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States won by party |
Venezuelaportal |
Regional elections were held in Venezuela on 16 December 2012 to elect state governors and state legislators. [1] The result was a victory for the ruling United Socialist Party, which won the governorships of 20 of the 23 states, [2] an increase from the 18 won in the 2008 elections. [3] Voter turnout was 53%. [3]
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Liborio Guarulla | Progresist Movement of Venezuela | 35,328 | 55.03 | |
Nicia Maldonado | United Socialist Party of Venezuela | 24,876 | 38.75 | |
Gregorio Mirabal | United Multiethnic Peoples of the Amazonas | 3,523 | 5.49 | |
Magno Barros | Democratic Action | 242 | 0.38 | |
Plinio Graterol | Authentic Renewal Organization | 153 | 0.24 | |
Antonio Corapse | New Vision for My Country | 77 | 0.12 | |
Total | 64,199 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 64,199 | 96.76 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 2,149 | 3.24 | ||
Total votes | 66,348 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 97,560 | 68.01 | ||
Source: CNE |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Aristóbulo Istúriz | United Socialist Party of Venezuela | 292,753 | 56.46 | |
Antonio Barreto Sira | Democratic Action | 222,280 | 42.87 | |
Manuel Lozada | New Pact | 1,975 | 0.38 | |
Juan Carlo Mata | New Vision for My Country | 535 | 0.10 | |
Ubaldo Alvarado | People's Electoral Movement | 500 | 0.10 | |
Elieser Teran | Socialism and Liberty Party | 284 | 0.05 | |
Edwin Figuera | Labour Power | 197 | 0.04 | |
Total | 518,524 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 518,524 | 96.26 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 20,163 | 3.74 | ||
Total votes | 538,687 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,013,188 | 53.17 | ||
Source: CNE |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Ramón Carrizales | United Socialist Party of Venezuela | 94,112 | 63.31 | |
Luis Lippa | Citizen Force | 32,991 | 22.19 | |
Leopoldo Estrada | People's Electoral Movement | 21,220 | 14.27 | |
José Sosa | New Vision for My Country | 332 | 0.22 | |
Total | 148,655 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 148,655 | 96.15 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 5,958 | 3.85 | ||
Total votes | 154,613 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 313,874 | 49.26 | ||
Source: CNE |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Tareck El Aissami | United Socialist Party of Venezuela | 341,316 | 55.57 | |
Richard Mardo | Justice First | 271,367 | 44.18 | |
Aris Segovia | New Vision for My Country | 945 | 0.15 | |
Ruth Rodríguez | Authentic Renewal Organization | 502 | 0.08 | |
Emilio Bastidas | Socialism and Liberty Party | 113 | 0.02 | |
Total | 614,243 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 614,243 | 95.70 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 27,628 | 4.30 | ||
Total votes | 641,871 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,173,046 | 54.72 | ||
Source: CNE |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Adán Chávez | United Socialist Party of Venezuela | 143,198 | 57.90 | |
Julio César Reyes | Progressive Advance | 104,046 | 42.07 | |
Marco Tezara | New Vision for My Country | 76 | 0.03 | |
Total | 247,320 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 247,320 | 96.41 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 9,207 | 3.59 | ||
Total votes | 256,527 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 531,227 | 48.29 | ||
Source: CNE |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Francisco Rangel Gómez | United Socialist Party of Venezuela | 173,536 | 46.55 | |
Andrés Velásquez | Radical Cause | 163,265 | 43.80 | |
Manuel Arciniega | Communist Party of Venezuela | 30,045 | 8.06 | |
Robert Martínez | New Vision for My Country | 2,045 | 0.55 | |
Amauris Aular | Emerging People | 1,332 | 0.36 | |
Pedro Rondón | Think Democracy | 890 | 0.24 | |
María Quintina | Venezuelan Revolutionary Currents | 626 | 0.17 | |
José Contreras | Authentic Renewal Organization | 406 | 0.11 | |
Edwin Zambrano | Revolutionary Party of Work | 387 | 0.10 | |
Pedro Tabarés | Free Voters | 223 | 0.06 | |
Total | 372,755 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 372,755 | 95.34 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 18,225 | 4.66 | ||
Total votes | 390,980 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 950,034 | 41.15 | ||
Source: CNE |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Francisco Ameliach | United Socialist Party of Venezuela | 408,439 | 55.74 | |
Henrique Salas Feo | Project Venezuela | 319,619 | 43.62 | |
Noe Mujica | NOE Unity | 1,556 | 0.21 | |
Laura Valls | Free Voters | 1,052 | 0.14 | |
Raúl Coraspe | New Vision for My Country | 731 | 0.10 | |
Juan Linares | Organised Youth of Venezuela | 581 | 0.08 | |
María Mirabal | Labour Power | 327 | 0.04 | |
Antonio Espinoza | Socialism and Liberty Party | 276 | 0.04 | |
Juan Peña Loyo | Republican Bicentennial Vanguard | 212 | 0.03 | |
Total | 732,793 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 732,793 | 96.84 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 23,934 | 3.16 | ||
Total votes | 756,727 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,533,809 | 49.34 | ||
Source: CNE |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Erika Farías | United Socialist Party of Venezuela | 75,383 | 63.43 | |
Alberto Galíndez | Democratic Action | 42,820 | 36.03 | |
José Rodríguez | New Vision for My Country | 216 | 0.18 | |
José Castro | Ecological Movement of Venezuela | 154 | 0.13 | |
Pedro León | Cojedian Socialist Party | 136 | 0.11 | |
Antonio Matute | New Social Order | 77 | 0.06 | |
Wilfredo Lago | Labour Power | 55 | 0.05 | |
Total | 118,841 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 118,841 | 95.18 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 6,012 | 4.82 | ||
Total votes | 124,853 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 225,036 | 55.48 | ||
Source: CNE |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Lizeta Hernández | United Socialist Party of Venezuela | 42,037 | 82.09 | |
Arévalo Salazar | Movement for Socialism | 8,213 | 16.04 | |
Migdaesi Pinto | New Vision for My Country | 933 | 1.82 | |
Ricardo Koesling | New Social Order | 28 | 0.05 | |
Total | 51,211 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 51,211 | 95.98 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 2,143 | 4.02 | ||
Total votes | 53,354 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 114,043 | 46.78 | ||
Source: CNE |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Stella Lugo | United Socialist Party of Venezuela | 157,640 | 51.59 | |
Gregorio Graterol | Independent (MUD) | 109,779 | 35.93 | |
Oswaldo León | Independent | 36,287 | 11.88 | |
Raumel Guerrero | Community Defence Movement | 1,104 | 0.36 | |
Magalis Covis | Republican Bicentennial Vanguard | 583 | 0.19 | |
Elsa Colina | New Vision for My Country | 173 | 0.06 | |
Total | 305,566 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 305,566 | 96.05 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 12,563 | 3.95 | ||
Total votes | 318,129 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 638,516 | 49.82 | ||
Source: CNE |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ramón Rodríguez Chacín | United Socialist Party of Venezuela | 148,445 | 74.71 | |
José Manuel González | Democratic Action | 50,163 | 25.25 | |
Juan Carlos Rodríguez | New Vision for My Country | 87 | 0.04 | |
Total | 198,695 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 198,695 | 96.06 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 8,139 | 3.94 | ||
Total votes | 206,834 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 503,312 | 41.09 | ||
Source: CNE |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Henri Falcón | Progressive Advance | 352,478 | 53.88 | |
Luis Reyes Reyes | United Socialist Party of Venezuela | 300,074 | 45.87 | |
Julio La Cruz | Think Democracy | 971 | 0.15 | |
Cesar Guerrero | Ecological Movement of Venezuela | 691 | 0.11 | |
Total | 654,214 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 654,214 | 96.65 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 22,670 | 3.35 | ||
Total votes | 676,884 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,203,490 | 56.24 | ||
Source: CNE |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Alexis Ramírez | United Socialist Party of Venezuela | 150,493 | 50.24 | |
Léster Rodríguez | Copei | 116,197 | 38.79 | |
Florencio Porras | Communist Party of Venezuela | 31,765 | 10.60 | |
Daniel García | Independent Merideños Progressives | 467 | 0.16 | |
Gerardo Pacheco | Ecological Movement of Venezuela | 293 | 0.10 | |
Simón Rodríguez | Socialism and Liberty Party | 248 | 0.08 | |
Rafael Farias | New Vision for My Country | 86 | 0.03 | |
Total | 299,549 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 299,549 | 96.56 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 10,664 | 3.44 | ||
Total votes | 310,213 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 584,457 | 53.08 | ||
Source: CNE |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Henrique Capriles | Justice First | 583,660 | 51.83 | |
Elías Jaua | United Socialist Party of Venezuela | 538,549 | 47.83 | |
Claudio Ojeda | New Vision for My Country | 3,561 | 0.32 | |
Jorge Contreras | National Opinion | 297 | 0.03 | |
Total | 1,126,067 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 1,126,067 | 96.83 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 36,888 | 3.17 | ||
Total votes | 1,162,955 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,993,236 | 58.35 | ||
Source: CNE |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Yelitze Santaella | United Socialist Party of Venezuela | 168,532 | 55.11 | |
José Gregorio Briceño | Independent | 129,225 | 42.26 | |
Soraya Hernández | Independent (MUD) | 7,416 | 2.43 | |
Judith Márquez | New Vision for My Country | 432 | 0.14 | |
Humberto Canales | National Opinion | 95 | 0.03 | |
Francisco Arias | Republican Bicentennial Vanguard | 88 | 0.03 | |
Total | 305,788 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 305,788 | 96.46 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 11,212 | 3.54 | ||
Total votes | 317,000 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 599,082 | 52.91 | ||
Source: CNE |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Carlos Mata Figueroa | United Socialist Party of Venezuela | 110,982 | 54.06 | |
Morel Rodríguez Ávila | Democratic Action | 93,868 | 45.72 | |
Luis López Marcano | Ecological Movement of Venezuela | 302 | 0.15 | |
Frank Pinto | New Vision for My Country | 139 | 0.07 | |
Total | 205,291 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 205,291 | 97.01 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 6,333 | 2.99 | ||
Total votes | 211,624 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 334,218 | 63.32 | ||
Source: CNE |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Wilmar Castro Soteldo | United Socialist Party of Venezuela | 131,367 | 53.76 | |
Oswaldo Zerpa | Communist Party of Venezuela | 60,809 | 24.89 | |
Iván Colmenares | Independent (MUD) | 51,081 | 20.90 | |
Rafael Blanco | New Vision for My Country | 602 | 0.25 | |
Jesús Gonzáles | Revolutionary Party of Work | 267 | 0.11 | |
Akram El Nimer | Ecological Movement of Venezuela | 227 | 0.09 | |
Total | 244,353 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 244,353 | 95.19 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 12,339 | 4.81 | ||
Total votes | 256,692 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 583,710 | 43.98 | ||
Source: CNE |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Luis Acuña | United Socialist Party of Venezuela | 157,344 | 59.81 | |
Hernán Núñez | Popular Will | 93,869 | 35.68 | |
Félix Rodríguez | Labour Power | 8,892 | 3.38 | |
Elías Ocque | Good Land | 2,860 | 1.09 | |
Eleazar Guillen | Socialism and Liberty Party | 117 | 0.04 | |
Total | 263,082 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 263,082 | 95.73 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 11,731 | 4.27 | ||
Total votes | 274,813 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 630,820 | 43.56 | ||
Source: CNE |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
José G. Vielma Mora | United Socialist Party of Venezuela | 248,788 | 54.00 | |
César Pérez Vivas | Copei | 209,568 | 45.49 | |
William Méndez | National Opinion | 1,700 | 0.37 | |
Manuel Rugeles | Orientation Party of Táchira State | 321 | 0.07 | |
Rafael Escobar | New Vision for My Country | 302 | 0.07 | |
Total | 460,679 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 460,679 | 96.77 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 15,380 | 3.23 | ||
Total votes | 476,059 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 826,821 | 57.58 | ||
Source: CNE |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Henry Rangel Silva | United Socialist Party of Venezuela | 183,453 | 82.30 | |
José Hernández | Democratic Action | 38,511 | 17.28 | |
Oscar Hernández | New Vision for My Country | 941 | 0.42 | |
Total | 222,905 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 222,905 | 97.20 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 6,414 | 2.80 | ||
Total votes | 229,319 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 506,233 | 45.30 | ||
Source: CNE |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jorge García Carneiro | United Socialist Party of Venezuela | 77,476 | 73.45 | |
José Manuel Olivares | A New Era | 26,518 | 25.14 | |
Cristian González | United Vargas | 1,275 | 1.21 | |
Pedro Grateron | New Vision for My Country | 145 | 0.14 | |
César Gutierrez | Labour Power | 71 | 0.07 | |
Total | 105,485 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 105,485 | 94.51 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 6,126 | 5.49 | ||
Total votes | 111,611 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 268,605 | 41.55 | ||
Source: CNE |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Julio León Heredia | United Socialist Party of Venezuela | 127,333 | 61.48 | |
Biaggio Pilieri | Convergence | 78,217 | 37.77 | |
Richard José Lira | Authentic Renewal Organization | 654 | 0.32 | |
José Luis Portillo | New Vision for My Country | 601 | 0.29 | |
Ender Guedez | Socialist Renewal Movement | 307 | 0.15 | |
Total | 207,112 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 207,112 | 95.12 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 10,633 | 4.88 | ||
Total votes | 217,745 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 408,208 | 53.34 | ||
Source: CNE |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Francisco Arias Cárdenas | United Socialist Party of Venezuela | 759,214 | 52.23 | |
Pablo Pérez Álvarez | A New Era | 693,225 | 47.69 | |
Iris Rincón | New Vision for My Country | 657 | 0.05 | |
María Bolívar | United Democratic Party for Peace | 620 | 0.04 | |
Total | 1,453,716 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 1,453,716 | 97.83 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 32,296 | 2.17 | ||
Total votes | 1,486,012 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 2,389,371 | 62.19 | ||
Source: CNE |
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