1988 Venezuelan general election
4 December 1988
Presidential election
Turnout81.85%
 
Nominee Carlos Andrés Pérez Eduardo Fernández
Party Democratic Action Copei
Popular vote 3,868,843 2,955,061
Percentage 52.91% 40.42%
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 52.9% of the vote,[2] whilst his party won the most seats in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate. Voter turnout was 81.9% in the presidential election and 81.7% in the Congressional elections.[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

CandidatePartyVotes%
Carlos Andrés PérezDemocratic Action3,879,02452.91
Eduardo FernándezCopei2,963,01540.42
Teodoro PetkoffMAS–MIR200,4792.73
Godofredo MarínAuthentic Renewal Organization62,8960.86
Ismenia VellalbaDemocratic Republican Union61,6840.84
Edmundo ChirinosCommunist Party of Venezuela59,0340.81
Vladimir GessenNew Democratic Generation27,8330.38
Andrés VelásquezRadical Cause24,5610.34
Gastón GuisandesNational Opinion10,7200.15
David NievesSocialist League10,0650.14
Jorge OlavarriaNew Republic9,9690.14
Alberto Marini UrdanetaNationalist Unity Front5,8210.08
Luis Hernández CamposNationalist Civic Crusade2,5890.04
Luis Alfonso GodoySocial Power of the Nation2,5320.03
Leopoldo Díaz BruzualNew Alternative2,5280.03
Alejandro Peña EsclusaVenezuelan Labour Party2,1680.03
Rómulo Abrue DuarteGuiding Venezuelan Spiritual Force1,5130.02
José Rojas ContrerasNew Order1,1760.02
Hernández Escarrá QuintaraVenezuelan National Movement1,4120.02
Alberto SolanoEmancipatory Force8180.01
Napoleón BarriosMovement for the Defence of Nationalist Ideas7360.01
Arévalo Tovar YajurIndependent Nationalist Organisation4320.01
Rómulo Yordi CarvajalPeople3820.01
Total7,331,387100.00
Valid votes7,331,38797.51
Invalid/blank votes187,2762.49
Total votes7,518,663100.00
Registered voters/turnout9,185,64781.85
Source: Nohlen

Congress

PartyVotes%Seats
Chamber+/–Senate+/–
Democratic Action3,123,79043.2997–1622–6
Copei2,247,23631.1467+720+6
MAS–MIR733,42110.1618+63+1
New Democratic Generation236,8333.286+61+1
Radical Cause117,5621.633+300
People's Electoral Movement116,6211.622–100
Democratic Republican Union103,8831.442–100
Formula 193,2281.292New0New
Authentic Renewal Organization92,1171.282New0New
Communist Party of Venezuela70,0580.971–200
National Opinion41,9840.581–200
Socialist League36,3940.500–100
National Integration Movement33,7280.470–100
New Republic24,5960.340000
Electoral Renewal Integration18,9860.260000
National Party14,5000.200New0New
51 other parties111,4631.540–0–
Total7,216,400100.00201+146+2
Valid votes7,216,40096.22
Invalid/blank votes283,6353.78
Total votes7,500,035100.00
Registered voters/turnout9,185,64781.65
Source: Nohlen, SIC[6]

References

  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
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