Democratic Republican Union
The Democratic Republican Union is a Venezuelan political party founded in 1945.
When the party appeared on course to win the 1952 election for a constituent assembly, dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez suspended the election. The party joined in the 1958 Punto Fijo Pact, and its candidate in the 1958 Venezuelan presidential election, Wolfgang Larrazábal, was the runner up. The party resigned from the Punto Fijo Pact in 1962. 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 URD backed the winning candidate shown in bold