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Year Estimated
Electoral
Population
TABLE 7
Electoral Participation and Abstention, Venezuela, 1958-1988
(Legislative Votes)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Registered
Voters #
Registered
Voters %
(Col. 2 as %
of Col. 1)
Total Votes Total Votes
(Col. 4 as %
of Col. 2)
Valid Votes
#**
Valid Votes
%**
(Col. 6 as %
of Col. 4)
Abstention
#
Abstention
%
(Col. 8 as %
of Col. 2)
1958 3,337,739 2,913,801 87.30 2,684,949 92.15 2,580,217 96.10 228,852 7.85
1963 4,072,595 3,369,968 82.75 3,053,974 90.78 2,856,266 93.53 310,552 9.22
1968 4,240,000 4,134,928 97.52 3,907,823 94.36 3,678,084 94.12 233,241 5.64
1973 5,103,748 4,737,122 92.82 4,572,187 96.52 4,399,765 96.23 164,965 3.48
1978* 6,186,000* 6,223,903 100.61 5,449,790 87.56 5,282,889 96.94 744,113 12.44
1983 8,186,535 7,777,892 95.01 6,818,606 87.75 6,574,325 96.42 952,712 12.25
1988 9,399,532 9,185,647 97.72 7,500,085 81.91 7,720,250 96.27 1,661,430 18.09
* The electoral population was seriously underestimated in 1978.
** For legislative vote
Source: CSE, Dirección General de Electoral