Venezuelan presidential election


Venezuela Presidential Election 6 December 1998

A presidential election was held in the Republic of Venezuela on 6 December 1998.

Results

Candidate	Party/Alliance	Votes	%
Hugo Chávez	MVR	3,673,685	56.20
Henrique Salas Romer	Proyecto Venezuela	2,613,161	39.97
Irene Lailin Sáez Conde	IRENE	184,568	2.82
Luis Alfaro Ucero	ORA	27,586	0.42
Others		38,304	0.59
Total		6,537,304

Source: PDBA (http://www.georgetown.edu/pdba/Elecdata/Venezuela/pre98.html) and IFES (http://www.ifes.org/eguide/resultsum/venezuelares3.htm)

As a result of this election, Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías was elected to his first term as President of Venezuela.