meta/color"|	Communist Party of Venezuela	Gustavo Machado	38,587	3.3%
Total			1,172,543	100%

Congress

Party	Votes	%	Seats
			Chamber	Senate
Democratic Action	838,526	70.8	83	38
Copei	200,695	17.0	16	4
Democratic Republican Union	51,427	4.3	4	1
Communist Party of Venezuela	43,190	3.6	3	1
Republican Federal Union	39,491	3.3	3	2
Revolutionary Party of the Proletariat	7,068	0.6	1	0
PLT	1,300	0.1	0	0
Socialist Party of Venezuela	1,207	0.1	0	0
PLT	860	0.1	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	15,105	–	–	–
Total	1,198,869	100	110	46
Source: Nohlen

Popular Vote AD   70.84% COPEI   16.95% URD   4.34% PCV   3.65% PFR   3.34% Others   0.88%

Seats (Chamber) AD   75.45% COPEI   14.55% URD   3.64% PCV   2.73% PFR   2.73% Others   0.91%