1978 Venezuelan general election

none Venezuela (1954) 1973 Venezuelan general election 1973 1983 Venezuelan general election 1983 3 December 1978 yes presidential no Presidential election 6,223,903 87.56% ( 8.94pp) 130x130px File:Luis Herrera Campíns en 1978.jpg Luis Herrera Campins Copei 2,487,318 46.64% Luis Maria Piñerua Ordaz.jpg Luis Piñerúa Ordaz Democratic Action (Venezuela) 2,309,577 43.31% Jose Vicente Rangel.png José Vicente Rangel Movement for Socialism (Venezuela) 276,083 5.18% Mapa de las elecciones presidenciales de Venezuela de 1978.svg President Carlos Andrés Pérez Democratic Action (Venezuela) Luis Herrera Campins Copei General elections were held in Venezuela on 3 December 1978.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 978-0-19-928358-3 The presidential elections were won by Luis Herrera Campins of Copei, who received 47% of the vote.Nohlen, p581 Although Copei received more votes, Democratic Action won the most seats in the Chamber of Deputies, whilst the two parties won 21 seats each in the Senate. Voter turnout was 88%.Nohlen, p556 Results President Luis Herrera Campins Copei–URD–Popular Democratic Front (Venezuela) es Fuerza Democrática Popular FDP–National Opinion es Opinión Nacional OPINA 2487318 Luis Piñerúa Ordaz Democratic Action 2309577 José Vicente Rangel MAS–VUC 276083 Diego Arria Common Cause–MDT Labour Movement 90060 #1E90FF Luis Beltrán Prieto Figueroa People's Electoral Movement 59747 Américo Martín Revolutionary Left Movement 52287 Héctor Mujica Communist Party of Venezuela 29305 Leonardo Montiel Ortega National Renewal Movement 13918 Alejandro Gómez Nationalist Unity Front 8337 Pablo Salas Castillo Nationalist Civic Crusade 6081 116888 6223903 Nohlen Congress 250px250px Chamber +/– Senate +/– Copei 2103004 84 +20 21 +8 Democratic Action 2096512 88 –14 21 –7 Movement for Socialism 325328 11 +2 2 0 Revolutionary Left Movement 123915 4 +3 0 0 People's Electoral Movement 117455 4 –4 0 –2 Democratic Republican Union 88807 3 –2 0 –1 Common Cause 85432 1 New 0 New #1E90FF National Integration Movement es Movimiento de Integridad Nacional-Unidad 83700 1 New 0 New Communist Party of Venezuela 55168 1 –1 0 0 Communist Unitarian Vanguard 46547 1 New 0 New #E9E6A9 Socialist League 30191 1 New 0 New National Renewal Movement 26235 0 New 0 New Labour Movement 22966 0 New 0 New Popular Democratic Front (Venezuela) es Fuerza Democrática Popular Popular Democratic Front 13697 0 0 0 0 Nationalist Unity Front 12986 0 0 0 0 Radical Cause 12573 0 New 0 New Nationalist Civic Crusade 10906 0 –7 0 –1 Revolutionary Action Group 9034 0 New 0 New National Opinion es Opinión Nacional 7961 0 –1 0 0 Independents for Community Development 6719 0 New 0 New Other parties 3753 0 – 0 – 166901 6223903 –1 –3 Nohlen References General Venezuela Category:Parliamentary elections in Venezuela Category:Presidential elections in Venezuela Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results