1988 Venezuelan Presidential Election
4 December 1988 · Punto Fijo
Carlos Andrés Pérez won with 52.91% against Eduardo Fernández on 40.42%. Turnout 81.8%.
President before
Jaime Lusinchi
Democratic Action
Elected President
Carlos Andrés Pérez
Democratic Action
Winning share
52.9%
Turnout
81.8%
The result
| Carlos Andrés Pérez | Democratic Action | 3,879,024 | 52.91% |
| Eduardo Fernández | Copei | 2,963,015 | 40.42% |
| Teodoro Petkoff | MAS–MIR | 200,479 | 2.73% |
| Godofredo Marín | Authentic Renewal Organization | 62,896 | 0.86% |
| Ismenia Villalba | Democratic Republican Union | 61,684 | 0.84% |
| Edmundo Chirinos | Communist Party of Venezuela | 59,034 | 0.81% |
| Vladimir Gessen | New Democratic Generation | 27,833 | 0.38% |
| Andrés Velásquez | Radical Cause | 24,561 | 0.34% |
| Gastón Guisandes | National Opinion | 10,720 | 0.15% |
| David Nieves | Socialist League | 10,065 | 0.14% |
| Jorge Olavarria | New Republic | 9,969 | 0.14% |
| Alberto Marini Urdaneta | Nationalist Unity Front | 5,821 | 0.08% |
| Luis Hernández Campos | Nationalist Civic Crusade | 2,589 | 0.04% |
| Luis Alfonso Godoy | Social Power of the Nation | 2,532 | 0.03% |
| Leopoldo Díaz Bruzual | New Alternative | 2,528 | 0.03% |
| Alejandro Peña Esclusa | Venezuelan Labour Party | 2,168 | 0.03% |
| Rómulo Abrue Duarte | Guiding Venezuelan Spiritual Force | 1,513 | 0.02% |
| José Rojas Contreras | New Order | 1,176 | 0.02% |
| Hernández Escarrá Quintara | Venezuelan National Movement | 1,412 | 0.02% |
| Alberto Solano | Emancipatory Force | 818 | 0.01% |
| Napoleón Barrios | Movement for the Defence of Nationalist Ideas | 736 | 0.01% |
| Arévalo Tovar Yajur | Independent Nationalist Organisation | 432 | 0.01% |
| Rómulo Yordi Carvajal | People | 382 | 0.01% |