title: 1983 Venezuelan general election
text: # 1983 Venezuelan general election
  
  General elections were held in Venezuela on 4 December 1983. The presidential elections were won by Jaime Lusinchi of Democratic Action, who received 56.7% of the vote, whilst his party won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### President
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Jaime Lusinchi | AD–URD–VOI | 3,773,731 | 56.72 |
  | | Rafael Caldera | Copei–ICC–NGD–CIMA–FUN–MIO | 2,298,176 | 34.54 |
  | | Teodoro Petkoff | MAS–MIR–IRE | 277,498 | 4.17 |
  | | José Vicente Rangel | MEP–PCV–NA–LS–GAR–SI | 221,918 | 3.34 |
  | | Jorge Olavarria | National Opinion | 32,254 | 0.48 |
  | | Gonzalo Pérez | National Integration Movement | 19,528 | 0.29 |
  | | Luis Rangel | National Rescue | 8,820 | 0.13 |
  | | Andrés Velásquez | Radical Cause | 5,917 | 0.09 |
  | | Vinicio Romero | National Confidence | 3,236 | 0.05 |
  | | Alberto Solano | Emancipatory Force | 1,650 | 0.02 |
  | | Félix Díaz Otega | New Order | 1,610 | 0.02 |
  | | Juan Iarra Riverol | Venezuelan Nationalist Party | 1,363 | 0.02 |
  | | Adolfo Alcala | Independent Voters | 1,077 | 0.02 |
  | Other candidates | Other candidates | Other candidates | 6,539 | 0.10 |
  | Total | Total | Total | 6,653,317 | 100.00 |
  | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 6,653,317 | 97.48 |
  | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 171,863 | 2.52 |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 6,825,180 | 100.00 |
  | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 7,777,892 | 87.75 |
  | Source: National Electoral Council |||||
  
  ### Congress
  
  Seats :
  
  | Party | Party | Votes | % | Chamber | +/– | Senate | +/– |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic Action | 3,284,166 | 49.90 | 113 | +25 | 28 | +7 |
  | | Copei | 1,887,226 | 28.68 | 60 | –24 | 14 | –7 |
  | | Movement for Socialism | 377,795 | 5.74 | 10 | –1 | 2 | 0 |
  | | National Opinion | 130,022 | 1.98 | 3 | +3 | 0 | 0 |
  | | People's Electoral Movement | 129,263 | 1.96 | 3 | –1 | 0 | 0 |
  | | Democratic Republican Union | 125,458 | 1.91 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | | Communist Party of Venezuela | 115,162 | 1.75 | 3 | +2 | 0 | 0 |
  | | Revolutionary Left Movement | 103,923 | 1.58 | 2 | –2 | 0 | 0 |
  | | New Alternative | 68,729 | 1.04 | 1 | New | 0 | New |
  | | Independents with Change | 63,822 | 0.97 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
  | | National Integration Movement | 59,870 | 0.91 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | | Socialist League | 53,506 | 0.81 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | | Radical Cause | 35,304 | 0.54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | | New Republic | 29,642 | 0.45 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
  | | Majoritarian Independent Committee | 18,762 | 0.29 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
  | | National Rescue | 15,083 | 0.23 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
  | | Revolutionary Action Group | 15,033 | 0.23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | | Nationalist Unity Front | 12,262 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | | New Democratic Generation | 10,288 | 0.16 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
  | | Organised Independent Movement | 10,020 | 0.15 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
  | | 29 other parties | 35,563 | 0.54 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
  | Total | Total | 6,580,899 | 100.00 | 200 | +1 | 44 | 0 |
  | Valid votes | Valid votes | 6,580,899 | 96.42 | | | | |
  | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 244,281 | 3.58 | | | | |
  | Total votes | Total votes | 6,825,180 | 100.00 | | | | |
  | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 7,777,892 | 87.75 | | | | |
  | Source: Nohlen ||||||||
  