General elections were held in Venezuela on Sunday December 9, 1973.[ 1] The presidential elections were won by Carlos Andrés Pérez of Democratic Action , who received 48.7% of the vote,[ 2] whilst his party won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate. Voter turnout was 96.5%.[ 3]
Results [ edit ]
President [ edit ]
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Carlos Andrés Pérez
AD -PRN
2,130,743
48.7
Leonardo 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 [ edit ]
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%
References [ edit ]