General elections were held in Venezuela on 7 December 1958.[1] The presidential elections were won by Rómulo Betancourt of Democratic Action, who received 49.2% of the vote,[2] whilst his party won 73 of the 132 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 32 of the 51 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 93.4% in the presidential election and 92.1% in the Congressional elections.[3]
^Levin, Dov H. (2016-09-19). "Partisan electoral interventions by the great powers: Introducing the PEIG Dataset". Conflict Management and Peace Science. 36 (1): 88–106. doi:10.1177/0738894216661190. ISSN 0738-8942. S2CID 157114479.
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1958, venezuelan, general, election, general, elections, were, held, venezuela, december, 1958, presidential, elections, were, rómulo, betancourt, democratic, action, received, vote, whilst, party, seats, chamber, deputies, seats, senate, voter, turnout, presi. General elections were held in Venezuela on 7 December 1958 1 The presidential elections were won by Romulo Betancourt of Democratic Action who received 49 2 of the vote 2 whilst his party won 73 of the 132 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 32 of the 51 seats in the Senate Voter turnout was 93 4 in the presidential election and 92 1 in the Congressional elections 3 1958 Venezuelan general election 1947 7 December 1958 1963 Presidential electionTurnout93 42 Candidate Romulo Betancourt Wolfgang Larrazabal Rafael CalderaParty Democratic Action URD PCV CopeiPopular vote 1 284 092 903 479 423 262Percentage 49 18 34 61 16 21 President before electionEdgar SanabriaIndependent Elected President Romulo BetancourtDemocratic ActionThe Soviet Union covertly supported Wolfgang Larrazabal in the elections 4 Contents 1 Results 1 1 President 1 2 Congress 2 ReferencesResults EditPresident Edit CandidatePartyVotes Romulo BetancourtDemocratic Action1 284 09249 18Wolfgang LarrazabalURD PCV MENI903 47934 61Rafael CalderaCopei IR PST423 26216 21Total2 610 833100 00Valid votes2 610 83395 91Invalid blank votes111 2204 09Total votes2 722 053100 00Registered voters turnout2 913 80193 42Source NohlenCongress Edit PartyVotes SeatsChamber Senate Democratic Action1 275 97349 4573 1032 6Democratic Republican Union690 35726 7634 3011 10Copei392 30515 2018 26 2Communist Party of Venezuela160 7916 237 42 1Republican Integration19 4240 750New0NewSocialist Workers Party15 4760 600New0NewIndependent National Electoral Movement14 9080 580New0NewSocialist Party of Venezuela10 9830 430000Total2 580 217100 00132 2251 5Valid votes2 580 21796 10Invalid blank votes104 7323 90Total votes2 684 949100 00Registered voters turnout2 913 80192 15Source NohlenReferences Edit Dieter Nohlen 2005 Elections in the Americas A data handbook Volume II p555 ISBN 978 0 19 928358 3 Nohlen p580 Nohlen p556 Levin Dov H 2016 09 19 Partisan electoral interventions by the great powers Introducing the PEIG Dataset Conflict Management and Peace Science 36 1 88 106 doi 10 1177 0738894216661190 ISSN 0738 8942 S2CID 157114479 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1958 Venezuelan general election amp oldid 1153673481, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
