1983 Venezuelan general election

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Presidential election

Turnout

87.75%


Nominee	Jaime Lusinchi	Rafael Caldera
Party	Democratic Action	Copei
Popular vote	3,773,731	2,298,176
Percentage	56.72%	34.54%

Results by region

President before election

Luis Herrera Campins
Copei

Elected President

Jaime Lusinchi
Democratic Action

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General elections for the presidency, Congress and state legislatures were held in Venezuela on 4 December 1983. The presidential elections were won by Jaime Lusinchi of Democratic Action, who received 56.7% of the vote, whilst his party won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate.

Results

President


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	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

Congress



Party		Votes	%	Seats
Party		Votes	%	Chamber	+/–	Senate	+/–
	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

References

Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
Deas, Malcolm (1984). "The Venezuelan elections of 1983". Electoral Studies. 3 (2): 200–203. doi:10.1016/0261-3794(84)90036-2. ISSN 0261-3794.
^ "Elecciones Presidenciales, Cuadro Comparativo 1958-2000" (PDF). National Electoral Council. p. 3. Retrieved February 21, 2018.

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 Jaime Lusinchi
President of Venezuela (1984–1989)
Presidency	Yumare massacre Night of the Tanks Massacre of El Amparo 1988 Venezuelan general election
Foreign affairs	Caldas Corvette crisis [es]
Electoral history	1983 general election
Family	Gladys Castillo (wife)
Related	Blanca Ibáñez
← Luis Herrera Campins Carlos Andrés Pérez → Category

v t e Rafael Caldera
President of Venezuela (1964–1969; 1994–1999)
First presidency	Guerrilla pacification Operación Canguro 1973 general election
Second presidency	Venezuelan banking crisis of 1994 Pardon of Hugo Chávez Caso de los banqueros prófugos [es] 1998 presidential election
Electoral history	1947 general election 1958 general election 1963 general election 1968 general election 1983 general election 1993 general election
Family	Alicia Pietri (wife)
Related	Labor Law of Venezuela Puntofijo Pact
← Raúl Leoni Carlos Andrés Pérez → ← Carlos Andrés Pérez Hugo Chávez → Category

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