Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, 1946

Rómulo Betancourt voting in the 1946 elections

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

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Democratic Action	1,099,601	78.4	137
Copei	141,418	10.1	19
Communist Party of Venezuela	50,837	3.6	2
Democratic Republican Union	49,721	3.5	0
Republican Federal Union	38,440	2.7	0
PLP	4,333	0.3	0
Other parties	17,661	1.3	0
Invalid/blank votes	1,706	–	–
Total	1,403,717	100	160
Source: Nohlen

Popular Vote

AD			78.43%
COPEI			10.09%
PCV			3.63%
URD			3.55%
PFR			2.74%
Others			1.57%

Seats

AD			85.63%
COPEI			11.88%
PCV			1.25%

References

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
↑ Nohlen, p537
↑ Nohlen, p568

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