2000 Venezuelan general election

General elections were held in Venezuela on 30 July 2000, the first under the country's newly adopted 1999 constitution.

2000 Venezuelan presidential election
30 July 2000
Turnout56.31%
 
Nominee Hugo Chávez Francisco Arias Cárdenas
Party MVR LCR
Home state Barinas Zulia
States carried 22 + Capital District 1
Popular vote 3,757,773 2,359,459
Percentage 59.8% 37.5%
Results by state. Red denotes states won by Chávez, Blue denotes states won by Arias Cárdenas.
President before election

Hugo Chávez
PSUV

 Elected President

Hugo Chávez
PSUV

Incumbent President Hugo Chávez ran for election for a full 6-year term under the new Constitution. He was challenged by another leftist, a former ally of his, Zulia Governor Francisco Arias Cárdenas. Chávez won the election with almost 60% of the popular vote, increasing his vote share over the previous elections, and managing to carry a larger number of states. Arias Cárdenas only managed to narrowly carry his home state of Zulia.

Electoral system

Representatives in the National Assembly were elected under a mixed member proportional representation, with 60% elected in single seat districts and the remainder by closed party lists.[1]

Results

President
 Summary of the 30 July 2000 Venezuela presidential election results
Candidates - Nominating parties Votes %
Hugo Chávez - Movement for the Fifth Republic (Movimiento V República) 3,757,773 59.76
Francisco Arias Cárdenas - The R Cause (La Causa R) 2,359,459 37.52
Claudio Fermín - Encuentro Nacional 171,346 2.72
Total 6,288,578 100.0
Registered voters 11,720,660
Votes cast (% of registered voters) 6,637,276 56.63
Valid votes (% of votes cast) 6,288,578 94.75
Invalid votes (% of votes cast) 348,698 5.25
No-votes (% of votes cast) 37,080 0.56
Abstention (% of registered voters) 5,120,464 43.69
Source: National Electoral Council (Venezuela)
Popular vote
Chávez
 
 59.76%
Cárdenas
 
 37.50%
Others
 
 2.72%

National Assembly
Summary of the 30 July 2000 Venezuelan National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional) election results
Party Votes % Seats
Fifth Republic Movement (Movimiento V [Quinta] República) 1,977,992 44.38 92
Democratic Action (Acción Democrática) 718,148 16.11 33
Project Venezuela (Proyecto Venezuela) 309,168 6.94 6
COPEI (Copei - Partido Social Cristiano de Venezuela) 227,349 5.10 6
Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) 224,170 5.03 6
Other 1,000,469 22.45 22
Total 4,457,296 100 165
Registered Voters 11,705,807
Votes Cast (% of registered voters) 6,560,503 56.05
Vetted Votes (% of votes cast) 6,559,149 99.98
Valid Votes (% of vetted votes) 4,457,296 67.96
Invalid Votes (% of vetted votes) 2,101,850 32.04
Abstention (% of registered voters) 5,145,199 43.95
Source: National Electoral Council
Popular vote
MVR
 
 44.38%
AD
 
 16.11%
PROVE
 
 6.94%
COPEI
 
 5.32%
MAS
 
 5.03%
LCR
 
 4.41%
PJ
 
 2.47%
PPT
 
 2.27%
UNT
 
 1.75%
ABP
 
 1.10%
Miranda Voters
 
 1.08%
CVGV-LAPY
 
 1.07%
Others
 
 8.06%
Seats
MVR
 
 55.76%
AD
 
 20.00%
PROVE
 
 3.64%
COPEI
 
 3.64%
MAS
 
 3.64%
PJ
 
 3.03%
CVGV-LAPY
 
 2.42%
LCR
 
 1.82%
UNT
 
 1.82%
PPT
 
 0.61%
Others
 
 3.64%
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References
  1. CNN, Venezuela (Presidential), accessed 27 September 2010
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