1988 Venezuelan general election

none Venezuela (1954) 1983 Venezuelan general election 1983 1993 Venezuelan general election 1993 4 December 1988 yes Presidential election presidential no 9,185,647 81.85% ( 5.90pp) Carlos Andres Perez, 1989 (3x4 coulorized).png Carlos Andrés Pérez Democratic Action 3,868,843 52.91% Eduardo Fernández 1986.png Eduardo Fernández Copei 2,955,061 40.42% Mapa de las elecciones presidenciales de Venezuela de 1988.svg Results by region President Jaime Lusinchi Democratic Action Carlos Andrés Pérez Democratic Action General elections were held in Venezuela on 4 December 1988.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 978-0-19-928358-3 The presidential elections were won by Carlos Andrés Pérez of Democratic Action, who received 53% of the vote.Nohlen, p582 His party won the most seats in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate, but lost its absolute majority.Villafranca Adela Martinez 1989-08-01 The Venezuelan elections of 1988 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/026137948990036X Electoral Studies 8 2 183–187 10.1016/0261-3794(89)90036-X 0261-3794 subscription Voter turnout was 82%.Nohlen, p556 Background Democratic Action President Jaime Lusinchi backed Octavio Lepage to succeed him as the party's candidate for the election,In Venezuela, Ex-President Seeks Old Job The New York Times, 28 June 1987 but in a primary election the party chose Carlos Andrés Pérez,The World https://web.archive.org/web/20121103171426/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/58719579.html?dids=58719579:58719579&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+12,+1987&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=The+World&pqatl=google 2012-11-03 Los Angeles Times, 12 October 1987 (previously president from 1974 to 1979). Results President Carlos Andrés Pérez Democratic Action 3879024 Eduardo Fernández Copei 2963015 Teodoro Petkoff MAS–MIR 200479 Godofredo Marín Authentic Renewal Organization 62896 Ismenia Villalba Democratic Republican Union 61684 Edmundo Chirinos Communist Party of Venezuela 59034 Vladimir Gessen New Democratic Generation es 27833 Andrés Velásquez Radical Cause 24561 Gastón Guisandes National Opinion es Opinión Nacional 10720 David Nieves Socialist League 10065 Jorge Olavarria New Republic 9969 Alberto Marini Urdaneta Nationalist Unity Front 5821 Luis Hernández Campos Nationalist Civic Crusade 2589 Luis Alfonso Godoy Social Power of the Nation 2532 Leopoldo Díaz Bruzual es New Alternative 2528 Alejandro Peña Esclusa Venezuelan Labour Party 2168 Rómulo Abrue Duarte Guiding Venezuelan Spiritual Force 1513 José Rojas Contreras New Order 1176 Hernández Escarrá Quintara Venezuelan National Movement 1412 Alberto Solano Emancipatory Force 818 Napoleón Barrios Movement for the Defence of Nationalist Ideas 736 Arévalo Tovar Yajur Independent Nationalist Organisation 432 Rómulo Yordi Carvajal People 382 187276 9185647 Nohlen Congress 250px250px Chamber +/– Senate +/– Democratic Action 3123790 97 –16 22 –6 Copei 2247236 67 +7 20 +6 MAS–MIR 733421 18 +6 3 +1 New Democratic Generation es 236833 6 +6 1 +1 Radical Cause 117562 3 +3 0 0 People's Electoral Movement 116621 2 –1 0 0 Democratic Republican Union 103883 2 –1 0 0 Formula 1 93228 2 New 0 New Authentic Renewal Organization 92117 2 New 0 New Communist Party of Venezuela 70058 1 –2 0 0 National Opinion es Opinión Nacional 41984 1 –2 0 0 Socialist League 36394 0 –1 0 0 National Integration Movement es Movimiento de Integridad Nacional-Unidad 33728 0 –1 0 0 New Republic 24596 0 0 0 0 Electoral Renewal Integration 18986 0 0 0 0 National Party 14500 0 New 0 New 51 other parties 111463 0 – 0 – 283635 +1 +2 9185647 Nohlen, SICSeminario Interdiocesano de Caracas, 1989, p4 References General Venezuela Category:Parliamentary elections in Venezuela Category:Presidential elections in Venezuela Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results