1947 Venezuelan general election

none April 2020 Venezuela (1954) 14 December 1947 yes Presidential election presidential 1941 Venezuelan presidential election 1941 1958 Venezuelan general election 1958 Rómulo Gallegos 1940s (cropped).jpg Rómulo Gallegos Democratic Action 871,752 74.35% Rafael Caldera en 1956 (cropped).jpg Rafael Caldera Copei 262,204 22.36% Mapa de las elecciones presidenciales de Venezuela de 1947.svg President Rómulo Betancourt Democratic Action Rómulo Gallegos Democratic Action General elections were held in Venezuela on 14 December 1947.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 978-0-19-928358-3 They resulted in a decisive victory for Democratic Action (AD). The party's presidential candidate, Rómulo Gallegos received 74.3% of the vote,Nohlen, p579 still the largest presidential win in Venezuela's modern history. AD also won supermajorities in both houses of Congress, with 83 of the 110 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 38 of the 46 seats in the Senate. These were the first national elections held in Venezuela since the 1945 coup. They were also the first free regular elections since independence in 1830, as well as the first direct elections for president. In previous elections, the Congress of Venezuela had decided and voted on who would assume the presidency. Background A new constitution was passed by Congress in 1936, and this restricted voting rights to literate males over the age of 21; over half of Venezuelans could not read.Singh 1989 90 Voting reforms were conducted after the coup in 1945. The eligible voting population rose from 5% to 36% after the right to vote was extended to all citizens over the age of 18 regardless of education, gender, or property.Diamond Linz Lipset 1989 254 Democratic Action (AD) was founded in September 1941, after President Isaías Medina Angarita liberalized politics in Venezuela and allowed for the creation of new political organisations.Diamond Linz Lipset 1989 252 Diógenes Escalante es Diógenes Escalante was meant to be Medina's successor, but he withdrew from politics before the 1945 presidential election after suffering from an illness. Minister of Agriculture Ángel Biaggini es Ángel Biaggini replaced Escalante, but he was not supported by AD.Herman 1980 23 AD and members of the military worked together to overthrow Medina on 18 October 1945, and created the El Trienio Adeco.Diamond Linz Lipset 1989 254 New elections were called for 1946 and 1947 in order to elect people to write a new constitution and elect a new Congress of Venezuela and president.Herman 1980 23 Campaign Members of the Unión Nacional Estudiantil es Unión Nacional Estudiantil (UNE), Acción Electoral, and Acción Nacional formed the Comité de Organización Electoral (CIE) in 1945. On 13 January 1946, CIE was reorganised into Copei. Rafael Caldera initially supported the new government and was made attorney general. However, he resigned on 13 April 1946 after protesting an attempt by the AD to break up a Christian democratic organisation's meeting in Táchira.Herman 1980 23 Copei held its first national convention in September.Herman 1980 24 The church strongly supported Copei in Táchira and priests told parishioners from the pulpit to vote for the party.Herman 1980 26 The National Constituent Assembly election to select people to write the constitution was held on 27 October 1946. AD, Copei, Democratic Republican Union (URD), Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV), and Socialist Party (PS) participated in these elections. AD placed first with 78.43% and won in every state except for Táchira and Mérida where Copei won.Herman 1980 27 The assembly was divided between 137 AD members, 19 Copei, 2 URD, and 2 PCV.Herman 1980 28 A new constitution was enacted on 5 July 1947.Herman 1980 30 Results President Caldera placed first in Táchira and Mérida while Gallegos won every other state. Caldera received a larger percentage of the vote in the presidential race than Copei received in the legislative election.Herman 1980 30 Copei's support rose from 13% in the National Constituent Assembly election to over 20% in the legislative and presidential elections.Herman 1980 31 Rómulo Gallegos Democratic Action 871752 Rafael Caldera Copei 262204 Gustavo Machado Morales Communist Party of Venezuela 38587 1662000 Nohlen Congress In Mérida, the COPEI ran in alliance with the Republican Federal Union. In Tachira the URD ran in alliance with the Liberal Party of Tachira. In the Amazonas Federal Territory the URD ran in alliance with the Progressive Liberal Party.Rodolfo Quintero Universidad Central de Venezuela Estudio de Caracas https://books.google.com/books?id=Y4UpAQAAIAAJ 1972 Ediciones de la Biblioteca 731 250px250px Chamber Senate Democratic Action 838526 83 38 Copei 200695 16 4 Democratic Republican Union 51427 4 1 Communist Party of Venezuela 43190 3 1 Republican Federal Union 39491 3 2 #664CFF Revolutionary Party of the Proletariat (Communist) 7068 0 0 Liberal Party of Tachira 1300 0 0 Socialist Party of Venezuela 1207 0 0 Progressive Liberal Party 860 1 0 15105 1662000 Nohlen, Bunimov-ParraBoris Bunimov-Parra Introducción a la sociología electoral venezolana https://books.google.com/books?id=SP45AQAAIAAJ 1968 Editorial Arte 74Rodolfo Quintero Universidad Central de Venezuela Estudio de Caracas https://books.google.com/books?id=qYUpAQAAIAAJ 1973 Ediciones de la Biblioteca 149 Chamber seat distribution by state State/TerritoryADCOPEI/UFRURDPLPPCVFederal District7311Anzoátegui41Apure2Aragua31Barinas2Bolívar2Carabobo51Cojedes2Falcón51Guárico3Lara711Mérida23Miranda61Monagas3Nueva Esparta21Portuguesa2Sucre71Táchira24Trujillo52Yaracuy31Zulia811Amazonas Federal Territory1Delta Amacuro Federal Territory1Source: CSE Senate seat distribution by state +Senate seat distribution by stateState/TerritoryADCOPEI/UFRURDPCVFederal District211Anzoátegui2Apure2Aragua2Barinas2Bolívar2Carabobo2Cojedes2Falcón2Guárico2Lara2Mérida2Miranda2Monagas2Nueva Esparta2Portuguesa2Sucre2Táchira2Trujillo21Yaracuy2Zulia21Amazonas Federal TerritoryDelta Amacuro Federal TerritorySource: CSELos Partidos políticos y sus estadísticas electorales, 1946-1984 https://books.google.com/books?id=3szsdytGAoQC 1987 Consejo Supremo Electoral, División de Estadística 43–44 State legislative assemblies StateADCOPEI/UFRURDPCVAnzoátegui131Apure111Aragua122Barinas93Bolívar111Carabobo142Cojedes1011Falcón172Guárico131Lara1821Mérida610Miranda152Monagas121Nueva Esparta84Portuguesa111Sucre182Táchira612Trujillo127Yaracuy121Zulia1822Source: CSE Municipal councils State/TerritoryADCOPEIURDPLPPCVFederal District14611Amazonas Federal Territory23Delta Amacuro Federal Territory41Source: CSE, Arráiz LuccaRafael 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 Aftermath The government was overthrown by a coup d'état on 24 November 1948, which eventually led to the dictatorship of Marcos Pérez Jiménez.Diamond Linz Lipset 1989 255 References Works cited Diamond Larry Larry Diamond Linz Juan Juan José Linz Lipset Seymour Seymour Martin Lipset Democracy In Developing Countries: Latin America 4 Lynne Rienner Publishers 1989 1555870430 Herman Donald Christian Democracy in Venezuela University of North Carolina Press 1980 0807814253 Singh Kelvin Oil Politics in Venezuela during the López Contreras Administration (1936-1941) Journal of Latin American Studies Cambridge University Press 1989 21 1 89–104 10.2307/157250 157250 https://www.jstor.org/stable/157250 subscription Category:1947 in Venezuela Venezuela Category:Parliamentary elections in Venezuela Category:Presidential elections in Venezuela Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Category:December 1947 in South America