Venezuelan presidential election, 1947
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General elections were held in Venezuela
on 14 December 1947. The presidential elections were won by Rómulo Gallegos
of Democratic Action
, who received 74.3% of the vote, whilst his party won 83 of the 110 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 38 of the 46 seats in the Senate. It was the first honest election in Venezuelan history.
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
on 14 December 1947. The presidential elections were won by Rómulo Gallegos
Rómulo Gallegos
Rómulo Ángel del Monte Carmelo Gallegos Freire was a Venezuelan novelist and politician. For a period of some nine months during 1948, he was the first cleanly elected president in his country's history....
of Democratic Action
Democratic Action
Democratic Action is a centrist Venezuelan political party established in 1941. The party and its antecedents played an important role in the early years of Venezuelan democracy, and led the government during Venezuela's first democratic period...
, who received 74.3% of the vote, whilst his party won 83 of the 110 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 38 of the 46 seats in the Senate. It was the first honest election in Venezuelan history.
President
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rómulo Gallegos Rómulo Gallegos Rómulo Ángel del Monte Carmelo Gallegos Freire was a Venezuelan novelist and politician. For a period of some nine months during 1948, he was the first cleanly elected president in his country's history.... |
Democratic Action Democratic Action Democratic Action is a centrist Venezuelan political party established in 1941. The party and its antecedents played an important role in the early years of Venezuelan democracy, and led the government during Venezuela's first democratic period... |
871,752 | 74.3 |
| Rafael Caldera Rafael Caldera Rafael Antonio Caldera Rodríguez was president of Venezuela from 1969 to 1974 and again from 1994 to 1999.Caldera taught sociology and law at various universities before entering politics. He was a founding member of COPEI, Venezuela's Christian Democratic party... |
Copei | 262,204 | 22.4 |
| Gustavo Machado | Communist Party of Venezuela Communist Party of Venezuela The Communist Party of Venezuela is a Marxist-Leninist political party, and the oldest continuously existing party in Venezuela... |
38,587 | 3.3 |
| Invalid/blank votes | – | ||
| Total | 1,172,543 | 100 | |
| Source: Nohlen | |||
Congress
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamber | Senate | |||
| Democratic Action Democratic Action Democratic Action is a centrist Venezuelan political party established in 1941. The party and its antecedents played an important role in the early years of Venezuelan democracy, and led the government during Venezuela's first democratic period... |
838,526 | 70.8 | 83 | 38 |
| Copei | 200,695 | 17.0 | 16 | 4 |
| Democratic Republican Union Democratic Republican Union The Democratic Republican Union is a Venezuelan political party founded in 1945.When the party appeared on course to win the 1952 election for a constitutional assembly, dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez suspended the election... |
51,427 | 4.3 | 4 | 1 |
| Communist Party of Venezuela Communist Party of Venezuela The Communist Party of Venezuela is a Marxist-Leninist political party, and the oldest continuously existing party in Venezuela... |
43,190 | 3.6 | 3 | 1 |
| Republican Federal Union | 39,491 | 3.3 | 3 | 2 |
| Revolutionary Party of the Proletariat | 7,068 | 0.6 | 1 | 0 |
| PLT | 1,300 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Socialist Party of Venezuela | 1,207 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| PLT | 860 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 15,105 | – | – | – |
| Total | 1,198,869 | 100 | 110 | 46 |
| Source: Nohlen | ||||