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1988 Venezuelan general election 
Summary
General elections were held in Venezuela on 4 December 1988.[1] The presidential elections were won by Carlos Andrés Pérez of Democratic Action, who received 53% of the vote,[2] whilst his party won the most seats in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate. Voter turnout was 82%.[3]
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| Turnout | 81.85% | ||||||||||||||||
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Background edit
Democratic Action President Jaime Lusinchi backed Octavio Lepage to succeed him as the party's candidate for the election,[4] but in a primary election the party chose Carlos Andrés Pérez,[5] (previously president from 1974 to 1979).
Results edit
President edit
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Andrés Pérez | Democratic Action | 3,879,024 | 52.91 | |
| Eduardo Fernández | Copei | 2,963,015 | 40.42 | |
| Teodoro Petkoff | MAS–MIR | 200,479 | 2.73 | |
| Godofredo Marín | Authentic Renewal Organization | 62,896 | 0.86 | |
| Ismenia Villalba | Democratic Republican Union | 61,684 | 0.84 | |
| Edmundo Chirinos | Communist Party of Venezuela | 59,034 | 0.81 | |
| Vladimir Gessen | New Democratic Generation | 27,833 | 0.38 | |
| Andrés Velásquez | Radical Cause | 24,561 | 0.34 | |
| Gastón Guisandes | National Opinion | 10,720 | 0.15 | |
| David Nieves | Socialist League | 10,065 | 0.14 | |
| Jorge Olavarria | New Republic | 9,969 | 0.14 | |
| Alberto Marini Urdaneta | Nationalist Unity Front | 5,821 | 0.08 | |
| Luis Hernández Campos | Nationalist Civic Crusade | 2,589 | 0.04 | |
| Luis Alfonso Godoy | Social Power of the Nation | 2,532 | 0.03 | |
| Leopoldo Díaz Bruzual | New Alternative | 2,528 | 0.03 | |
| Alejandro Peña Esclusa | Venezuelan Labour Party | 2,168 | 0.03 | |
| Rómulo Abrue Duarte | Guiding Venezuelan Spiritual Force | 1,513 | 0.02 | |
| José Rojas Contreras | New Order | 1,176 | 0.02 | |
| Hernández Escarrá Quintara | Venezuelan National Movement | 1,412 | 0.02 | |
| Alberto Solano | Emancipatory Force | 818 | 0.01 | |
| Napoleón Barrios | Movement for the Defence of Nationalist Ideas | 736 | 0.01 | |
| Arévalo Tovar Yajur | Independent Nationalist Organisation | 432 | 0.01 | |
| Rómulo Yordi Carvajal | People | 382 | 0.01 | |
| Total | 7,331,387 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 7,331,387 | 97.51 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 187,276 | 2.49 | ||
| Total votes | 7,518,663 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 9,185,647 | 81.85 | ||
| Source: Nohlen | ||||
Congress edit
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
| Chamber | +/– | Senate | +/– | |||||
| Democratic Action | 3,123,790 | 43.29 | 97 | –16 | 22 | –6 | ||
| Copei | 2,247,236 | 31.14 | 67 | +7 | 20 | +6 | ||
| MAS–MIR | 733,421 | 10.16 | 18 | +6 | 3 | +1 | ||
| New Democratic Generation | 236,833 | 3.28 | 6 | +6 | 1 | +1 | ||
| Radical Cause | 117,562 | 1.63 | 3 | +3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| People's Electoral Movement | 116,621 | 1.62 | 2 | –1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Democratic Republican Union | 103,883 | 1.44 | 2 | –1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Formula 1 | 93,228 | 1.29 | 2 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Authentic Renewal Organization | 92,117 | 1.28 | 2 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Communist Party of Venezuela | 70,058 | 0.97 | 1 | –2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| National Opinion | 41,984 | 0.58 | 1 | –2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Socialist League | 36,394 | 0.50 | 0 | –1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| National Integration Movement | 33,728 | 0.47 | 0 | –1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New Republic | 24,596 | 0.34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Electoral Renewal Integration | 18,986 | 0.26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| National Party | 14,500 | 0.20 | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| 51 other parties | 111,463 | 1.54 | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||
| Total | 7,216,400 | 100.00 | 201 | +1 | 46 | +2 | ||
| Valid votes | 7,216,400 | 96.22 | ||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 283,635 | 3.78 | ||||||
| Total votes | 7,500,035 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 9,185,647 | 81.65 | ||||||
| Source: Nohlen, SIC[6] | ||||||||
References edit
- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- ^ Nohlen, p582
- ^ Nohlen, p556
- ^ In Venezuela, Ex-President Seeks Old Job The New York Times, 28 June 1987
- ^ The World Archived 2012-11-03 at the Wayback Machine Los Angeles Times, 12 October 1987
- ^ Seminario Interdiocesano de Caracas, 1989, p4