1948 Venezuelan municipal elections

none Elections to local municipal councils were held across Venezuela on May 9, 1948, except for the Federal District and the Federal Territories were local authorities had been elected in December 1947.John D. Martz Accion Democratica: Evolution of a Modern Political Party in Venezuela https://books.google.com/books?id=nBjWCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA77 8 December 2015 Princeton University Press 978-1-4008-7587-0 77Rafael Arráiz Lucca El «trienio adeco» (1945-1948) y las conquistas de la ciudadanía https://books.google.com/books?id=nOx4DwAAQBAJ 15 February 2016 Editorial Alfa 978-84-16687-12-1 These were the first municipal elections with direct universal and secret suffrage held separately from the national presidential or legislative elections.Historia electoral de Venezuela: 1810-1998 https://books.google.com/books?id=geIOAAAAYAAJ 1998 Los Libros de El Nacional 978-980-6423-21-3 105 Participation declined compared with the presidential and legislative elections the previous year. As it was the third election in two years, there was considerable voter fatigue. In total 693,154 people cast their votes. The elections resulted in an overwhelming victory for the Democratic Action party, following the pattern of the 1946-1947 elections.Robinson Salazar Perez Alvaro Ballardo Marquez Fernandez Transformaciones Sociopoliticas Recientes En America Latina https://books.google.com/books?id=ajlm71IyAdsC&pg=PA170 2005 LibrosEnRed 978-1-59754-109-1 170 COPEI won the election in the Táchira state and its local affiliate the Republican Federal Union won the polls in the Mérida state. Most of the COPEI votes came from these two states, where the party won majorities in almost all of the municipal councils.Manuel Vicente Magallanes Cuatro partidos nacionales: Acción Democrática, Copei, Partido Comunista de Venezuela, Unión Republicana Democrática https://books.google.com/books?id=n9YOAAAAYAAJ 1973 Diana, Artes Gráf., Madrid 87 9788471561428 The Communist Party gained representation in councils in the Federal District, Anzoátegui, Lara and Zulia.Arturo Cardozo Luchas revolucionarias en Venezuela y el mundo: t. 1o. 1917-1957 https://books.google.com/books?id=ZsQjAQAAIAAJ 1987 A. Cardozo 978-980-300-055-4 89 The Revolutionary Party of the Proletariat, the so-called 'Black Communists', won a seat in Anzoátegui.Donna Keyse Rudolph G. A. Rudolph Historical Dictionary of Venezuela https://books.google.com/books?id=CNVrAAAAMAAJ 1996 Scarecrow Press 978-0-8108-3029-5 517Clara Marina Rojas El inicio del juego democrático en Venezuela: un análisis de las elecciones 1946-1947 https://books.google.com/books?id=dWUVAQAAIAAJ 1 January 1992 Academia Nacional de la Historia 978-980-222-559-0 46 Results National summary PartyVotes%CouncillorselectedDemocratic Action491,72470.82727Copei109,68215.79105Republican Federal Union37,5735.41Democratic Republican Union26,5023.8222Communist Party of Venezuela23,5673.3912Revolutionary Party of the Proletariat (Communist)3,6970.53*Socialist Party of Venezuela5970.09*Total693,154100868Source:Los Partidos políticos y sus estadísticas electorales, 1946-1984 https://books.google.com/books?id=3szsdytGAoQC 1987 Consejo Supremo Electoral, División de Estadística 405 "Others" obtained 2 seats in total. State-wise distribution of seats StateADCOPEI/UFRURDPCVOthersAnzoátegui551121Apure20Aragua402Barinas3811Bolívar25Carabobo313Cojedes332Falcón5514Guárico35Lara3832Mérida1923Miranda473Monagas341Nueva Esparta2010Portuguesa3811Sucre5851Táchira1534Trujillo2713Yaracuy351Zulia64105 Los Partidos políticos y sus estadísticas electorales, 1946-1984 https://books.google.com/books?id=3szsdytGAoQC 1987 Consejo Supremo Electoral, División de Estadística 43–44 References 2013 Venezuela Category:1948 in Venezuela