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1947 Venezuelan general election

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FieldValue
countryVenezuela (1954)
election_date14 December 1947
module{{Infobox election
embedyes
election_namePresidential election
typepresidential
previous_election1941 Venezuelan presidential election
previous_year1941
next_election1958 Venezuelan general election
next_year1958
image1Rómulo Gallegos 1940s (cropped).jpg
nominee1**Rómulo Gallegos**
party1Democratic Action
popular_vote1**871,752**
percentage1**74.35%**
image2Rafael Caldera en 1956 (cropped).jpg
nominee2Rafael Caldera
party2Copei
popular_vote2262,204
percentage222.36%
map_imageMapa de las elecciones presidenciales de Venezuela de 1947.svg
titlePresident
before_electionRómulo Betancourt
before_partyDemocratic Action
after_electionRómulo Gallegos
after_partyDemocratic Action

General elections were held in Venezuela on 14 December 1947. They resulted in a decisive victory for Democratic Action (AD). The party's presidential candidate, Rómulo Gallegos received 74.3% of the vote, still the largest presidential win in Venezuela's modern history. AD also won supermajorities in both houses of Congress, with 83 of the 110 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 38 of the 46 seats in the Senate.

These were the first national elections held in Venezuela since the 1945 coup. They were also the first free regular elections since independence in 1830, as well as the first direct elections for president. 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.

Chamber seat distribution by state

State/
TerritoryADCOPEI
/UFRURD
PLPPCV
**Federal District**7311
**Anzoátegui**41
**Apure**2
**Aragua**31
**Barinas**2
**Bolívar**2
**Carabobo**51
**Cojedes**2
**Falcón**51
**Guárico**3
**Lara**711
**Mérida**23
**Miranda**61
**Monagas**3
**Nueva Esparta**21
**Portuguesa**2
**Sucre**71
**Táchira**24
**Trujillo**52
**Yaracuy**31
**Zulia**811
**Amazonas Federal Territory**1
**Delta Amacuro Federal Territory**1
Source: CSE

Senate seat distribution by state

State/
TerritoryADCOPEI
/UFRURDPCV
**Federal District**211
**Anzoátegui**2
**Apure**2
**Aragua**2
**Barinas**2
**Bolívar**2
**Carabobo**2
**Cojedes**2
**Falcón**2
**Guárico**2
**Lara**2
**Mérida**2
**Miranda**2
**Monagas**2
**Nueva Esparta**2
**Portuguesa**2
**Sucre**2
**Táchira**2
**Trujillo**21
**Yaracuy**2
**Zulia**21
**Amazonas Federal Territory**
**Delta Amacuro Federal Territory**
Source: CSE

State legislative assemblies

StateADCOPEI
/UFRURDPCV
**Anzoátegui**131
**Apure**111
**Aragua**122
**Barinas**93
**Bolívar**111
**Carabobo**142
**Cojedes**1011
**Falcón**172
**Guárico**131
**Lara**1821
**Mérida**610
**Miranda**152
**Monagas**121
**Nueva Esparta**84
**Portuguesa**111
**Sucre**182
**Táchira**612
**Trujillo**127
**Yaracuy**121
**Zulia**1822
Source: CSE

Municipal councils

State/
TerritoryADCOPEIURD
PLPPCV
**Federal District**14611
**Amazonas Federal Territory**23
**Delta Amacuro Federal Territory**41
Source: CSE,

References

References

  1. [[Dieter Nohlen]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p555 {{ISBN. 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. Nohlen, p579
  3. (1972). "Estudio de Caracas". Ediciones de la Biblioteca.
  4. Boris Bunimov-Parra. (1968). "Introducción a la sociología electoral venezolana". Editorial Arte.
  5. (1973). "Estudio de Caracas". Ediciones de la Biblioteca.
  6. (1987). "Los Partidos políticos y sus estadísticas electorales, 1946-1984". Consejo Supremo Electoral, División de Estadística.
  7. Rafael Arráiz Lucca. (15 February 2016). "El "trienio adeco" (1945-1948) y las conquistas de la ciudadanía". Editorial Alfa.
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