General elections were held in Venezuela

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 7 December 1958. The presidential elections were won by Rómulo Betancourt

Rómulo Betancourt

Rómulo Ernesto Betancourt Bello , known as "The Father of Venezuelan Democracy", was President of Venezuela from 1945 to 1948 and again from 1959 to 1964, as well as leader of Accion Democratica, Venezuela's dominant political party in the 20th century...

 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 49.2% of the vote, 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 94.4% in the presidential election and 92.1% in the Congressional elections.

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Rómulo Betancourt Rómulo Betancourt Rómulo Ernesto Betancourt Bello , known as "The Father of Venezuelan Democracy", was President of Venezuela from 1945 to 1948 and again from 1959 to 1964, as well as leader of Accion Democratica, Venezuela's dominant political party in the 20th century...	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...	1,284,092	49.2
Wolfgang Larazabal	URD 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... -PCV Communist Party of Venezuela The Communist Party of Venezuela is a Marxist-Leninist political party, and the oldest continuously existing party in Venezuela... -MENI	903,479	34.6
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-IR-PST	423,262	16.2
Invalid/blank votes		111,220	–
Total		2,722,053	100
Source: Nohlen

Congress

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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...	1,275,973	49.5	73
32
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...	690,357	26.8	34
11
Copei	392,305	15.2	18
6
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...	160,791	6.2	7
2
Republican Integration	19,424	0.8	0	New	0	New
Socialist Workers' Party	15,476	0.6	0	New	0	New
Independent National Electoral Movement	14,908	0.6	0	New	0	New
Socialist Party of Venezuela	10,983	0.4	0	0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	104,732	–	–	–	–	–
Total	2,684,949	100	132	+22	51	+5
Source: Nohlen