1963 Venezuelan general election

1963 Venezuelan general election

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Presidential election
Turnout	92.27%
Nominee Raúl Leoni Rafael Caldera Jóvito Villalba Party Democratic Action Copei URD Popular vote 957,574 589,177 551,266 Percentage 32.81% 20.19% 18.89%   Nominee Arturo Uslar Wolfgang Larrazábal Party IPFN [es] FDP [es] Popular vote 469,363 275,325 Percentage 16.08% 9.43%
President before election Rómulo Betancourt Democratic Action Elected President Raúl Leoni Democratic Action

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General elections were held in Venezuela on 1 December 1963.^[1] The presidential elections were won by Raúl Leoni of the Democratic Action political party, who received 32.8% of the vote.^[2] Leoni's party won 66 of the 179 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 22 of the 47 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 92.3% in the presidential election and 90.8% in the Congressional elections.^[3]

Results

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Congress

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Chamber	+/–	Senate	+/–
	Democratic Action	936,124	32.78	66	–7	22	–10
	Copei	595,697	20.86	39	+19	8	+2
	Democratic Republican Union	497,454	17.42	29	–5	7	–4
	Independents for the National Front [es]	381,600	13.36	22	New	5	New
	Popular Democratic Front [es]	274,096	9.60	16	New	4	New
	Opposition Democratic Action [es]	93,494	3.27	5	New	1	New
	Socialist Party of Venezuela	24,670	0.86	1	+1	0	0
	Independent National Electoral Movement	18,510	0.65	1	+1	0	0
	National Action Movement	15,746	0.55	0	New	0	New
	National Authentic Party	14,555	0.51	0	New	0	New
	Popular Electoral Crusade Group S	4,230	0.15	0	New	0	New
Total		2,856,176	100.00	179	+47	47	–4
Valid votes		2,856,176	93.53
Invalid/blank votes		197,708	6.47
Total votes		3,053,884	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,367,787	90.68
Source: Nohlen

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