Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, 1946

Rómulo Betancourt voting in the 1946 elections

Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Venezuela on 27 October 1946,[1] following a coup the year before which launched El Trienio Adeco.[2] The result was a victory for Democratic Action, which won 137 of the 160 seats in the Assembly. Voter turnout was 86.6%.[3]

Results

Party Votes % Seats
Democratic Action1,099,60178.4137
Copei141,41810.119
Communist Party of Venezuela50,8373.62
Democratic Republican Union49,7213.50
Republican Federal Union38,4402.70
PLP4,3330.30
Other parties17,6611.30
Invalid/blank votes1,706
Total1,403,717100160
Source: Nohlen
Popular Vote
AD
78.43%
COPEI
10.09%
PCV
3.63%
URD
3.55%
PFR
2.74%
Others
1.57%
Seats
AD
85.63%
COPEI
11.88%
PCV
1.25%

References

  1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. Nohlen, p537
  3. Nohlen, p568
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