1988 Venezuelan general election

1988 Venezuelan general election
	Presidential election
Turnout	81.85%
President before election; Jaime Lusinchi; Democratic Action	Elected President ; Carlos Andrés Pérez; Democratic Action

General elections were held in Venezuela on 4 December 1988.^[1] The presidential elections were won by Carlos Andrés Pérez of Democratic Action, who received 53% of the vote,^[2] whilst his party won the most seats in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate. Voter turnout was 82%.^[3]

Background

Democratic Action President Jaime Lusinchi backed Octavio Lepage to succeed him as the party's candidate for the election,^[4] but in a primary election the party chose Carlos Andrés Pérez,^[5] (previously president from 1974 to 1979).

Results

President


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Carlos Andrés Pérez	Democratic Action	3,879,024	52.91
	Eduardo Fernández	Copei	2,963,015	40.42
	Teodoro Petkoff	MAS–MIR	200,479	2.73
	Godofredo Marín	Authentic Renewal Organization	62,896	0.86
	Ismenia Villalba	Democratic Republican Union	61,684	0.84
	Edmundo Chirinos	Communist Party of Venezuela	59,034	0.81
	Vladimir Gessen	New Democratic Generation [es]	27,833	0.38
	Andrés Velásquez	Radical Cause	24,561	0.34
	Gastón Guisandes	National Opinion [es]	10,720	0.15
	David Nieves	Socialist League	10,065	0.14
	Jorge Olavarria	New Republic	9,969	0.14
	Alberto Marini Urdaneta	Nationalist Unity Front	5,821	0.08
	Luis Hernández Campos	Nationalist Civic Crusade	2,589	0.04
	Luis Alfonso Godoy	Social Power of the Nation	2,532	0.03
	Leopoldo Díaz Bruzual [es]	New Alternative	2,528	0.03
	Alejandro Peña Esclusa	Venezuelan Labour Party	2,168	0.03
	Rómulo Abrue Duarte	Guiding Venezuelan Spiritual Force	1,513	0.02
	José Rojas Contreras	New Order	1,176	0.02
	Hernández Escarrá Quintara	Venezuelan National Movement	1,412	0.02
	Alberto Solano	Emancipatory Force	818	0.01
	Napoleón Barrios	Movement for the Defence of Nationalist Ideas	736	0.01
	Arévalo Tovar Yajur	Independent Nationalist Organisation	432	0.01
	Rómulo Yordi Carvajal	People	382	0.01
Total			7,331,387	100.00

Valid votes			7,331,387	97.51
Invalid/blank votes			187,276	2.49
Total votes			7,518,663	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			9,185,647	81.85
Source: Nohlen

Congress



Party		Votes	%	Seats
Party		Votes	%	Chamber	+/–	Senate	+/–
	Democratic Action	3,123,790	43.29	97	–16	22	–6
	Copei	2,247,236	31.14	67	+7	20	+6
	MAS–MIR	733,421	10.16	18	+6	3	+1
	New Democratic Generation [es]	236,833	3.28	6	+6	1	+1
	Radical Cause	117,562	1.63	3	+3	0	0
	People's Electoral Movement	116,621	1.62	2	–1	0	0
	Democratic Republican Union	103,883	1.44	2	–1	0	0
	Formula 1	93,228	1.29	2	New	0	New
	Authentic Renewal Organization	92,117	1.28	2	New	0	New
	Communist Party of Venezuela	70,058	0.97	1	–2	0	0
	National Opinion [es]	41,984	0.58	1	–2	0	0
	Socialist League	36,394	0.50	0	–1	0	0
	National Integration Movement [es]	33,728	0.47	0	–1	0	0
	New Republic	24,596	0.34	0	0	0	0
	Electoral Renewal Integration	18,986	0.26	0	0	0	0
	National Party	14,500	0.20	0	New	0	New
	51 other parties	111,463	1.54	0	–	0	–
Total		7,216,400	100.00	201	+1	46	+2

Valid votes		7,216,400	96.22
Invalid/blank votes		283,635	3.78
Total votes		7,500,035	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		9,185,647	81.65
Source: Nohlen, SIC^[6]

References

^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
^ Nohlen, p582
^ Nohlen, p556
^ In Venezuela, Ex-President Seeks Old Job The New York Times, 28 June 1987
^ The World Archived 2012-11-03 at the Wayback Machine Los Angeles Times, 12 October 1987
^ Seminario Interdiocesano de Caracas, 1989, p4

[N1-1] Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3

[2] Nohlen, p582

[3] Nohlen, p556

[4] In Venezuela, Ex-President Seeks Old Job The New York Times, 28 June 1987

[5] The World Archived 2012-11-03 at the Wayback Machine Los Angeles Times, 12 October 1987

[6] Seminario Interdiocesano de Caracas, 1989, p4

[1]

v t e Jaime Lusinchi
President of Venezuela (1984–1989)
Presidency	Yumare massacre Night of the Tanks Massacre of El Amparo 1988 Venezuelan general election
Foreign affairs	Caldas Corvette crisis [es]
Electoral history	1983 general election
Family	Gladys Castillo (wife)
Related	Blanca Ibáñez
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