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1978 Venezuelan general election

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Turnout	87.56%
Nominee Luis Herrera Campins Luis Piñerúa Ordaz José Vicente Rangel Party Copei Democratic Action MAS Popular vote 2,487,318 2,309,577 276,083 Percentage 46.64% 43.31% 5.18%
President before election Carlos Andrés Pérez Democratic Action Elected President Luis Herrera Campins Copei

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General elections were held in Venezuela on 3 December 1978. The presidential elections were won by Luis Herrera Campins of Copei, who received 47% of the vote. Although Copei received more votes, Democratic Action won the most seats in the Chamber of Deputies, whilst the two parties won 21 seats each in the Senate. Voter turnout was 88%.

Results

President

Congress

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Chamber	+/–	Senate	+/–
	Copei	2,103,004	39.81	84	+20	21	+8
	Democratic Action	2,096,512	39.68	88	–14	21	–7
	Movement for Socialism	325,328	6.16	11	+2	2	0
	Revolutionary Left Movement	123,915	2.35	4	+3	0	0
	People's Electoral Movement	117,455	2.22	4	–4	0	–2
	Democratic Republican Union	88,807	1.68	3	–2	0	–1
	Common Cause	85,432	1.62	1	New	0	New
	National Integration Movement [es]	83,700	1.58	1	New	0	New
	Communist Party of Venezuela	55,168	1.04	1	–1	0	0
	Communist Unitarian Vanguard	46,547	0.88	1	New	0	New
	Socialist League	30,191	0.57	1	New	0	New
	National Renewal Movement	26,235	0.50	0	New	0	New
	Labour Movement	22,966	0.43	0	New	0	New
	Popular Democratic Front [es]	13,697	0.26	0	0	0	0
	Nationalist Unity Front	12,986	0.25	0	0	0	0
	Radical Cause	12,573	0.24	0	New	0	New
	Nationalist Civic Crusade	10,906	0.21	0	–7	0	–1
	Revolutionary Action Group	9,034	0.17	0	New	0	New
	National Opinion [es]	7,961	0.15	0	–1	0	0
	Independents for Community Development	6,719	0.13	0	New	0	New
	Other parties	3,753	0.07	0	–	0	–
Total		5,282,889	100.00	199	–1	44	–3
Valid votes		5,282,889	96.94
Invalid/blank votes		166,901	3.06
Total votes		5,449,790	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		6,223,903	87.56
Source: Nohlen

References

1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
2. Nohlen, p581
3. Nohlen, p556

v t e Luis Herrera Campins
President of Venezuela (1979–1984)
Presidency	Caracas Metro Viernes Negro Teresa Carreño Cultural Complex RECADI 1983 Venezuelan general election
Electoral history	1978 general election
Family	Betty Urdaneta (wife)
← Carlos Andrés Pérez Jaime Lusinchi → Category

v t e Carlos Andrés Pérez
President of Venezuela (1974–1979) & (1989-1993)
First presidency	Fundación Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho [es] Oil nationalization Petróleos de Venezuela subsidiaries Corpoven [es] Deltaven [es] Lagoven [es] Maraven [es] Netherlands–Venezuela Boundary Treaty United States–Venezuela Maritime Boundary Treaty Kidnapping of William Niehous [es] Killing of Jorge Antonio Rodríguez [es] Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Sierra Nevada affair 1978 Venezuelan general election
Second presidency	Inauguration El Gran Viraje [es] Caracazo February 1992 coup attempt November 1992 coup attempt Operation Orchid [es] Impeachment [es]
Electoral history	Chamber of Deputies 1947 general election 1958 general election 1963 general election Presidential 1973 general election 1988 general election Senate 1998 parliamentary election
Family	Blanca Rodríguez (wife)
Image	CAP 2 Intentos CAP Inédito La rebelión de los náufragos Paper Tigers and Minotaurs
Related	Los Notables Twelve Apostles
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