1958 Venezuelan general election

1958 Venezuelan general election

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Presidential election
Turnout	93.42%
Candidate Rómulo Betancourt Wolfgang Larrazábal Rafael Caldera Party Democratic Action URD–PCV Copei Popular vote 1,284,092 903,479 423,262 Percentage 49.18% 34.61% 16.21%
President before election Edgar Sanabria Independent Elected President Rómulo Betancourt Democratic Action

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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% 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% in the presidential election and 92% in the Congressional elections.^[3]

The Soviet Union covertly supported Wolfgang Larrazábal in the elections.^[4]

Results

President

Congress

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Chamber	+/–	Senate	+/–
	Democratic Action	1,275,973	49.45	73	–10	32	–6
	Democratic Republican Union	690,357	26.76	34	+30	11	+10
	Copei	392,305	15.20	18	+2	6	+2
	Communist Party of Venezuela	160,791	6.23	7	+4	2	+1
	Republican Integration [es]	19,424	0.75	0	New	0	New
	Socialist Workers' Party	15,476	0.60	0	New	0	New
	Independent National Electoral Movement	14,908	0.58	0	New	0	New
	Socialist Party of Venezuela	10,983	0.43	0	0	0	0
Total		2,580,217	100.00	132	+22	51	+5
Valid votes		2,580,217	96.10
Invalid/blank votes		104,732	3.90
Total votes		2,684,949	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,913,801	92.15
Source: Nohlen

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