Venezuelan presidential election, 1947
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General elections were held in Venezuela on 14 December 1947.[1] The presidential elections were won by Rómulo Gallegos of Democratic Action, who received 74.3% of the vote[2] – the largest presidential win in Venezuela's modern history – whilst his party won 83 of the 110 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 38 of the 46 seats in the Senate.
The election has been described as the first honest election in Venezuelan history. In previous elections, the Congress of Venezuela would decide and vote on who would assume the presidency.
Results
Congress
Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
Chamber |
Senate |
Democratic Action | 838,526 | 70.8 | 83 | 38 |
Copei | 200,695 | 17.0 | 16 | 4 |
Democratic Republican Union | 51,427 | 4.3 | 4 | 1 |
Communist Party of Venezuela | 43,190 | 3.6 | 3 | 1 |
Republican Federal Union | 39,491 | 3.3 | 3 | 2 |
Revolutionary Party of the Proletariat | 7,068 | 0.6 | 1 | 0 |
PLT | 1,300 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
Socialist Party of Venezuela | 1,207 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
PLT | 860 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
Invalid/blank votes | 15,105 | – | – | – |
Total | 1,198,869 | 100 | 110 | 46 |
Source: Nohlen |
Popular vote |
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AD |
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70.84% |
COPEI |
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16.95% |
URD |
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4.34% |
PCV |
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3.65% |
PFR |
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3.34% |
Others |
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0.88% |
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Seats (Chamber) |
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AD |
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75.45% |
COPEI |
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14.55% |
URD |
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3.64% |
PCV |
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2.73% |
PFR |
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2.73% |
Others |
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0.91% |
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References
- ↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555
ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- ↑ Nohlen, p579