1958 Venezuelan general election

General elections were held in Venezuela on 7 December 1958.^[1] The presidential elections were won by Rómulo Betancourt of Democratic Action, who received 49% of the vote,^[2] whilst his party won 73 of the 132 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 32 of the 51 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 93% in the presidential election and 92% in the Congressional elections.^[3]

The Soviet Union covertly supported Wolfgang Larrazábal in the elections.^[4]

Results

President

Congress

References

1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
2. Nohlen, p580
3. Nohlen, p556
4. Levin, Dov H. (2016-09-19). "Partisan electoral interventions by the great powers: Introducing the PEIG Dataset". Conflict Management and Peace Science. 36 (1): 88–106. doi:10.1177/0738894216661190. ISSN 0738-8942. S2CID 157114479.