At stake
in this election:
- Seats in the National
Assembly: 165
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Description
of government structure:
- Chief of State
& Head of Government: President Hugo CHAVEZ Frias
- Venezuela has a
unicameral National Assembly currently consisting of 21 members.
- *Note: The 21-member
congress is an interim legislature put in place after the constitution
passed by referendum in December 1999 dissolved the previous bicameral
parliament.
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Description
of electoral system:
- The president is
directly elected by popular vote for a six-year term.
- Members of the
National Assembly will be elected by a mixed system with 60% being elected
by simple majority vote in single member constituencies and 40% elected
by closed party-lists with proportional representation in multi-member
constituencies. All members will be elected to five-year terms.
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Results of the
electoral races:
- Party: Movement
for the Fifth Republic (MVR)
Leaders: Hugo CHAVEZ and Luis MIQUILENA
Seats won in this election: 91
- Party: Democratic
Action (AD)
Leader: Timoteo ZAMBRANO
Seats won in this election: 33
- Party: Movement
to Socialism (MAS)
Leader: Felipe MUJICA
Seats won in this election: 6
- Party: Plan
Venezuela (PRVZL)
Leader: Henrique SALAS Romer
Seats won in this election: 6
- Party: Social
Christian Party (COPEI)
Leader: Lic. Rosana ORDOŅEZ
Seats won in this election: 6
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When was
the last election?
- This is the first
election to the unicameral National Assembly.
- The 21-member congress
is an interim legislature put in place after the constitution, which
passed by referendum in December 1999, dissolved the previous bicameral
parliament.
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Population
and number of registered voters:
- Population: 24,169,807
(June 2000 est.)
- Number of registered voters: 11,795,440
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Of Interest:
- The July 30, 2000
elections were originally scheduled for May 28, 2000, but were postponed
due to technical problems.
- A popular election
in July 1999 elected a 131-member National Constituent Assembly to draft
a new constitution. After being approved by referendum in December 1999,
the constitution dissolved the existing bicameral Parliament and outlined
plans to form a single chamber National Assembly.
- The May 28, 2000
election is the first election to the National Assembly.
- The new constitution
granted the right to vote to approximately 90,000 military personnel
previously barred from voting.
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SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES) |
For additional information:
IFES ElectionGuide Online |