title: 1973 Venezuelan general election
text: # 1973 Venezuelan general election
  
  General elections were held in Venezuela on Sunday 9 December 1973. The presidential elections were won by Carlos Andrés Pérez of Democratic Action, who received 48.7% of the vote, whilst his party won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate. Voter turnout was 96.5%.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### President
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Carlos Andrés Pérez | AD–PRN | 2,130,743 | 48.71 |
  | | Lorenzo Fernández | Copei–FDP–MPI | 1,605,628 | 36.70 |
  | | Jesus Paz Gallarraga | MEP–PCV | 221,239 | 5.06 |
  | | José Vicente Rangel | Movement for Socialism | 186,255 | 4.26 |
  | | Jóvito Villalba | Democratic Republican Union | 134,478 | 3.07 |
  | | Miguel Ángel Burelli Rivas | National Opinion | 33,977 | 0.78 |
  | | Pedro Tinoco | PNI–MD | 29,399 | 0.67 |
  | | Martín Garcia | Democratic Socialist Party | 11,965 | 0.27 |
  | | Germán Borregales | National Action Movement | 9,331 | 0.21 |
  | | Pedro Segnini | Democratic National Front | 6,176 | 0.14 |
  | | Raimundo Verde Roja | Independent Democratic Movement | 3,754 | 0.09 |
  | | Alberto Solano | Emancipatory Force | 1,736 | 0.04 |
  | Total | Total | Total | 4,374,681 | 100.00 |
  | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 4,374,681 | 95.69 |
  | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 196,880 | 4.31 |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 4,571,561 | 100.00 |
  | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 4,737,152 | 96.50 |
  | Source: Nohlen |||||
  
  ### Congress
  
  Seats :
  
  | Party | Party | Votes | % | Chamber | +/– | Senate | +/– |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic Action | 1,955,439 | 44.44 | 102 | +36 | 28 | +9 |
  | | Copei | 1,330,514 | 30.24 | 64 | +5 | 13 | –3 |
  | | Movement for Socialism | 232,756 | 5.29 | 9 | New | 2 | New |
  | | People's Electoral Movement | 218,192 | 4.96 | 8 | –17 | 2 | –3 |
  | | Nationalist Civic Crusade | 189,667 | 4.31 | 7 | –14 | 1 | –3 |
  | | Democratic Republican Union | 140,462 | 3.19 | 5 | –13 | 1 | –2 |
  | | Popular Democratic Front | 54,759 | 1.24 | 0 | –10 | 0 | –1 |
  | | Communist Party of Venezuela | 52,754 | 1.20 | 2 | New | 0 | New |
  | | Revolutionary Left Movement | 44,012 | 1.00 | 1 | New | 0 | New |
  | | National Opinion | 32,751 | 0.74 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 |
  | | Integrationist National Party | 30,618 | 0.70 | 1 | New | 0 | New |
  | | Progressive Independents | 27,528 | 0.63 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
  | | Nationalist Unity Front | 15,537 | 0.35 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
  | | National Action Movement | 12,588 | 0.29 | 0 | –1 | 0 | 0 |
  | | Democratic Socialist Party | 12,238 | 0.28 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
  | | Democratic National Front | 11,313 | 0.26 | 0 | –4 | 0 | –1 |
  | | Popular Movement | 8,324 | 0.19 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
  | | 19 other parties | 30,313 | 0.69 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
  | Total | Total | 4,399,765 | 100.00 | 200 | –14 | 47 | –5 |
  | Valid votes | Valid votes | 4,399,765 | 96.23 | | | | |
  | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 172,422 | 3.77 | | | | |
  | Total votes | Total votes | 4,572,187 | 100.00 | | | | |
  | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 4,737,152 | 96.52 | | | | |
  | Source: Nohlen ||||||||
  