1963 Venezuelan general election

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]

Venezuelan presidential election, 1963

1 December 1963
Turnout	92.3% (presidential) 90.8% (congressional)
Nominee Raúl Leoni Rafael Caldera Jóvito Villalba Party Democratic Action COPEI URD Home state Bolívar Yaracuy Nueva Esparta Popular vote 957,574 589,177 551,266 Percentage 32.8% 20.2% 18.9%   Nominee Arturo Uslar Wolfgang Larrazábal Party FND FDP Home state Distrito Federal Yaracuy Popular vote 469,363 275,325 Percentage 16.08% 9.4%
President before election Rómulo Betancourt Democratic Action Elected President Raúl Leoni Democratic Action

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Raúl Leoni	Democratic Action	957,574	32.8
Rafael Caldera	Copei	589,177	20.2
Jóvito Villalba	URD-PSV-MENI	551,266	18.9
Arturo Uslar Pietri	Independents for the National Front	469,363	16.1
Wolfgang Larrazábal	Popular Democratic Front	275,325	9.4
Raúl Ramón Giménez	Opposition Democratic Action	66,880	2.3
Germán Borregales	National Action Movement	9,292	0.3
Invalid/blank votes		188,686	–
Total		3,107,563	100
Source: Nohlen

Congress

Party	Votes	%	Seats
			Chamber	+/-	Senate	+/-
Democratic Action	936,124	32.7	66	-7	22	-10
Copei	595,697	20.8	39	+19	8	+2
Democratic Republican Union	497,454	17.4	29	-5	7	-4
Independents for the National Front	381,600	13.3	22	New	5	New
Popular Democratic Front	274,096	9.6	16	New	4	New
Opposition Democratic Action	93,494	3.3	5	New	1	New
Socialist Party of Venezuela	24,670	0.9	1	+1	0	0
Independent National Electoral Movement	18,510	0.6	1	+1	0	0
National Action Movement	15,746	0.6	0	New	0	New
National Authentic Party	14,555	0.5	0	New	0	New
Popular Electoral Crusade Group S	4,230	0.1	0	New	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	197,708	–	–	–	–	–
Total	3,059,434	100	179	+47	47	-4
Source: Nohlen

Note that there is a difference of 100 votes between the party total and the overall total.[4]

Popular vote AD   32.71% COPEI   20.82% URD   17.38% CIPFN   13.33% FDP   9.58% AD Opposition   3.27% Others   2.72%

Seats (Chamber) AD   36.87% COPEI   21.79% URD   16.20% CIPFN   12.29% FDP   8.94% AD Opposition   2.79% Others   1.12%

References

1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
2. Nohlen, p580
3. Nohlen, p556
4. Nohlen, p570