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{{Infobox election
{{Infobox election
| country = Venezuela (1954)
| election_name = Venezuelan presidential election, 1947
| election_date = 14 December 1947
| country = Venezuela (1930)
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| election_date = 14 December 1947
| previous_election = Venezuelan general election, 1941
| previous_year = 1941
| next_election = Venezuelan general election, 1958
| next_year = 1958
| image1 = [[File:Rómulo Gallegos 1940s.jpg|150x150px]]
| nominee1 = [[Rómulo Gallegos]]
| party1 = Democratic Action
| popular_vote1 = 871,752
| percentage1 = 74.3%
| image2 = [[File:Rafael Caldera, 1972.jpg|150x150px]]
| nominee2 = [[Rafael Caldera]]
| party2 = Copei
| colour2 = 008000
| popular_vote2 = 262,204
| percentage2 = 22.4%
| title = President
| before_election = [[Rómulo Betancourt]]
| before_party = Democratic Action
| after_election = [[Rómulo Gallegos]]
| after_party = Democratic Action
}}


| module = {{Infobox election
'''General elections''' were held in [[Venezuela]] on 14 December 1947.<ref name=N1>[[Dieter Nohlen|Nohlen, D]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p555 {{ISBN|978-0-19-928358-3}}</ref> The presidential elections were won by [[Rómulo Gallegos]] of [[Democratic Action]], who received 74.3% of the vote<ref>Nohlen, p579</ref> – the largest presidential win in Venezuela's modern history – whilst his party won 83 of the 110 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 38 of the 46 seats in the Senate.
| embed = yes
| election_name = Presidential election
| type = presidential
| previous_election = 1941 Venezuelan presidential election
| previous_year = 1941
| next_election = 1958 Venezuelan general election
| next_year = 1958


| image1 = Rómulo Gallegos 1940s (cropped).jpg
The election has been described as the first honest election in Venezuelan history. In previous elections, the Congress of Venezuela would decide and vote on who would assume the presidency.
| nominee1 = '''[[Rómulo Gallegos]]'''
| party1 = [[Democratic Action (Venezuela)|Democratic Action]]
| popular_vote1 = '''871,752'''
| percentage1 = '''74.35%'''
| image2 = Rafael Caldera en 1956 (cropped).jpg
| nominee2 = [[Rafael Caldera]]
| party2 = Copei
| popular_vote2 = 262,204
| percentage2 = 22.36%
| map_image = Mapa de las elecciones presidenciales de Venezuela de 1947.svg
| map_caption =
| title = President
| before_election = [[Rómulo Betancourt]]
| before_party = [[Democratic Action (Venezuela)|Democratic Action]]
| after_election = [[Rómulo Gallegos]]
| after_party = [[Democratic Action (Venezuela)|Democratic Action]]
}}}}

General elections were held in [[Venezuela]] on 14 December 1947.<ref name=N1>[[Dieter Nohlen]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p555 {{ISBN|978-0-19-928358-3}}</ref> The presidential elections were won by [[Rómulo Gallegos]] of [[Democratic Action (Venezuela)|Democratic Action]], who received 74.3% of the vote,<ref>Nohlen, p579</ref> 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.

In previous elections, the Congress of Venezuela had decided and voted on who would assume the presidency.


==Results==
==Results==
===President===
===President===
{{Election results
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
|cand1=[[Rómulo Gallegos]]|party1=[[Democratic Action (Venezuela)|Democratic Action]]|votes1=871752
!Candidate
|cand2=[[Rafael Caldera]]|party2=[[Copei]]|votes2=262204
!Party
|cand3=[[Gustavo Machado Morales]]|party3=[[Communist Party of Venezuela]]|votes3=38587
!Votes
|invalid=
!%
|electorate=1662000
|source=Nohlen
}}

===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.<ref name="QuinteroVenezuela1972">{{cite book|author1=Rodolfo Quintero|author2=Universidad Central de Venezuela|title=Estudio de Caracas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y4UpAQAAIAAJ|year=1972|publisher=Ediciones de la Biblioteca|page=731}}</ref>

{{Election results
|image=[[File:Cámara de Diputados de Venezuela elecciones 1947.svg|250px]][[File:Senado de Venezuela elecciones 1947.svg|250px]]
|seattype1=Chamber|seattype2=Senate
|party1=[[Democratic Action (Venezuela)|Democratic Action]]|votes1=838526|st1t1=83|st2t1=38
|party2=[[Copei]]|votes2=200695|st1t2=16|st2t2=4
|party3=[[Democratic Republican Union]]|votes3=51427|st1t3=4|st2t3=1
|party4=[[Communist Party of Venezuela]]|votes4=43190|st1t4=3|st2t4=1
|party5=[[Republican Federal Union]]|votes5=39491|st1t5=3|st2t5=2|color5=#664CFF
|party6=[[Revolutionary Party of the Proletariat (Communist)]]|votes6=7068|st1t6=0|st2t6=0
|party7=Liberal Party of Tachira|votes7=1300|st1t7=0|st2t7=0
|party8=[[Socialist Party of Venezuela]]|votes8=1207|st1t8=0|st2t8=0
|party9=[[Progressive Liberal Party (Venezuela)|Progressive Liberal Party]]|votes9=860|st1t9=1|st2t9=0
|invalid=15105
|electorate=1662000
|source=Nohlen, Bunimov-Parra<ref name="Bunimov-Parra1968">{{cite book|author=Boris Bunimov-Parra|title=Introducción a la sociología electoral venezolana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SP45AQAAIAAJ|year=1968|publisher=Editorial Arte|page=74}}</ref><ref name="QuinteroVenezuela1973">{{cite book|author1=Rodolfo Quintero|author2=Universidad Central de Venezuela|title=Estudio de Caracas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qYUpAQAAIAAJ|year=1973|publisher=Ediciones de la Biblioteca|page=149}}</ref>
}}

====Chamber seat distribution by state====
{|class=" wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
!State/<br />Territory
![[Democratic Action (Venezuela)|AD]]
![[COPEI]]<br />/UFR
![[Democratic Republican Union|URD]]<br />PLP
![[Communist Party of Venezuela|PCV]]
|-
|-
|'''[[Federal District]]'''
|align=left|[[Rómulo Gallegos]]||align=left|[[Democratic Action]]||871,752||74.3
|7
|3
|1
|1
|-
|-
|'''[[Anzoátegui]]'''
|align=left|[[Rafael Caldera]]||align=left|[[Copei]]||262,204||22.4
|4
|
|1
|
|-
|-
|'''[[Apure (state)|Apure]]'''
|align=left|[[Gustavo Machado Morales|Gustavo Machado]]||align=left|[[Communist Party of Venezuela]]||38,587||3.3
|2
|
|
|
|-
|-
|'''[[Aragua (state)|Aragua]]'''
|align=left colspan=2|Invalid/blank votes|| ||–
|3
|1
|
|
|-
|-
|'''[[Barinas (state)|Barinas]]'''
|align=left colspan=2|'''Total'''||'''1,172,543'''||'''100'''
|2
|
|
|
|-
|-
|'''[[Bolívar (state)|Bolívar]]'''
|align=left colspan=4|Source: Nohlen
|2
|
|
|
|-
|'''[[Carabobo (state)|Carabobo]]'''
|5
|1
|
|
|-
|'''[[Cojedes (state)|Cojedes]]'''
|2
|
|
|
|-
|'''[[Falcón (state)|Falcón]]'''
|5
|1
|
|
|-
|'''[[Guárico (state)|Guárico]]'''
|3
|
|
|
|-
|'''[[Lara (state)|Lara]]'''
|7
|1
|
|1
|-
|'''[[Mérida (state)|Mérida]]'''
|2
|3
|
|
|-
|'''[[Miranda (state)|Miranda]]'''
|6
|1
|
|
|-
|'''[[Monagas (state)|Monagas]]'''
|3
|
|
|
|-
|'''[[Nueva Esparta]]'''
|2
|
|1
|
|-
|'''[[Portuguesa (Venezuela)|Portuguesa]]'''
|2
|
|
|
|-
|'''[[Sucre (state)|Sucre]]'''
|7
|
|1
|
|-
|'''[[Táchira (state)|Táchira]]'''
|2
|4
|
|
|-
|'''[[Trujillo (state)|Trujillo]]'''
|5
|2
|
|
|-
|'''[[Yaracuy]]'''
|3
|1
|
|
|-
|'''[[Zulia]]'''
|8
|1
|
|1
|-
|'''[[Amazonas, Venezuela|Amazonas Federal Territory]]'''
|
|
|1
|
|-
|'''[[Delta Amacuro|Delta Amacuro Federal Territory]]'''
|1
|
|
|
|-
|align=left colspan=5|Source: CSE<ref name=b/>
|}
|}


====Senate seat distribution by state====
===Congress===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
{|class=" wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
|+'''Senate seat distribution by state'''
!rowspan=2|Party
!State/<br />Territory
!rowspan=2|Votes
![[Democratic Action (Venezuela)|AD]]
!rowspan=2|%
![[COPEI]]<br />/UFR
!colspan=2|Seats
![[Democratic Republican Union|URD]]
![[Communist Party of Venezuela|PCV]]
|-
|-
|'''[[Federal District]]'''
!Chamber
|2
!Senate
|1
|1
|
|-
|-
|'''[[Anzoátegui]]'''
|align=left|[[Democratic Action]]||838,526||70.8||83||38
|2
|
|
|
|-
|-
|'''[[Apure (state)|Apure]]'''
|align=left|[[Copei]]||200,695||17.0||16||4
|2
|
|
|
|-
|-
|'''[[Aragua (state)|Aragua]]'''
|align=left|[[Democratic Republican Union]]||51,427||4.3||4||1
|2
|
|
|
|-
|-
|'''[[Barinas (state)|Barinas]]'''
|align=left|[[Communist Party of Venezuela]]||43,190||3.6||3||1
|2
|
|
|
|-
|-
|'''[[Bolívar (state)|Bolívar]]'''
|align=left|[[Republican Federal Union]]||39,491||3.3||3||2
|2
|
|
|
|-
|-
|'''[[Carabobo (state)|Carabobo]]'''
|align=left|[[Revolutionary Party of the Proletariat (Venezuela)|Revolutionary Party of the Proletariat]]||7,068||0.6||1||0
|2
|
|
|
|-
|-
|'''[[Cojedes (state)|Cojedes]]'''
|align=left|PLT||1,300||0.1||0||0
|2
|
|
|
|-
|-
|'''[[Falcón (state)|Falcón]]'''
|align=left|[[Socialist Party of Venezuela]]||1,207||0.1||0||0
|2
|
|
|
|-
|-
|'''[[Guárico (state)|Guárico]]'''
|align=left|PLT||860||0.1||0||0
|2
|
|
|
|-
|-
|'''[[Lara (state)|Lara]]'''
|align=left|Invalid/blank votes||15,105||–||–||–
|2
|
|
|
|-
|-
|'''[[Mérida (state)|Mérida]]'''
|align=left|'''Total'''||'''1,198,869'''||'''100'''||'''110'''||'''46'''
|
|2
|
|
|-
|-
|'''[[Miranda (state)|Miranda]]'''
|align=left colspan=5|Source: Nohlen
|2
|
|
|
|-
|'''[[Monagas (state)|Monagas]]'''
|2
|
|
|
|-
|'''[[Nueva Esparta]]'''
|2
|
|
|
|-
|'''[[Portuguesa (Venezuela)|Portuguesa]]'''
|2
|
|
|
|-
|'''[[Sucre (state)|Sucre]]'''
|2
|
|
|
|-
|'''[[Táchira (state)|Táchira]]'''
|
|2
|
|
|-
|'''[[Trujillo (state)|Trujillo]]'''
|2
|1
|
|
|-
|'''[[Yaracuy]]'''
|2
|
|
|
|-
|'''[[Zulia]]'''
|2
|
|
|1
|-
|'''[[Amazonas, Venezuela|Amazonas Federal Territory]]'''
|
|
|
|
|-
|'''[[Delta Amacuro|Delta Amacuro Federal Territory]]'''
|
|
|
|
|-
|align=left colspan=5|Source: CSE<ref name=b>{{cite book|title=Los Partidos políticos y sus estadísticas electorales, 1946-1984|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3szsdytGAoQC|year=1987|publisher=Consejo Supremo Electoral, División de Estadística|pages=43–44}}</ref>
|}
|}
{{bar box
| title=Popular vote
| titlebar=#ddd
| width=600px
| barwidth=410px
| bars=
{{bar percent|'''AD'''|{{Democratic Action/meta/color}}|70.84}}
{{bar percent|COPEI|{{COPEI/meta/color}}|16.95}}
{{bar percent|URD|#FFFF00|4.34}}
{{bar percent|PCV|{{Communist Party of Venezuela/meta/color}}|3.65}}
{{bar percent|PFR|#664CFF|3.34}}
{{bar percent|Others|#777777|0.88}}
}}


===State legislative assemblies===
{{bar box
{|class=" wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
| title=Seats (Chamber)
!State
| titlebar=#ddd
![[Democratic Action (Venezuela)|AD]]
| width=600px
![[COPEI]]<br />/UFR
| barwidth=410px
![[Democratic Republican Union|URD]]
| bars=
![[Communist Party of Venezuela|PCV]]
{{bar percent|'''AD'''|{{Democratic Action/meta/color}}|75.45}}
|-
{{bar percent|COPEI|{{COPEI/meta/color}}|14.55}}
|'''[[Anzoátegui]]'''
{{bar percent|URD|#FFFF00|3.64}}
|13
{{bar percent|PCV|{{Communist Party of Venezuela/meta/color}}|2.73}}
|
{{bar percent|PFR|#664CFF|2.73}}
|1
{{bar percent|Others|#777777|0.91}}
|
}}
|-
|'''[[Apure (state)|Apure]]'''
|11
|1
|
|
|-
|'''[[Aragua (state)|Aragua]]'''
|12
|2
|
|
|-
|'''[[Barinas (state)|Barinas]]'''
|9
|3
|
|
|-
|'''[[Bolívar (state)|Bolívar]]'''
|11
|1
|
|
|-
|'''[[Carabobo (state)|Carabobo]]'''
|14
|2
|
|
|-
|'''[[Cojedes (state)|Cojedes]]'''
|10
|1
|1
|
|-
|'''[[Falcón (state)|Falcón]]'''
|17
|2
|
|
|-
|'''[[Guárico (state)|Guárico]]'''
|13
|1
|
|
|-
|'''[[Lara (state)|Lara]]'''
|18
|2
|
|1
|-
|'''[[Mérida (state)|Mérida]]'''
|6
|10
|
|
|-
|'''[[Miranda (state)|Miranda]]'''
|15
|2
|
|
|-
|'''[[Monagas (state)|Monagas]]'''
|12
|
|1
|
|-
|'''[[Nueva Esparta]]'''
|8
|
|4
|
|-
|'''[[Portuguesa (Venezuela)|Portuguesa]]'''
|11
|1
|
|
|-
|'''[[Sucre (state)|Sucre]]'''
|18
|
|2
|
|-
|'''[[Táchira (state)|Táchira]]'''
|6
|12
|
|
|-
|'''[[Trujillo (state)|Trujillo]]'''
|12
|7
|
|
|-
|'''[[Yaracuy]]'''
|12
|1
|
|
|-
|'''[[Zulia]]'''
|18
|2
|
|2
|-
|align=left colspan=5|Source: CSE<ref name=b/>
|}

===Municipal councils===
{|class=" wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
!State/<br />Territory
![[Democratic Action (Venezuela)|AD]]
![[COPEI]]
![[Democratic Republican Union|URD]]<br />PLP
![[Communist Party of Venezuela|PCV]]
|-
|'''[[Federal District]]'''
|14
|6
|1
|1
|-
|'''[[Amazonas, Venezuela|Amazonas Federal Territory]]'''
|2
|
|3
|
|-
|'''[[Delta Amacuro|Delta Amacuro Federal Territory]]'''
|4
|
|1
|
|-
|align=left colspan=5|Source: CSE,<ref name=b/> Arráiz Lucca<ref name="Lucca2016">{{cite book|author=Rafael Arráiz Lucca|title=El "trienio adeco" (1945-1948) y las conquistas de la ciudadanía|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nOx4DwAAQBAJ|date=15 February 2016|publisher=Editorial Alfa|isbn=978-84-16687-12-1}}</ref>
|}


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


{{Rómulo Betancourt}}
{{Rafael Caldera}}
{{Carlos Andrés Pérez}}
{{Venezuelan elections}}
{{Venezuelan elections}}


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Latest revision as of 02:52, 9 June 2024

1947 Venezuelan general election
14 December 1947
Presidential election
← 1941
1958 →
 
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.

In previous elections, the Congress of Venezuela had decided and voted on who would assume the presidency.

Results

[edit]

President

[edit]
CandidatePartyVotes%
Rómulo GallegosDemocratic Action871,75274.35
Rafael CalderaCopei262,20422.36
Gustavo Machado MoralesCommunist Party of Venezuela38,5873.29
Total1,172,543100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,662,000–
Source: Nohlen

Congress

[edit]

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]

PartyVotes%Seats
ChamberSenate
Democratic Action838,52670.848338
Copei200,69516.95164
Democratic Republican Union51,4274.3441
Communist Party of Venezuela43,1903.6531
Republican Federal Union39,4913.3432
Revolutionary Party of the Proletariat (Communist)7,0680.6000
Liberal Party of Tachira1,3000.1100
Socialist Party of Venezuela1,2070.1000
Progressive Liberal Party8600.0710
Total1,183,764100.0011046
Valid votes1,183,76498.74
Invalid/blank votes15,1051.26
Total votes1,198,869100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,662,00072.13
Source: Nohlen, Bunimov-Parra[4][5]

Chamber seat distribution by state

[edit]
State/
Territory 		AD COPEI
/UFR 		URD
PLP 		PCV
Federal District 7 3 1 1
Anzoátegui 4 1
Apure 2
Aragua 3 1
Barinas 2
Bolívar 2
Carabobo 5 1
Cojedes 2
Falcón 5 1
Guárico 3
Lara 7 1 1
Mérida 2 3
Miranda 6 1
Monagas 3
Nueva Esparta 2 1
Portuguesa 2
Sucre 7 1
Táchira 2 4
Trujillo 5 2
Yaracuy 3 1
Zulia 8 1 1
Amazonas Federal Territory 1
Delta Amacuro Federal Territory 1
Source: CSE[6]

Senate seat distribution by state

[edit]
Senate seat distribution by state
State/
Territory 		AD COPEI
/UFR 		URD PCV
Federal District 2 1 1
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 2 1
Yaracuy 2
Zulia 2 1
Amazonas Federal Territory
Delta Amacuro Federal Territory
Source: CSE[6]

State legislative assemblies

[edit]
State AD COPEI
/UFR 		URD PCV
Anzoátegui 13 1
Apure 11 1
Aragua 12 2
Barinas 9 3
Bolívar 11 1
Carabobo 14 2
Cojedes 10 1 1
Falcón 17 2
Guárico 13 1
Lara 18 2 1
Mérida 6 10
Miranda 15 2
Monagas 12 1
Nueva Esparta 8 4
Portuguesa 11 1
Sucre 18 2
Táchira 6 12
Trujillo 12 7
Yaracuy 12 1
Zulia 18 2 2
Source: CSE[6]

Municipal councils

[edit]
State/
Territory 		AD COPEI URD
PLP 		PCV
Federal District 14 6 1 1
Amazonas Federal Territory 2 3
Delta Amacuro Federal Territory 4 1
Source: CSE,[6] Arráiz Lucca[7]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. ^ Nohlen, p579
  3. ^ Rodolfo Quintero; Universidad Central de Venezuela (1972). Estudio de Caracas. Ediciones de la Biblioteca. p. 731.
  4. ^ Boris Bunimov-Parra (1968). Introducción a la sociología electoral venezolana. Editorial Arte. p. 74.
  5. ^ Rodolfo Quintero; Universidad Central de Venezuela (1973). Estudio de Caracas. Ediciones de la Biblioteca. p. 149.
  6. ^ a b c d Los Partidos políticos y sus estadísticas electorales, 1946-1984. Consejo Supremo Electoral, División de Estadística. 1987. pp. 43–44.
  7. ^ Rafael Arráiz Lucca (15 February 2016). El "trienio adeco" (1945-1948) y las conquistas de la ciudadanía. Editorial Alfa. ISBN 978-84-16687-12-1.
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