1947 Venezuelan general election

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Presidential election

Nominee Rómulo Gallegos Rafael Caldera Party Democratic Action Copei Popular vote 871,752 262,204 Percentage 74.35% 22.36%

President before election Rómulo Betancourt Democratic Action Elected President Rómulo Gallegos Democratic Action

General elections were held in Venezuela on 14 December 1947.^[1] The presidential elections were won by Rómulo Gallegos of Democratic Action, who received 74.3% of the vote,^[2] the largest presidential win in Venezuela's modern history. His party won 83 of the 110 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 38 of the 46 seats in the Senate.

The election has been described as the first honest election in Venezuelan history. In previous elections, the Congress of Venezuela had decided and voted on who would assume the presidency.

Results

President

Congress

In Mérida, the COPEI ran in alliance with the Republican Federal Union. In Tachira the URD ran in alliance with the Liberal Party of Tachira. In the Amazonas Federal Territory the URD ran in alliance with the Progressive Liberal Party.^[3]

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Chamber	Senate
	Democratic Action	838,526	70.84	83	38
	Copei	200,695	16.95	16	4
	Democratic Republican Union	51,427	4.34	4	1
	Communist Party of Venezuela	43,190	3.65	3	1
	Republican Federal Union	39,491	3.34	3	2
	Revolutionary Party of the Proletariat (Communist)	7,068	0.60	0	0
	Liberal Party of Tachira	1,300	0.11	0	0
	Socialist Party of Venezuela	1,207	0.10	0	0
	Progressive Liberal Party	860	0.07	1	0
Total		1,183,764	100.00	110	46
Valid votes		1,183,764	98.74
Invalid/blank votes		15,105	1.26
Total votes		1,198,869	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,662,000	72.13
Source: Nohlen, Bunimov-Parra[4][5]

Chamber seat distribution by state

Senate seat distribution by state

State legislative assemblies

Municipal councils