1998 Venezuelan parliamentary election

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Parliamentary elections were held in Venezuela on 8 November.^[1] Democratic Action won a plurality of seats, winning 61 of the 207 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 21 of the 54 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 54.5% in the Senate elections and 52.7% in the Chamber elections.^[2][3]

People elected for the first time in this election include Nicolás Maduro and Juan Barreto (MVR), Henrique Capriles Radonski (COPEI) for the Chamber of Deputies; and Rafael Poleo (Democratic Action) and Julián Isaías Rodríguez Diaz (MVR) for the Senate.

Results

Senate

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democratic Action	1,246,567	24.40	21	+5
	Fifth Republic Movement	1,008,693	19.75	8	New
	Copei	620,642	12.15	6	–8
	Project Venezuela	518,976	10.16	3	New
	Movement for Socialism	465,977	9.12	5	0
	Fatherland for All	171,469	3.36	4	New
	Radical Cause	151,960	2.97	1	–8
	Opening for National Participation [es]	123,948	2.43	1	New
	National Convergence	119,951	2.35	3	–3
	Integration, Representation and New Hope	63,422	1.24	0	New
	Renewal	61,992	1.21	1	+1
	Communist Party of Venezuela	24,929	0.49	1	+1
	Authentic Renewal Organization	24,794	0.49	0	0
	Independent Solidarity [es]	24,384	0.48	0	0
	United for Human Rights	21,550	0.42	0	New
	National Integration Movement [es]	19,138	0.37	0	0
	Democratic Republican Union	16,680	0.33	0	0
	People's Electoral Movement	15,140	0.30	0	0
	Movement for Popular Democracy–Red Flag Party	13,404	0.26	0	0
	Emerging People	9,271	0.18	0	0
	Independents for the National Community	7,027	0.14	0	New
	256 other parties	378,453	7.41	0	–
Total		5,108,367	100.00	54	+4
Valid votes		5,108,367	86.81
Invalid/blank votes		776,201	13.19
Total votes		5,884,568	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		10,991,482	53.54
Source: Nohlen, Lander & López Maya

Chamber of Deputies

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democratic Action	1,195,751	24.09	61	+6
	Fifth Republic Movement	986,131	19.87	35	New
	Copei	593,882	11.96	26	-27
	Project Venezuela	518,235	10.44	20	New
	Movement for Socialism	440,665	8.88	24	0
	Fatherland for All	171,091	3.45	11	New
	Radical Cause	147,806	2.98	5	-35
	National Convergence	122,242	2.46	6	-20
	Opening for National Participation [es]	76,991	1.55	3	New
	Integration, Representation and New Hope	62,738	1.26	3	New
	Renewal	61,704	1.24	2	+2
	United for Human Rights	30,760	0.62	1	New
	Communist Party of Venezuela	28,827	0.58	2	0
	Authentic Renewal Organization	26,610	0.54	2	+1
	Independent Solidarity [es]	24,729	0.50	1	+1
	Democratic Republican Union	19,145	0.39	1	0
	National Integration Movement [es]	18,099	0.36	1	0
	People's Electoral Movement	17,343	0.35	1	0
	Movement for Popular Democracy–Red Flag Party	15,341	0.31	1	+1
	Organisation Force in Motion [es]	405,670	8.17	1	New
	Other parties			0	–
Total		4,963,760	100.00	207	+4
Valid votes		4,963,760	85.69
Invalid/blank votes		828,631	14.31
Total votes		5,792,391	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		10,991,482	52.70
Source: Nohlen, Lander & López Maya

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