1946 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election
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Constituent Assembly elections were held in Venezuela on 27 October 1946,[1] following a coup the year before which launched El Trienio Adeco.[2] The result was a victory for Democratic Action, which won 137 of the 160 seats in the Assembly. Voter turnout was 86.6%.[3]
Results
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
Democratic Action | 1,099,601 | 78.43 | 137 | |
Copei | 141,418 | 10.09 | 19 | |
Communist Party of Venezuela | 50,837 | 3.63 | 2 | |
Democratic Republican Union | 49,721 | 3.55 | 2 | |
Republican Federal Union | 38,440 | 2.74 | 0 | |
Falconian Electoral Committee | 5,489 | 0.39 | 0 | |
Liberal Party of Tachira | 4,333 | 0.31 | 0 | |
Democratic Electoral Organisation | 3,007 | 0.21 | 0 | |
Socialist Party of Venezuela | 2,078 | 0.15 | 0 | |
Venezuelan Independent Sector | 2,073 | 0.15 | 0 | |
Independent Democratic Organisation | 1,619 | 0.12 | 0 | |
Progressive Liberal Party | 846 | 0.06 | 0 | |
Other parties | 2,549 | 0.18 | 0 | |
Total | 1,402,011 | 100.00 | 160 | |
Valid votes | 1,402,011 | 99.88 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 1,706 | 0.12 | ||
Total votes | 1,403,717 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,621,687 | 86.56 | ||
Source: Nohlen, Nohlen, Martínez[4] |
Seats won by state
[edit]State/ Territory |
AD | COPEI/ UFR |
PCV | URD |
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Federal District | 12 | 2 | 1 | |
Anzoátegui | 6 | |||
Apure | 3 | |||
Aragua | 6 | |||
Barinas | 3 | |||
Bolívar | 4 | |||
Carabobo | 8 | |||
Cojedes | 3 | |||
Falcón | 9 | |||
Guárico | 6 | |||
Lara | 12 | 1 | ||
Mérida | 3 | 5 | ||
Miranda | 9 | |||
Monagas | 5 | |||
Nueva Esparta | 2 | 1 | ||
Portuguesa | 4 | |||
Sucre | 11 | 1 | ||
Táchira | 3 | 7 | ||
Trujillo | 8 | 3 | ||
Yaracuy | 5 | |||
Zulia | 12 | 1 | 1 | |
Amazonas Federal Territory | 1 | |||
Delta Amacuro Federal Territory | 2 | |||
Source: CSE[5] |
References
[edit]- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- ^ Nohlen, p537
- ^ Nohlen, p568
- ^ Pedro José Martínez (1987) Propaganda política, partidos y sistema electoral
- ^ Los Partidos políticos y sus estadísticas electorales, 1946-1984. Consejo Supremo Electoral, División de Estadística. 1987. pp. 43–44.