Democratic Republican Union

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{{Expand Spanish|topic=gov|Unión Republicana Democrática|date=December 2015}}

{{Infobox political party

|country = Venezuela

|name = Democratic Republican Union

|native_name = Unión Republicana Democrática

|colorcode = {{party color|Democratic Republican Union}}

|logo = URD Boleta no válida.jpg

|logo_size = 200px

|leader =

|founder = Jóvito Villalba

|foundation = 18 December 1945

|ideology = Liberalism{{Citation |author=Allan R. Brewer-Carías |title=Dismantling Democracy in Venezuela |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2010 |page=41}}
Social liberalism
Civic nationalism
Progressivism
Reformism

|position = Centre to centre-left{{Citation |editor=Leslie Bethell |title=The Cambridge History of Latin America |volume=VI, part 1 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2008 |page=440}}{{Citation |author=Ian Gorvin |title=Elections since 1945: A worldwide reference compendium |publisher=Longman |year=1989 |page=391}}{{Citation |author1=J. Denis Derbyshire |author2=Ian Derbyshire |title=Political Systems Of The World |publisher=Chambers |year=1989 |page=122}}

|colours = Yellow

|headquarters = Caracas

|membership =

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The Democratic Republican Union ({{langx|es|Unión Republicana Democrática}}, URD) is a Venezuelan political party founded in 1945.

History

When the party appeared on course to win the 1952 election for a constituent assembly, then-dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez suspended the election.[https://books.google.com/books?id=V16XaBCgRH8C&pg=PT118 Historia viva, 2002-2003], Jorge Olavarría. 2003. (page 134). The party joined in the 1958 Puntofijo Pact, and its candidate in that year's presidential election, Wolfgang Larrazábal, was the runner-up. The party resigned from the Puntofijo Pact in 1962 in protest of the decision to exclude Cuba from the Organization of American States, which ended its time as a dominant political party. Its candidate Jóvito Villalba won 19% of the vote in the 1963 election, but only 3% in the 1973 election.

Presidential candidates supported

Elections where the URD backed the winning candidate shown in bold.

1952 election: Jóvito Villalba
1958 election: Wolfgang Larrazábal (34.88% of vote)
1963 election: Jóvito Villalba (18.89%)
1968 election: Miguel Ángel Burelli Rivas (22.22%)
1973 election: Jóvito Villalba (3.07%)
1978 election: Luis Herrera Campins (COPEI candidate)
1983 election: Jaime Lusinchi (Acción Democrática candidate)
1988 election: Ismenia Villalba (0.84%)
1993 election: Rafael Caldera (independent, backed by a coalition of anti-COPEI/Acción Democrática parties)
1998 election: Luis Alfaro Ucero (0.60%)
2000 election:
2006 election: Manuel Rosales (A New Era candidate)

References

Category:1945 establishments in Venezuela

Category:Liberal parties in Venezuela

Category:Political parties established in 1945

Category:Political parties in Venezuela