Venezuelan general election, 1958

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General elections were held in Venezuela on 7 December 1958.^[1] The presidential elections were won by Rómulo Betancourt of Democratic Action, who received 49.2% of the vote,^[2] whilst his party won 73 of the 132 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 32 of the 51 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 94.4% in the presidential election and 92.1% in the Congressional elections.^[3]

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Rómulo Betancourt	Democratic Action	1,284,092	49.2
Wolfgang Larrazábal	URD-PCV-MENI	903,479	34.6
Rafael Caldera	Copei-IR-PST	423,262	16.2
Invalid/blank votes		111,220	–
Total		2,722,053	100
Source: Nohlen

Congress

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Party	Votes	%	Chamber	+/-	Senate	+/-
Democratic Action	1,275,973	49.5	73	-10	32	-6
Democratic Republican Union	690,357	26.8	34	+30	11	+10
Copei	392,305	15.2	18	+2	6	+2
Communist Party of Venezuela	160,791	6.2	7	+4	2	+1
Republican Integration	19,424	0.8	0	New	0	New
Socialist Workers' Party	15,476	0.6	0	New	0	New
Independent National Electoral Movement	14,908	0.6	0	New	0	New
Socialist Party of Venezuela	10,983	0.4	0	0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	104,732	–	–	–	–	–
Total	2,684,949	100	132	+22	51	+5
Source: Nohlen

Popular Vote

AD			49.45%
URD			26.76%
COPEI			15.20%
PCV			6.23%
Others			2.36%

Seats (Chamber)

AD			55.30%
URD			25.76%
COPEI			13.64%
PCV			5.30%

References

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
↑ Nohlen, p580
↑ Nohlen, p556

Elections and referendums in Venezuela

Presidential elections	1831 1835 1839 1843 1847 1851 1855 1860 1864 1873 1877 1882 1888 1890 1894 1898 1922 1929 1931 1936 1941 1947 1958 1963 1968 1973 1978 1983 1988 1993 1998 2000 2006 2012 2013 2018

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Regional elections	1989 1992 1995 1998 2000 2004 2008 2010 2012 2017

Municipal elections	2000 2004 2008 2010 2013 2014 2017

Referendums	1957 1999 (Apr) 1999 (Dec) 2000 2004 2007 2009

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