1983_Venezuelan_presidential_election
General elections were held in Venezuela on 4 December 1983.[1] The presidential elections were won by Jaime Lusinchi of Democratic Action, who received 56.7% of the vote,[2] whilst his party won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate.
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| Turnout | 87.75% | ||||||||||||||||
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President
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| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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| Jaime Lusinchi | AD–URD–VOI | 3,773,731 | 56.72 | |
| Rafael Caldera | Copei–ICC–NGD [es]–CIMA–FUN–MIO | 2,298,176 | 34.54 | |
| Teodoro Petkoff | MAS–MIR–IRE | 277,498 | 4.17 | |
| José Vicente Rangel | MEP–PCV–NA–LS–GAR–SI | 221,918 | 3.34 | |
| Jorge Olavarria | National Opinion [es] | 32,254 | 0.48 | |
| Gonzalo Pérez Hernández [es] | National Integration Movement [es] | 19,528 | 0.29 | |
| Luis Rangel | National Rescue | 8,820 | 0.13 | |
| Andrés Velásquez | Radical Cause | 5,917 | 0.09 | |
| Vinicio Romero | National Confidence | 3,236 | 0.05 | |
| Alberto Solano | Emancipatory Force | 1,650 | 0.02 | |
| Félix Díaz Otega | New Order | 1,610 | 0.02 | |
| Juan Iarra Riverol | Venezuelan Nationalist Party | 1,363 | 0.02 | |
| Adolfo Alcala | Independent Voters | 1,077 | 0.02 | |
| Other candidates | 6,539 | 0.10 | ||
| Total | 6,653,317 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 6,653,317 | 97.48 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 171,863 | 2.52 | ||
| Total votes | 6,825,180 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 7,777,892 | 87.75 | ||
| Source: National Electoral Council[2] | ||||
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Congress
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| Democratic Action | 3,284,166 | 49.90 | 113 | +25 | 28 | +7 | ||
| Copei | 1,887,226 | 28.68 | 60 | –24 | 14 | –7 | ||
| Movement for Socialism | 377,795 | 5.74 | 10 | –1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| National Opinion [es] | 130,022 | 1.98 | 3 | +3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| People's Electoral Movement | 129,263 | 1.96 | 3 | –1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Democratic Republican Union | 125,458 | 1.91 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Communist Party of Venezuela | 115,162 | 1.75 | 3 | +2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Revolutionary Left Movement | 103,923 | 1.58 | 2 | –2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New Alternative | 68,729 | 1.04 | 1 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Independents with Change | 63,822 | 0.97 | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| National Integration Movement [es] | 59,870 | 0.91 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Socialist League | 53,506 | 0.81 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Radical Cause | 35,304 | 0.54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New Republic | 29,642 | 0.45 | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Majoritarian Independent Committee | 18,762 | 0.29 | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| National Rescue | 15,083 | 0.23 | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Revolutionary Action Group | 15,033 | 0.23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nationalist Unity Front | 12,262 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New Democratic Generation [es] | 10,288 | 0.16 | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Organised Independent Movement | 10,020 | 0.15 | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| 29 other parties | 35,563 | 0.54 | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||
| Total | 6,580,899 | 100.00 | 200 | +1 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Valid votes | 6,580,899 | 96.42 | ||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 244,281 | 3.58 | ||||||
| Total votes | 6,825,180 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 7,777,892 | 87.75 | ||||||
| Source: Nohlen | ||||||||
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- Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- "Elecciones Presidenciales, Cuadro Comparativo 1958-2000" (PDF). National Electoral Council. p. 3. Retrieved February 21, 2018.