General elections were held in
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
on Sunday 9 December 1973.
[ Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p555 ] 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%.
[Nohlen, p556]
Results
President
Congress
References
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1973 in Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
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