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Venezuelan presidential election, 1963 Turnout 92.3% (presidential) 90.8% (congressional)
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]
Results
President
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Raúl Leoni
Democratic Action
957,574
32.8
Rafael Caldera
Copei
589,177
20.2
Jóvito Villalba
URD -PSV -MENI
551,266
18.9
Arturo Uslar Pietri
Independents for the National Front
469,363
16.1
Wolfgang Larrazábal
Popular Democratic Front
275,325
9.4
Raúl Ramón Giménez
Opposition Democratic Action
66,880
2.3
Germán Borregales
National Action Movement
9,292
0.3
Invalid/blank votes
188,686
–
Total
3,107,563
100
Source: Nohlen
Congress
Party
Votes
%
Seats
Chamber
+/-
Senate
+/-
Democratic Action
936,124
32.7
66
-7
22
-10
Copei
595,697
20.8
39
+19
8
+2
Democratic Republican Union
497,454
17.4
29
-5
7
-4
Independents for the National Front
381,600
13.3
22
New
5
New
Popular Democratic Front
274,096
9.6
16
New
4
New
Opposition Democratic Action
93,494
3.3
5
New
1
New
Socialist Party of Venezuela
24,670
0.9
1
+1
0
0
Independent National Electoral Movement
18,510
0.6
1
+1
0
0
National Action Movement
15,746
0.6
0
New
0
New
National Authentic Party
14,555
0.5
0
New
0
New
Popular Electoral Crusade Group S
4,230
0.1
0
New
0
New
Invalid/blank votes
197,708
–
–
–
–
–
Total
3,059,434
100
179
+47
47
-4
Source: Nohlen
Note that there is a difference of 100 votes between the party total and the overall total.[ 4]
Popular vote
AD
32.71%
COPEI
20.82%
URD
17.38%
CIPFN
13.33%
FDP
9.58%
AD Opposition
3.27%
Others
2.72%
Seats (Chamber)
AD
36.87%
COPEI
21.79%
URD
16.20%
CIPFN
12.29%
FDP
8.94%
AD Opposition
2.79%
Others
1.12%
References