1973 Venezuelan general election

Venezuelan presidential election, 1973

9 December 1973
Turnout	96.5%
Nominee Carlos Andrés Pérez Lorenzo Fernández Jesús Paz Galarraga Party Democratic Action Copei MEP-PCV Home state Táchira Caracas Zulia Popular vote 2,130,743 1,605,628 221,827 Percentage 48.7% 36.7% 5.07%
President before election Rafael Caldera Copei Elected President Carlos Andrés Pérez Democratic Action

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

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Carlos Andrés Pérez	AD-PRN	2,130,743	48.7
Lorenzo Fernández	Copei-FDP-MPI	1,605,628	36.7
Jesus Paz Gallarraga	MEP-PCV	221,239	5.1
José Vicente Rangel	Movement for Socialism	186,255	4.3
Jóvito Villalba	Democratic Republican Union	134,478	3.1
Miguel Ángel Burelli Rivas	National Opinion	33,977	0.8
Pedro Tinoco	PNI-MD	29,399	0.7
Martín Garcia	PSD	11,965	0.3
Germán Borregales	National Action Movement	9,331	0.2
Pedro Segnini	Democratic National Front	6,176	0.1
Raimundo Verde Roja	Independent Democratic Movement	3,754	0.1
Alberto Solano	Emancipatory Force	1,736	0.0
Invalid/blank votes		196,880	–
Total		4,571,561	100
Source: Nohlen

Congress

Party	Votes	%	Seats
			Chamber	+/-	Senate	+/-
Democratic Action	1,955,439	44.4	102	+36	28	+9
Copei	1,330,514	30.2	64	+5	13	-3
Movement for Socialism	232,756	5.3	9	New	2	New
People's Electoral Movement	218,192	5.0	8	-17	2	-3
Nationalist Civic Crusade	189,667	4.3	7	-14	1	-3
Democratic Republican Union	140,462	3.2	5	-13	1	-2
Popular Democratic Front	54,759	1.2	0	-10	0	-1
Communist Party of Venezuela	52,754	1.2	2	New	0	New
Revolutionary Left Movement	44,012	1.0	1	New	0	New
National Opinion	32,751	0.7	1	+1	0	0
Integrationist National Party	30,618	0.7	1	New	0	New
Progressive Independents	27,528	0.6	0	New	0	New
Nationalist Unity Front	15,537	0.4	0	New	0	New
National Action Movement	12,588	0.3	0	-1	0	0
PSD	12,238	0.3	0	New	0	New
Democratic National Front	11,313	0.3	0	-4	0	-1
Popular Movement	8,324	0.2	0	New	0	New
19 other parties	8,031	0.2	0	–	0	–
Invalid/blank votes	172,422	–	–	–	–	–
Total	4,572,187	100	200	-14	47	-5
Source: Nohlen

Popular vote AD   44.44% COPEI   30.24% MAS   5.29% MEP   4.96% CCN   4.31% URD   3.19% FDP   1.24% PCV   1.20% MIR   1.00% Others   3.61%

Seats (Chamber) AD   51.00% COPEI   32.00% MAS   4.50% MEP   4.00% CCN   3.50% URD   2.50% PCV   1.00% MIR   0.50% Others   1.00%