1958 Venezuelan general election

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1958 Venezuelan general election
Template:Country data Venezuela (1954)
← 1947 7 December 1958 1963 →
Presidential election
Turnout 93.42%
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Candidate Rómulo Betancourt Wolfgang Larrazábal Rafael Caldera
Party Democratic Action URDPCV COPEI
Popular vote 1,284,092 903,479 423,262
Percentage 49.18% 34.61% 16.21%

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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

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Congress

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References

  1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. Nohlen, p580
  3. Nohlen, p556
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