1983 Venezuelan general election

Venezuelan presidential election, 1983

December 4, 1983

Nominee Jaime Lusinchi Rafael Caldera Party Democratic Action Copei Popular vote 3,775,341 2,166,467 Percentage 58.4% 33.5%

President before election Luis Herrera Campins Copei Elected President Jaime Lusinchi Democratic Action

General elections were held in Venezuela on 4 December 1983. The presidential elections were won by Jaime Lusinchi of Democratic Action, who received 58.4% of the vote, whilst his party won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate. Voter turnout was 87.3%.

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Jaime Lusinchi	AD-URD-VOI	3,775,341	58.4
Rafael Caldera	Copei-ICC-NGD-CIMA-FUN-MIO	2,166,467	33.5
Teodoro Petkoff	MAS-MIR-IRE	223,194	3.5
José Vicente Rangel	MEP-PCV-NA-LS-GAR-SI	221,918	3.4
Américo Martín	Revolutionary Left Movement	52,287	1.0
Jorge Olavarria	National Opinion	32,254	0.5
Gonzalo Pérez	National Integration Movement	19,528	0.3
Luis Rangel	National Rescue	8,820	0.1
Andrés Velásquez	Radical Cause	5,917	0.1
Vinicio Romero	National Confidence	3,236	0.1
Alberto Solano	Emancipatory Force	1,650	0.0
Juan Iarra Riverol	Venezuelan Nationalist Party	1,363	0.0
Adolfo Alcala	Independent Voters	1,077	0.0
Invalid/blank votes		331,443	–
Total		6,792,208	100
Source: Nohlen

Congress

Party	Votes	%	Seats
			Chamber	+/-	Senate	+/-
Democratic Action	3,284,166	49.9	113	+25	28	+7
Copei	1,887,226	28.7	60	-24	14	-7
Movement for Socialism	377,795	5.7	10	-1	2	0
National Opinion	130,022	2.0	3	+3	0	0
People's Electoral Movement	129,263	2.0	3	-1	0	0
Democratic Republican Union	125,458	1.9	3	0	0	0
Communist Party of Venezuela	115,162	1.7	3	+2	0	0
Revolutionary Left Movement	103,923	1.6	2	-2	0	0
New Alternative	68,729	1.0	1	New	0	New
Independents with Change	63,822	1.0	0	New	0	New
National Integration Movement	59,870	0.9	1	0	0	0
Socialist League	53,506	0.8	1	0	0	0
Radical Cause	35,304	0.5	0	0	0	0
LNR (OLVARRIA)	29,642	0.5	0	New	0	New
Majoritarian Independent Committee	18,762	0.3	0	New	0	New
National Rescue	15,083	0.2	0	New	0	New
Revolutionary Action Group	15,033	0.2	0	0	0	0
Nationalist Unity Front	12,262	0.2	0	0	0	0
New Democratic Generation	10,288	0.2	0	New	0	New
MIO	10,020	0.2	0	New	0	New
29 other parties	35,563	0.5	0	–	0	–
Invalid/blank votes	244,281	–	–	–	–	–
Total	6,825,180	100	200	+1	44	0
Source: Nohlen

Popular Vote AD   49.90% COPEI   28.68% MAS   5.74% OPINA   1.98% MEP   1.96% URD   1.91% PCV   1.75% MIR   1.58% NA   1.04% ICC   0.97% Others   4.49%

Seats (Chamber) AD   56.50% COPEI   30.00% MAS   5.00% OPINA   1.50% MEP   1.50% URD   1.50% PCV   1.50% MIR   1.00% NA   0.50% Others   1.00%