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1947 Venezuelan general election

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Field	Value
country	Venezuela (1954)
election_date	14 December 1947
module	{{Infobox election
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
nominee1	Rómulo Gallegos
party1	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
title	President
before_election	Rómulo Betancourt
before_party	Democratic Action
after_election	Rómulo Gallegos
after_party	Democratic Action

General elections were held in Venezuela on 14 December 1947. They resulted in a decisive victory for Democratic Action (AD). The party's presidential candidate, Rómulo Gallegos received 74.3% of the vote, still the largest presidential win in Venezuela's modern history. AD also won supermajorities in both houses of Congress, with 83 of the 110 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 38 of the 46 seats in the Senate.

These were the first national elections held in Venezuela since the 1945 coup. They were also the first free regular elections since independence in 1830, as well as the first direct elections for president. In previous elections, the Congress of Venezuela had decided and voted on who would assume the presidency.

Results

President

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.

Chamber seat distribution by state

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

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

State legislative assemblies

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

Municipal councils

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,

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p555 {{ISBN. 978-0-19-928358-3
Nohlen, p579
(1972). "Estudio de Caracas". Ediciones de la Biblioteca.
Boris Bunimov-Parra. (1968). "Introducción a la sociología electoral venezolana". Editorial Arte.
(1973). "Estudio de Caracas". Ediciones de la Biblioteca.
(1987). "Los Partidos políticos y sus estadísticas electorales, 1946-1984". Consejo Supremo Electoral, División de Estadística.
Rafael Arráiz Lucca. (15 February 2016). "El "trienio adeco" (1945-1948) y las conquistas de la ciudadanía". Editorial Alfa.

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