1958 Venezuelan general election

none Venezuela (1954) presidential 1947 Venezuelan general election 1947 1963 Venezuelan general election 1963 7 December 1958 yes presidential Presidential election 130x130px 2,913,801 93.42% Foto oficial Rómulo Betancourt 1959 (cropped-gray).jpg Rómulo Betancourt Democratic Action (Venezuela) 1,284,092 49.18% Wolfgang Larrazábal (cropped).jpg Wolfgang Larrazábal URD–PCV 903,479 34.61% Rafael Caldera en 1956 (cropped).jpg Rafael Caldera Copei 008000 423,262 16.21% Mapa de las elecciones presidenciales de Venezuela de 1958.svg Results by state 350px President Edgar Sanabria Independent politician Rómulo Betancourt Democratic Action (Venezuela) General elections were held in Venezuela on 7 December 1958.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 978-0-19-928358-3 They were the first elections held after the overthrow of military ruler Marcos Pérez Jiménez earlier that year, and only the second free regular elections in the country's history. The presidential elections were won by Rómulo Betancourt of Democratic Action, who received 49% of the vote,Nohlen, p580Ewell Judith Venezuela since 1930 1991 The Cambridge History of Latin America 8: Latin America since 1930: Spanish South America 727–790 Bethell Leslie https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cambridge-history-of-latin-america/venezuela-since-1930/67358EE96B41D9103DF2F9D5D60FEEEC Cambridge University Press 10.1017/chol9780521266529.014 978-0-521-26652-9 subscription 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.Nohlen, p556 The Soviet Union covertly supported Wolfgang Larrazábal, who had led the coup against Pérez Jiménez and briefly served as provisional president, in the elections.Levin Dov H. 2016-09-19 Partisan electoral interventions by the great powers: Introducing the PEIG Dataset http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0738894216661190 Conflict Management and Peace Science 36 1 88–106 10.1177/0738894216661190 157114479 0738-8942 subscription Results President Rómulo Betancourt Democratic Action 1284092 Wolfgang Larrazábal URD–PCV–MENI 903479 Rafael Caldera Copei–Republican Integration es Integración Republicana IR–PST Socialist Workers' Party 423262 111220 2913801 Nohlen Congress 250px250px Chamber +/– Senate +/– Democratic Action 1275973 73 –10 32 –6 Democratic Republican Union 690357 34 +30 11 +10 Copei 392305 18 +2 6 +2 Communist Party of Venezuela 160791 7 +4 2 +1 Republican Integration es Integración Republicana 19424 0 New 0 New Socialist Workers' Party 15476 0 New 0 New Independent National Electoral Movement 14908 0 New 0 New Socialist Party of Venezuela 10983 0 0 0 0 104732 2913801 +22 +5 Nohlen References General Venezuela Category:Parliamentary elections in Venezuela Category:Presidential elections in Venezuela Category:Rómulo Betancourt Category:December 1958