1948 Venezuelan municipal elections
Elections to local municipal councils were held across Venezuela on May 9, 1948, except for the Federal District and the Federal Territories were local authorities had been elected in December 1947.[1][2] These were the first municipal elections with direct universal and secret suffrage held separately from the national presidential or legislative elections.[3]
Participation declined compared with the presidential and legislative elections the previous year.[3] As it was the third election in two years, there was considerable voter fatigue.[1] In total 693,154 people cast their votes.[1][2]
The elections resulted in an overwhelming victory for the Democratic Action party, following the pattern of the 1946-1947 elections.[4] COPEI won the election in the Táchira state and its local affiliate the Republican Federal Union won the polls in the Mérida state.[1] Most of the COPEI votes came from these two states, where the party won majorities in almost all of the municipal councils.[5] The Communist Party gained representation in councils in the Federal District, Anzoátegui, Lara and Zulia.[6] The Revolutionary Party of the Proletariat, the so-called 'Black Communists', won a seat in Anzoátegui.[7][8][9]
Results
National summary
Party | Votes | % | Councillors elected | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic Action | 491,724 | 70.82 | 727 | |
Copei | 109,682 | 15.79 | 105 | |
Republican Federal Union | 37,573 | 5.41 | ||
Democratic Republican Union | 26,502 | 3.82 | 22 | |
Communist Party of Venezuela | 23,567 | 3.39 | 12 | |
Revolutionary Party of the Proletariat (Communist) | 3,697 | 0.53 | * | |
Socialist Party of Venezuela | 597 | 0.09 | * | |
Total | 693,154 | 100 | 868 | |
Source:[4][10][9] |
- "Others" obtained 2 seats in total.[4][9]
State-wise distribution of seats
State | AD | COPEI /UFR | URD | PCV | Others |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anzoátegui | 55 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Apure | 20 | ||||
Aragua | 40 | 2 | |||
Barinas | 38 | 11 | |||
Bolívar | 25 | ||||
Carabobo | 31 | 3 | |||
Cojedes | 33 | 2 | |||
Falcón | 55 | 1 | 4 | ||
Guárico | 35 | ||||
Lara | 38 | 3 | 2 | ||
Mérida | 19 | 23 | |||
Miranda | 47 | 3 | |||
Monagas | 34 | 1 | |||
Nueva Esparta | 20 | 10 | |||
Portuguesa | 38 | 1 | 1 | ||
Sucre | 58 | 5 | 1 | ||
Táchira | 15 | 34 | |||
Trujillo | 27 | 13 | |||
Yaracuy | 35 | 1 | |||
Zulia | 64 | 10 | 5 |
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References
- ^ a b c d John D. Martz (8 December 2015). Accion Democratica: Evolution of a Modern Political Party in Venezuela. Princeton University Press. p. 77. ISBN 978-1-4008-7587-0.
- ^ a b Rafael Arráiz Lucca (15 February 2016). El «trienio adeco» (1945-1948) y las conquistas de la ciudadanía. Editorial Alfa. ISBN 978-84-16687-12-1.
- ^ a b Historia electoral de Venezuela: 1810-1998. Los Libros de El Nacional. 1998. p. 105. ISBN 978-980-6423-21-3.
- ^ a b c Robinson Salazar Perez; Alvaro Ballardo Marquez Fernandez (2005). Transformaciones Sociopoliticas Recientes En America Latina. LibrosEnRed. p. 170. ISBN 978-1-59754-109-1.
- ^ Manuel Vicente Magallanes (1973). Cuatro partidos nacionales: Acción Democrática, Copei, Partido Comunista de Venezuela, Unión Republicana Democrática. Diana, Artes Gráf., Madrid. p. 87. ISBN 9788471561428.
- ^ Arturo Cardozo (1987). Luchas revolucionarias en Venezuela y el mundo: t. 1o. 1917-1957. A. Cardozo. p. 89. ISBN 978-980-300-055-4.
- ^ Donna Keyse Rudolph; G. A. Rudolph (1996). Historical Dictionary of Venezuela. Scarecrow Press. p. 517. ISBN 978-0-8108-3029-5.
- ^ Clara Marina Rojas (1 January 1992). El inicio del juego democrático en Venezuela: un análisis de las elecciones 1946-1947. Academia Nacional de la Historia. p. 46. ISBN 978-980-222-559-0.
- ^ a b c d Los Partidos políticos y sus estadísticas electorales, 1946-1984. Consejo Supremo Electoral, División de Estadística. 1987. pp. 43–44.
- ^ Los Partidos políticos y sus estadísticas electorales, 1946-1984. Consejo Supremo Electoral, División de Estadística. 1987. p. 405.
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