# 1978 Venezuelan general election

General elections were held in Venezuela on 3 December 1978. The presidential elections were won by Luis Herrera Campins of Copei, who received 47% of the vote. Although Copei received more votes, Democratic Action won the most seats in the Chamber of Deputies, whilst the two parties won 21 seats each in the Senate. Voter turnout was 88%.

## Results
### President

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Luis Herrera Campins | Copei–URD–FDP [es]–OPINA [es] | 2,487,318 | 46.64 |
| | Luis Piñerúa Ordaz | Democratic Action | 2,309,577 | 43.31 |
| | José Vicente Rangel | MAS–VUC | 276,083 | 5.18 |
| | Diego Arria | Common Cause–MDT | 90,060 | 1.69 |
| | Luis Beltrán Prieto Figueroa | People's Electoral Movement | 59,747 | 1.12 |
| | Américo Martín | Revolutionary Left Movement | 52,287 | 0.98 |
| | Héctor Mujica [es] | Communist Party of Venezuela | 29,305 | 0.55 |
| | Leonardo Montiel Ortega | National Renewal Movement | 13,918 | 0.26 |
| | Alejandro Gómez | Nationalist Unity Front | 8,337 | 0.16 |
| | Pablo Salas Castillo | Nationalist Civic Crusade | 6,081 | 0.11 |
| Total | Total | Total | 5,332,713 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 5,332,713 | 97.86 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 116,888 | 2.14 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,449,601 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 6,223,903 | 87.56 |
| Source: Nohlen |||||

### Congress

Seats :
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Chamber | +/– | Senate | +/– |
| | Copei | 2,103,004 | 39.81 | 84 | +20 | 21 | +8 |
| | Democratic Action | 2,096,512 | 39.68 | 88 | –14 | 21 | –7 |
| | Movement for Socialism | 325,328 | 6.16 | 11 | +2 | 2 | 0 |
| | Revolutionary Left Movement | 123,915 | 2.35 | 4 | +3 | 0 | 0 |
| | People's Electoral Movement | 117,455 | 2.22 | 4 | –4 | 0 | –2 |
| | Democratic Republican Union | 88,807 | 1.68 | 3 | –2 | 0 | –1 |
| | Common Cause | 85,432 | 1.62 | 1 | New | 0 | New |
| | National Integration Movement [es] | 83,700 | 1.58 | 1 | New | 0 | New |
| | Communist Party of Venezuela | 55,168 | 1.04 | 1 | –1 | 0 | 0 |
| | Communist Unitarian Vanguard | 46,547 | 0.88 | 1 | New | 0 | New |
| | Socialist League | 30,191 | 0.57 | 1 | New | 0 | New |
| | National Renewal Movement | 26,235 | 0.50 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| | Labour Movement | 22,966 | 0.43 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| | Popular Democratic Front [es] | 13,697 | 0.26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Nationalist Unity Front | 12,986 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Radical Cause | 12,573 | 0.24 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| | Nationalist Civic Crusade | 10,906 | 0.21 | 0 | –7 | 0 | –1 |
| | Revolutionary Action Group | 9,034 | 0.17 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| | National Opinion [es] | 7,961 | 0.15 | 0 | –1 | 0 | 0 |
| | Independents for Community Development | 6,719 | 0.13 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| | Other parties | 3,753 | 0.07 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| Total | Total | 5,282,889 | 100.00 | 199 | –1 | 44 | –3 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 5,282,889 | 96.94 | | | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 166,901 | 3.06 | | | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 5,449,790 | 100.00 | | | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 6,223,903 | 87.56 | | | | |
| Source: Nohlen ||||||||