1973 Venezuelan general election

General elections were held in Venezuela on Sunday 9 December 1973.^[1] The presidential elections were won by Carlos Andrés Pérez of Democratic Action, who received 48.7% of the vote,^[2] whilst his party won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate. Voter turnout was 96.5%.^[3]

1973 Venezuelan general election

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Presidential election
Turnout	96.50%
Nominee Carlos Andrés Pérez Lorenzo Fernández [es] Jesús Paz Galarraga [es] Party Democratic Action Copei People’s Electoral Movement Alliance Communist Popular vote 2,130,743 1,605,628 221,827 Percentage 48.71% 36.70% 5.06%
President before election Rafael Caldera Copei Elected President Carlos Andrés Pérez Democratic Action

Results

President

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Carlos Andrés Pérez	AD–PRN [es]	2,130,743	48.71
	Lorenzo Fernández [es]	Copei–FDP–MPI	1,605,628	36.70
	Jesús Paz Galarraga [es]	MEP–PCV	221,239	5.06
	José Vicente Rangel	Movement for Socialism	186,255	4.26
	Jóvito Villalba	Democratic Republican Union	134,478	3.07
	Miguel Ángel Burelli Rivas	National Opinion [es]	33,977	0.78
	Pedro Tinoco	PNI–MD	29,399	0.67
	Martín Garcia	Democratic Socialist Party	11,965	0.27
	Germán Borregales	National Action Movement	9,331	0.21
	Pedro Segnini	Democratic National Front [es]	6,176	0.14
	Raimundo Verde Roja	Independent Democratic Movement	3,754	0.09
	Alberto Solano	Emancipatory Force	1,736	0.04
Total			4,374,681	100.00
Valid votes			4,374,681	95.69
Invalid/blank votes			196,880	4.31
Total votes			4,571,561	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			4,737,152	96.50
Source: Nohlen

Congress

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Chamber	+/–	Senate	+/–
	Democratic Action	1,955,439	44.44	102	+36	28	+9
	Copei	1,330,514	30.24	64	+5	13	–3
	Movement for Socialism	232,756	5.29	9	New	2	New
	People's Electoral Movement	218,192	4.96	8	–17	2	–3
	Nationalist Civic Crusade	189,667	4.31	7	–14	1	–3
	Democratic Republican Union	140,462	3.19	5	–13	1	–2
	Popular Democratic Front	54,759	1.24	0	–10	0	–1
	Communist Party of Venezuela	52,754	1.20	2	New	0	New
	Revolutionary Left Movement	44,012	1.00	1	New	0	New
	National Opinion [es]	32,751	0.74	1	+1	0	0
	Integrationist National Party	30,618	0.70	1	New	0	New
	Progressive Independents	27,528	0.63	0	New	0	New
	Nationalist Unity Front	15,537	0.35	0	New	0	New
	National Action Movement	12,588	0.29	0	–1	0	0
	Democratic Socialist Party	12,238	0.28	0	New	0	New
	Democratic National Front [es]	11,313	0.26	0	–4	0	–1
	Popular Movement	8,324	0.19	0	New	0	New
	19 other parties	30,313	0.69	0	–	0	–
Total		4,399,765	100.00	200	–14	47	–5
Valid votes		4,399,765	96.23
Invalid/blank votes		172,422	3.77
Total votes		4,572,187	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,737,152	96.52
Source: Nohlen