2010 Venezuelan parliamentary election

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2010 Venezuelan parliamentary election
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  2005 26 October 2010 2015  

All 165 seats in the National Assembly
83 seats needed for a majority
Turnout66.42%
PartyLeader%Seats+/–
PSUV Diosdado Cabello 48.1398−66
MUD Ramón Guillermo Aveledo 47.2265New
PPT José Albornoz 3.142+1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Elecciones parlamentarias de Venezuela de 2010 - Resultados por circunscripcion.svg
Results by electoral constituency and party-list by state.
President of the NA before President of the NA
Cilia Flores
PSUV
Fernando Soto Rojas
PSUV

The 2010 parliamentary election in Venezuela took place on 26 September 2010 [1] to elect the 165 deputies to the National Assembly. Venezuelan opposition parties, which had boycotted the previous election thus allowing the governing Fifth Republic Movement (MVR) to gain a two-thirds super majority, participated in the election through the Coalition for Democratic Unity (MUD). In 2007 the Fifth Republic Movement dissolved and the United Socialist Party of Venezuela was formed as the leading government party. Nationally, the popular vote was split equally between PSUV and MUD, but PSUV won a majority of the first-past-the-post seats and consequently retained a substantial majority in the Assembly, although falling short of both two-thirds and three-fifths super majority marks. [2] [3]

Contents

Of the 165 deputies, 110 were constituency representatives elected on a first-past-the-post, the system in 87 electoral districts, 52 elected on a party list system (two or three deputies per state of Venezuela, depending on population), and 3 seats were reserved for indigenous peoples, with separate rules.

Additionally, 12 representatives were chosen for the Latin American Parliament.

There was initially a dispute between alliances that participated in the election as to which alliance received a plurality of votes. [4] [5] [6] [7] Each coalition was allowed to invite 30 foreign officials to observe the elections. [8] [9]

Background

Electoral changes

Elections for the National Assembly of Venezuela in the 2000 and the 2005 were conducted under a weak mixed member proportional system, with 60% elected in first-past-the-post electoral districts and the remainder by closed party list proportional representation. [10] This was an adaptation of the system previously used for the Venezuelan Chamber of Deputies, [11] which had been introduced in 1993, with a 50-50 balance between voting districts and party lists, [12] and deputies per state proportional to population, but with a minimum of three deputies per state. [13]

For the 2010 election, the Ley Orgánica de Procesos Electorales (LOPE) (Basic law of electoral process) among other changes reduced the party list proportion to 30%. In addition, the law completely separated the district vote and the party list votes, creating a more parallel system. Previously, parties winning nominal district seats had had these subtracted from the total won under the proportional party list.[ citation needed ] Under the new law, in 2009, electoral districts were redefined in a way that has been accused of favouring the PSUV, particularly in giving more weight to votes in the countryside over those in the city. [14] [15] [16]

Electoral process

As usual in Venezuela, the voting took place on a non-work day, and the sale of alcohol was banned starting the day prior to elections.[ citation needed ]

Four domestic NGOs registered 624 observers each. [17] Unlike the election in 2005, major independent election observing organisations such as the Organization of American States, the European Union and the Carter Center were not invited to observe this election in a technical capacity. Guests from those bodies allowed to observe the final days of the election were not given the technical observation role they had been given in the past. Instead, each alliance participating in the election was permitted to bring "up to 30 witnesses from abroad." [8] [9] [17] [18] The European Union noted that "the Venezuelan National Electoral Council accredited more than 200 international guests to accompany the day of the election. No long-term international electoral observation missions participated." [8] Foreign observers were warned in a full-page newspaper advertisement "not to interfere with the nation's internal affairs." An opposition spokesman said that "If observers were allowed to watch the campaign, they would have seen the abuse of power and of public resources and public media." [17] The government's Roy Chaderton said that foreign observers were present and that comments like this from the opposition were "part of the media terrorism they like to practice". [17]

The CNE monitors political advertisements during campaigns, and reported that for a 3-day period at the end of August, opposition ads made up 60.3% of the airtime given to such ads, across the five main channels Venevisión, Televen, Globovisión, Tves and Venezolana de Televisión. [19] Over half the total opposition ad time of around 80 minutes was on Globovisión . [19] Media controlled by the government gave "blanket coverage to the PSUV's campaign and token, hostile interviews to opposition candidates". [20]

In early September, one member of the five-person CNE, the pro-opposition councillor Vicente Díaz, publicly accused Chavez of breaking campaign laws by using state-run television to "berate rivals and praise friends" during the election campaign. [20] [21] Chavez denied breaking the law, and said that Diaz could be prosecuted for making false accusations. [21] Díaz requested the CNE open administrative proceedings, but after extensive internal discussion the CNE declined. The opposition electoral coalition, Coalition for Democratic Unity (MUD) rejected the CNE decision, and said it illustrated CNE's lack of independence and willingness to justify violation of electoral rules.[ citation needed ]

Campaign

Around 17.5 million of the country's 28.5 million population were eligible to vote. [22]

PSUV

In order to revise the party's statutes, programme, and primary voting methods, the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela planned a congress of 772 members representing the country's 759 municipalities. These members were elected by the members of the party in an election held on 15 November 2009. [23] At this congress, beginning on 21 November 2009 and ending in March 2010, [24] members were to debate each weekend over the new standards of the party, in which are included voting and selection method for the upcoming parliamentary elections. [25]

Opposition

The main Venezuelan opposition parties had boycotted the 2005 parliamentary election, unexpectedly withdrawing just before election day, despite a dispute over the voting process apparently having been resolved with the support of the Organization of American States (OAS). [26] Eleven deputies subsequently defected to the opposition or declared themselves independent. [22]

In June 2009, it was reported that the opposition parties were planning to create the Mesa de la Unidad Democrática (Coalition for Democratic Unity, MUD) a coalition that would include all of the opposition parties which might select unique candidates for the upcoming elections. [27] A previous opposition umbrella group, the Coordinadora Democrática , had collapsed after the failure of the 2004 recall referendum.

By April 2010, the MUD included around 50 political parties, of which 16 were national in scope and the rest regional, and received support from some other social organisations and opinion groups. [22] The main parties included in MUD are the traditional Democratic Action and COPEI (which held power from 1958 to 1998); the left groups Movement for Socialism, Radical Cause and Red Flag Party; and more recently established parties A New Era, Justice First and For Social Democracy ("PODEMOS"). [22] In April the MUD held primaries in 15 electoral districts, with 361,000 voters participating, and selecting 22 candidates (the remaining 143 candidates were chosen "by consensus"). [22] The candidates chosen included Maria Corina Machado (of Sumate) and Manuel Rosales, the opposition's candidate in the 2006 presidential election and now in exile in Peru (due to corruption charges, which he denies). [22] In addition, a number of the nine police officials imprisoned for participating in the 2002 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt, regarded by the MUD as political prisoners, were also nominated, in districts with a real chance of opposition success; [22] winning would require their release due to parliamentary immunity. [22]

The MUD is supported by the Movimiento 2D opposition movement led by El Nacional editor and proprietor Miguel Henrique Otero. [28]

Events

In mid-August 2010 El Nacional sparked an international outcry when its frontpage publication of a graphic archival photo of bodies in a morgue, to illustrate a story about rising crime rates, led the government to temporarily ban such publications. [29] El Nacional editor and proprietor Miguel Henrique Otero, leader of the opposition movement Movimiento 2D, said that "The editorial reasoning behind the photo was to create a shock so that people could in some way react to a situation that the government has done absolutely nothing about." [30] The incident brought further international attention to the issue of Venezuela's crime rates (having already received widespread attention as a leading issue of public concern), and was followed by an article in The New York Times , reporting Venezuela's murder rate was higher than that of Iraq, [31] although the comparison used Iraq Body Count's numbers derived from media reports rather than the World Health Organization's survey-based estimates, which are three times higher. A September 2010 poll conducted by Alfredo Keller & Associates confirmed that crime was the top concern for Venezuelans heading into the September 26 parliamentary elections, [32] as it had been for some time.

At the end of August the death of Franklin Brito due to a hunger strike led to widespread domestic and international media coverage. He had, since 2004, launched a series of unsuccessful legal challenges and dramatic public protests (including a series of hunger strikes) against an alleged government confiscation of part of his farm. The government maintained that his protests were related to land legally owned by his neighbours, and that his final hunger strike came after the disputed land titles had been withdrawn from his neighbours. The government accused the Venezuelan opposition of acting like "vultures" and desiring Brito's death for their own political ends in the context of the coming election. [33]

Opinion polls

Poll results are listed in the tables below in chronological order and using the date the results of the survey were published. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour.

Poll companySourcePublication date PSUV MUD Undecided
GIS XXI Radio Nacional de Venezuela [ unreliable source ]March 201032%22%36%
GIS XXI Radio Nacional de Venezuela [ unreliable source ]May 201036%23%33%
GIS XXI Radio Nacional de Venezuela [ unreliable source ]June 201044%20%
Hinterlaces Hinterlaces El Universal July 201027%28%23%
GIS XXI Correo del Orinoco [ unreliable source ]August 201050%44%
IVAD El Universal August 201045%43%
Keller & Asociados El Universal August 201032%46%
Keller & Asociados El Universal 2 September 201043%57%
Datanálisis ABC.es September 201052%48%
Hinterlaces Unión Radio Descifrado September 201041%37%
IVAD Unión Radio Descifrado September 201054%46%

Opinion polls vary widely, but the government-aligned GIS XXI (directed by former Chavez interior minister Jesse Chacón) consistently gives poll predictions more favourable to PSUV than other pollsters. GIS XXI's predictions for the February 2009 constitutional referendum just before polling day tallied closely with those of the independent Instituto Venezolano de Análisis de Datos (IVAD), and both closely matched the outcome (a nearly 10 percent margin of victory for approval); opposition-linked companies were predicting heavy defeat as late as December 2008.[ citation needed ]

In August 2010, the newspaper Últimas Noticias published what it said was the result of an unpublished opinion poll by Datanálisis, which showed the PSUV was likely to win 124 of the National Assembly's 165 seats, which would give it a two-thirds majority. Datanálisis later clarified that the results were a February 2010 extrapolation of the results of the last national election, the 2009 constitutional referendum. [34]

Results

Complete results were available on 28 September, showing a turnout of 66.45%. Out of 165 seats, the PSUV won 96, the MUD 64, the PPT 2, and three others were reserved for indigenous parties.

The election saw the PSUV retain 58.18% of the Assembly seats. It thus lost its two-thirds majority in the assembly, and therefore would not be able to pass organic legislation on its own, without the support of at least some members of the MUD opposition. The PSUV also did not attain a three-fifths majority, which means it would not be able to pass enabling legislation without the aid of 3 non-PSUV members of the National Assembly. [3]

The three seats reserved for indigenous peoples were elected from the Foundation for Integration and Dignification, the Autonomous Movement of Zulia and from CONIVE.[ citation needed ]

PartyParty-listConstituencyTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
United Socialist Party of Venezuela 5,113,12145.21257,521,27745.777196
A New Era 998,6068.8321,143,3176.961012
Justice First 974,3588.6251,562,9629.511015
Democratic Action 924,3398.17141,321,8308.04822
Copei 580,4585.131723,5794.4056
Fatherland for All 340,5663.011677,4724.1212
Project Venezuela 339,8533.012572,7533.4913
For Social Democracy 298,3112.640477,7472.9122
National Integrity Movement–Unity 204,1631.810314,5641.9100
Communist Party of Venezuela 162,9191.440193,8041.1800
Tupamaro 152,8291.350148,4790.9000
Radical Cause 103,3670.911203,7401.2412
Fearless People's Alliance 91,4080.810132,2230.8000
Clear Accounts 75,7230.670100,2610.6111
Red Flag Party 67,5630.60082,7900.5000
Republican Movement62,1520.55068,0020.4100
Movement for Socialism 51,4610.46067,3570.4100
Convergence 47,1320.42146,7620.2801
Project Carabobo44,1260.39066,9170.4100
United for Venezuela41,7410.37062,6450.3800
National Opinion 34,7790.31042,6330.2600
Democratic Unity33,5370.30054,8760.3300
Emerging People33,2220.29060,7490.3700
Independent Solidarity 31,3850.28044,2820.2700
People's Electoral Movement 30,8260.27040,0390.2400
Democratic Republican Union 24,6690.22037,0790.2300
Venezuelan Popular Unity 20,9160.18024,9000.1500
People's Vanguard20,3740.18028,6240.1700
Ecological Movement of Venezuela 17,3990.15023,7760.1400
Liberal Force 14,5470.13027,5350.1700
Allied Democrats of Free Expression14,0650.12014,9120.0900
Only One People13,9140.12016,0630.1000
Democracia Renovadora12,3950.11018,6260.1100
Electores Libres11,0880.10014,2980.0900
Gerencia Organizacion y Operatividad de Vision Avanzada11,0490.10011,3520.0700
Frente Unido al Trabajo Social10,8620.10021,9230.1300
Partido Autentico Nacional10,3280.09014,5560.0900
Confederacion Democratica10,0300.09014,2120.0900
Poder Laboral9,0650.08012,0360.0700
Community Change Response Networks9,0480.08012,7130.0800
Labour Movement8,9130.08014,0430.0900
Union Nacional Independiente de Organizaciones Sociales8,7230.0808,4250.0500
Por un Mejor Vivir8,5360.08015,0980.0900
Independents for National Community8,0790.0707,5080.0500
Organized Socialist Party in Venezuela 7,8950.07012,0650.0700
Think Democracy7,6770.07010,4210.0600
United Youth in National Action with Bimba7,6650.07010,7370.0700
Nosotros Organizados Elegimos7,5410.07012,1070.0700
Organisation Force in Motion 7,5230.07017,9590.1100
Venezuela de Primera7,3460.06011,9760.0700
Voluntarios por la Democracia7,2130.06014,1760.0900
Movimiento Bastion Revolucionario Doscientos Cuatro Fases7,0190.06017,9270.1100
Movimiento Conciencia de Pais6,4720.06010,6740.0600
Por Mi Pueblo6,2480.0606,8940.0400
Alianza Social Independiente Sucre6,1270.0507,9840.0500
Movimiento Alternativo Buscando Soluciones5,8860.05015,6230.1000
Vision Venezuela5,8420.0506,8260.0400
Voters of Bolivar5,8000.05016,2970.1000
Fuerza Ciudadana5,7380.0505,4170.0300
Justicia, Rectitud, Lealtad5,7330.0506,5240.0400
Solidaridad5,6100.0507,6680.0500
Plataforma de Encuentro Social4,9630.0406,1020.0400
Partido Politico Actividad Vecinal4,8930.0406,0990.0400
United for Human Rights 4,7560.0407,6770.0500
Nuevo Pacto4,7490.0403,8650.0200
Unidos por Monagas4,7010.04015,0850.0900
Nuevo Orden Social4,5280.0405,6310.0300
Renovacion Organizada Grupo Emergente4,1610.0404,2280.0300
Movimiento Nacional la Base Decide3,6120.0306,1150.0400
Dignidad Patriotica3,0290.0305,1280.0300
Fuerza de la Gente2,6130.0203,0350.0200
Dignidad Social Monaguense2,5400.0203,9650.0200
Organizados para Gobernar Gente Nueva2,4920.0202,8450.0200
Advanced Regional Movement2,1890.0202,1870.0100
Consenso en la Zona2,1680.0202,5970.0200
Revolutionary Socialist Party of Venezuela2,0670.0203,4300.0200
Movimiento Vecinal Comunitario1,8160.0204,2910.0300
Movimiento pro Defensa de la Comunidad1,6510.0101,8620.0100
Pueblo en la Calle1,5830.0101,1860.0100
Luz de Anzoategui1,5680.0102,1900.0100
Movimiento Comunitario Voluntad Vecinal1,5070.0102,2710.0100
Progreso Unidad para Anzoátegui1,4970.0101,8230.0100
Movement 1001,4720.0103,5110.0200
Movimiento de Inclusion sin Exclusion en Lara1,4180.0103,3870.0200
Movimiento Popular1,3970.0101,1580.0100
Voluntariado por Lara1,3570.0103,3010.0200
Urgencia Solidaria de Transformacion Estadal Democratica1,2670.0102,4650.0200
Caroni Decide1,2310.0103,2750.0200
Carabobo Militancia Nacional1,1890.0102,1080.0100
Movimiento Independiente por Maracaibo1,1630.0101,1320.0100
Por Amor a los Pueblos1,1370.0101,4180.0100
Comite de Bases Organizadas Independientes de Silva1,1020.0101,3160.0100
Tiempo Social Nacionalista1,0760.0101,3150.0100
Juventud Activa1,0750.0101290.0000
Partido Democracia Nacional1,0370.0108500.0100
Movimiento Independiente por El Zulia1,0340.0101,0410.0100
Intercultural Pluriethnic Movement of Venezuela1,0020.0108520.0100
Progreso en Marcha9990.0101,1710.0100
Puro Limon9390.0101,6540.0100
Alpha Project9260.0101,5010.0100
Seguimos Hacia Carabobo9030.0101,7080.0100
Somos Miranda8570.0101,3210.0100
Pueblo Luchador8460.0101,0650.0100
Dialogo8370.0101,0520.0100
Movimiento Emergente Regional Independiente8340.0107420.0000
Movimiento Ciudadano Unidos por la Democracia8320.0102,1070.0100
Puerto Cabello Primero8230.0109290.0100
Venezuela con Otra Vision8230.0101,1790.0100
Movimiento Unido Electoral Varguense Tu Esperanza8090.0101,6400.0100
Movimiento Popular Camino Nuevo7990.0101,4670.0100
Venezuelan Independent Will Voters7960.0109120.0100
Rumbo Seguro7610.0106370.0000
Abriendo Brecha por Anzoategui7520.0101,1190.0100
Worlers' Party7310.0101,0200.0100
Organised Independent Party7020.0104780.0000
Una Venezuela Activa Libre6950.0101,2590.0100
Cambio Historico Etico de Opinion6560.0109660.0100
Nuestra Esperanza en Lara6560.0101,7060.0100
Renovacion en Democracia Nacimiento Alternativo6520.0101,2320.0100
La Hora del Pueblo6470.0102960.0000
Partido Popular por una Caracas de Primera6430.0108530.0100
Consenso Histórico Electoral Independiente Que Educa6270.0108390.0100
Movimiento Independiente Alcantarense6260.0106380.0000
Alianza de Unidad Regional6150.0101,4850.0100
Social Cause6060.0108490.0100
Sociality Unity of the Left5800.0107290.0000
Grupo Electoral Regional Amazonense Dispuestos a Vencer Unidos5660.0107470.0000
Claridad Ciudadana5430.0001,1660.0100
Revolucionario Independiente Organizado Social5320.0005960.0000
Movement for Direct Democracy5240.0003910.0000
Ciudadanos a la Reconstruccion Vamos4790.0004580.0000
Venezuela Alternativa4640.0007400.0000
Amigos por Venezuela4560.0004570.0000
Alternativa Revolucionaria para Avanzar al Socialismo4290.0007780.0000
Constructores de Guayana4070.0009930.0100
Unión Patriótica Guariqueña3790.0003400.0000
Movimiento Independiente Renovador-2003740.0004320.0000
Movimiento Comunidades Organizadas3600.0008740.0100
La Red del Pueblo3490.0003120.0000
Fuerza Democrata de Venezuela3320.0003460.0000
Nueva Generacion Insular3210.0002980.0000
Movimiento Revolucionario Barineses por Venezuela3150.0005560.0000
Por un Mariño Mejor3060.0002710.0000
Sobre Ruedas por Cojedes3040.0003710.0000
Everyone United for Amazonas2980.0002010.0000
Alianza Eficaz2730.0004170.0000
Unidad Patriotica Comunitaria2670.0002800.0000
Sixth Republic2340.0002140.0000
Socialismo en Marcha2160.0003730.0000
Vamos Adelante2060.0001960.0000
Movimiento Politico de Participacion Ciudadana1820.0001530.0000
Guardianes de la Patria1700.0001890.0000
Movimiento Progresista1530.0002100.0000
Fuerza Brava1520.0002770.0000
Nueva Revolucion1400.0001090.0000
Por Vargas de Verdad1260.0002030.0000
Nuevo Dia1190.0001150.0000
Movimiento de Avanzada Regional Organizada en Amazonas1110.000840.0000
Amigos de Alianza Libertadora Independiente1070.000770.0000
Yacimiento Indigenista Venezolano Independiente1040.0001,1020.0100
People of Vargas1000.0001750.0000
Accion Regional Social Voluntaria950.0001000.0000
Vargas Solidaria930.0001950.0000
Movimiento de Concentracion Gente Nueva710.000580.0000
Patria y Democracia680.000610.0000
Grupo de Accion Radical Unidos por la Amistad670.000710.0000
Rompamos Cadenas610.0001240.0000
Siempre Contigo Carabobo2,0390.0100
Varias Tarjetas Válidas1,5210.0100
Fuerza con Caticaracas1,1020.0100
Dignidad Independiente en Accion220.0000
Independents4280.0000
Indigenous representatives3
Total11,309,145100.005216,431,660100.00110165
Valid votes11,309,14597.52
Invalid/blank votes287,0942.48
Total votes11,596,239100.00
Registered voters/turnout17,458,47366.42
Source: IFES, Jose Huerta, CNE

By state

StateParty list seatsNominal seats
VotesSeats PSUV MUD PPT
PSUV MUD PPT Others PSUV MUD PPT PODEMOS MPJ AD Causa Я CC COPEI UNT PV
Amazonas 23,9348,07123,6991,244111
Anzoátegui 278,717323,7015,32612,17211231
Apure 97,96659,1972,6232,069113
Aragua 354,638328,1655,99016,5671142
Barinas 172,643129,2442,7431,736114
Bolivar 257,546243,9984,7665,4141151
Carabobo 390,834484,3906,72423,09612511
Cojedes 80,83741,2071,0863,381112
Delta Amacuro 51,01316,2645843,43622
Distrito Capital 484,103484,84411,31333,8621261
Falcón 189,769167,6743,5621,9761131
Guárico 164,28182,37232,4072,852113
Lara 297,275219,348207,1814,9801152
Mérida 178,638183,5632,8511,7341131
Miranda 501,468691,1187,02610,2451254
Monagas 194,118116,9091,97517,546114
Nueva Esparta 78,656111,7351,345968112
Portuguesa 205,739104,8877,1028,274114
Sucre 170,541157,2392,5061,5021122
Táchira 216,393290,2171,6725,7711114
Trujillo 175,11698,5382,8092,861113
Vargas 84,24166,5531,2911,574112
Yaracuy 131,98297,72511,1291,063113
Zulia 670,974827,3506,9674,41412210
TOTAL5,451,422
48.20%
5,334,309
47.17%
354,677
3.14%
168,737
1.49%
252617121081151011
Three additional seats are reserved for indigenous peoples: these were won by the Fundación para la Capacitación e Integración y Dignificación, the Movimiento Indígena Autónomo del estado Zulia and the Consejo Nacional Indio de Venezuela (CONIVE).
Source: National Electoral Council [35] [36]

Elected representatives

RepresentativePartyStateVotes
Bloque oficialista
César Sanguinetti PSUV Amazonas List
Earle Herrera PSUV Anzoátegui List
Cristóbal Jiménez PSUV Apure List
Orlando Zambrano PSUV Apure-133 034
Juan García PSUV Apure-233 208
Jhonny Salguero PSUV Apure-330 473
María León PSUV Aragua List
Rosa León PSUV Aragua-295 260
José Hernández PSUV Aragua-294 209
Carlos Escarrá PSUV Aragua-366 555
Elvis Amoroso PSUV Aragua-475 540
Giovanny Peña PSUV Barinas List
Jesús Graterol PSUV Barinas-1115 632
Eduardo Lima PSUV Barinas-1115 025
Zulay Martínez PSUV Barinas-259 544
Maigualida Santana PSUV Barinas-259 260
Victoria Mata PSUV Bolívar List
Gil Barrios PSUV Bolívar-178 721
Tito Oviedo PSUV Bolívar-178 270
Richard Sosa PSUV Bolívar-2134 057
Nancy Asencio PSUV Bolívar-2133 916
Sol Velásquez PSUV Bolívar-2133 434
Francisco Ameliach PSUV Carabobo List
Miriam Pérez PSUV Carabobo-178 841
Héctor Argüero PSUV Carabobo-458 791
José Ávila PSUV Carabobo-5149 977
Saúl Ortega PSUV Carabobo-5149 812
Asdrúbal Colina PSUV Carabobo-5149 753
Érika Farías PSUV Cojedes List
Loidy Herrera PSUV Cojedes-136 763
Alejandro Villanueva PSUV Cojedes-241 455
Yelitza Santaella PSUV Delta Amacuro List
Henry Hernández PSUV Delta Amacuro List
Alfredo Rojas PSUV Delta Amacuro-126 535
Loa Tamaronis PSUV Delta Amacuro-220 804
Cilia Flores PSUV Distrito Capital List
Aristóbulo Istúriz PSUV Distrito Capital-1134 919
Freddy Bernal PSUV Distrito Capital-1133 115
Robert Serra PSUV Distrito Capital-271 339
Jesús Farías PSUV Distrito Capital-480 359
Darío Vivas PSUV Distrito Capital-5138 531
Juan Carlos Alemán PSUV Distrito Capital-5138 436
Fernando Soto PSUV Falcón List
Andrés Eloy Méndez PSUV Falcón-139 417
Jesús Montilla PSUV Falcón-258 308
Henry Ventura PSUV Falcón-441 396
Jesús Cepeda PSUV Guárico-178 820
Roger Cordero PSUV Guárico-245 714
Alfredo Ureña PSUV Guárico-339 026
Luis Reyes Reyes PSUV Lara List
Alexander Torrealba PSUV Lara-1130 197
Francisco Martínez PSUV Lara-1130 115
Isabel Lameda PSUV Lara-1129 499
Alexander Dudamel PSUV Lara-2115 658
Julio Chávez PSUV Lara-2114 630
Diógenes Andrade PSUV Mérida List
Alexis Ramírez PSUV Mérida-146 161
Ramón Lobo PSUV Mérida-243 177
Guido Ochoa PSUV Mérida-345 659
Héctor Navarro PSUV Miranda List
Juan Soto PSUV Miranda-4106 839
Marleny Contreras PSUV Miranda-4106 737
Modesto Ruiz PSUV Miranda-552 592
Claudio Farías PSUV Miranda-695 629
Elio Serrano PSUV Miranda-754 980
Diosdado Cabello PSUV Monagas List
María Aranguren PSUV Monagas-1120 708
Orangel López PSUV Monagas-1120 306
Nelson Rodríguez Parra PSUV Monagas-1120 250
Jesús Domínguez PSUV Monagas-270 101
William Fariñas PSUV Nueva Esparta List
Blanca Eekhout PSUV Portuguesa List
Silvio Mora PSUV Portuguesa-165 241
Enzo Caballo Russo PSUV Portuguesa-243 371
Nelson Escobar PSUV Portuguesa-354 068
César González PSUV Portuguesa-442 714
Luis Acuña Cedeño PSUV Sucre List
Erick Mago PSUV Sucre-154 432
Algencio Monasterio PSUV Sucre-238 088
Iris Varela PSUV Táchira List
Ricardo Sanguino PSUV Táchira-340 854
Manuel Briceño PSUV Trujillo List
Christian Zerpa PSUV Trujillo-161 582
José Morales PSUV Trujillo-266 633
Hugbel Roa PSUV Trujillo-347 119
Oswaldo Vera PSUV Vargas List
Odalis Monzón PSUV Vargas-184 456
Gladys Requena PSUV Vargas-184 083
Braulio Álvarez PSUV Yaracuy List
Néstor León Heredia PSUV Yaracuy-146 985
Yorman Aular PSUV Yaracuy-239 147
Carlos Gamarra PSUV Yaracuy-345 933
Francisco Arias Cárdenas PSUV Zulia List
Jhony Bracho PSUV Zulia-238 021
Sergio Fuenmayor PSUV Zulia-365 588
Óscar Figueras PCV Guárico List
José Luis González CONIVE Indígena-Oriente852 689
Argelio Pérez FUNDACIDI Indígena-Sur119 270
Bloque Mesa de la Unidad Democrática
Hiram Gaviria UNT Aragua-1151 418
Stalin González UNT Distrito Capital List
Carlos Ramos Rivas UNT Mérida-375 685
William Ojeda UNT Miranda List
Alfonso Marquina UNT Miranda-1112 595
Orlando Ávila UNT Nueva Esparta-146 700
Enrique Catalán UNT Trujillo List
Omar Barboza UNT Zulia List
Alfredo Osorio UNT Zulia List
Juan Romero UNT Zulia-145 112
William Barrientos UNT Zulia-449 368
José Sánchez UNT Zulia-592 123
Enrique Márquez UNT Zulia-693 985
Elías Matta UNT Zulia-871 305
Julio Montoya UNT Zulia-988 797
Freddy Paz UNT Zulia-1246 599
Antonio Barreto Sira AD Anzoátegui List
Rodolfo Rodríguez AD Anzoátegui-190 441
Carlos Michelangeli AD Anzoátegui-394 565
Miriam de Montilla AD Apure List
Dennis Fernández AD Cojedes List
Elieser Sirit AD Falcón List
Edgar Zambrano AD Lara-385 808
Williams Dávila AD Mérida List
Juan Pablo García AD Monagas List
Tobías Bolívar Parra AD Nueva Esparta List
César Rincones AD Sucre List
Leomagno Flores AD Táchira-154 321
Bernardo Guerra AD Vargas List
Hernán Alemán AD Zulia-10100 802
Jacinto Romero Luna COPEI Anzoátegui-255 335
José Gregorio Graterol COPEI Falcón-354 235
Eduardo Gómez Sigala COPEI Lara-388 706
Enrique Mendoza COPEI Miranda-2234 272
Morel Rodríguez Rojas COPEI Nueva Esparta-264 049
Iván Colmenares COPEI Portuguesa List
Homero Ruiz COPEI Táchira List
Gabino Paz COPEI Táchira-244 056
Abelardo Díaz COPEI Táchira-444 056
Mervin Méndez COPEI Zulia-1187 514
Richard Arteaga PJ Anzoátegui-393 117
Richard Mardo PJ Aragua-1152 722
Dinhora Figuera PJ Distrito Capital List
Julio Borges PJ Miranda List
Juan Carlos Caldera PJ Miranda-3122 847
Tomás Guanipa PJ Zulia-773 099
Jesús Paraqueima PODEMOS Anzoátegui-191 195
Ismael García PODEMOS Aragua List
Hermes García PODEMOS Sucre-392 292
Carlos Berrizbeitia PROVE Carabobo List
Deyaitza Aray PROVE Carabobo List
Vestalia Sampedro PROVE Carabobo-264 671
Andrés Velásquez LCR Bolívar List
Américo de Grazia LCR Bolívar-348 439
Alfredo Ramos LCR Lara List
Richar Blanco ABP Distrito Capital-3124 957
Biaggio Pirieli Convergencia Yaracuy List
Marcos Figueroa DALE Anzoátegui-480 810
Julio César Reyes GE Barinas List
Miguel Cocchiola CC Carabobo-3164 494
Hernán Núñez MVP Sucre-394 457
José Manuel GonzálezIndep Guárico List
María Corina Machado Indep Miranda-2235 259
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Indep Táchira-597 458
Arcadio Montiel MIAZULIA Indígena-Occidente1 063 904
Partido Patria Para Todos
Nirma Guarulla PPT Amazonas List
Julio YgarzaR PPT Amazonas-123 453

Reaction

Chavez called the results a "solid victory." [37]

The price on Venezuelan bonds increased on news of the election results, described by Bloomberg as "Chavez's worst setback at the ballot box since taking office in 1999". [38]

Analysis

According to Reuters, "The new parliamentarians do not take their seats until January, so Chavez has a compliant Assembly for three months more to push through legislation." [39]

After the election, the Spanish newspaper El País suggested that the PSUV and the MUD would have finished with 80 seats each had the elections been run under the previous system. [40] [41]

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  41. Indeed, the number of seats which would have been obtained in a strictly proportional system are close to these numbers. If the percentage of the 2010 party list vote gained by each of the main party alliances were multiplied by 165, the number of seats contested in the Assembly, the PSUV would have won 79.54 seats, the MUD would have won 77.83 seats, and the PPT would have won 5.17 seats (these figures are presented as decimals to reflect that different proportional representation rounding methods might round these figures up or down, depending on the methodology used to round the value to a whole number). Multiplying the vote percentages instead by 162 (to reflect that three seats were elected separately by indigenous Venezuelans) would lower the results of the calculation to PSUV, 78.08 seats; MUD 76.42 seats; and PPT 5.09 seats. (Figures derived from the CNE official vote results.)

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