2000 Venezuelan general election
Presidential election
Turnout 56.63%
Results by state. Red denotes states won by Chávez, Blue denotes states won by Arias Cárdenas.
General elections were held in Venezuela on 30 July 2000, the first under the country's newly adopted 1999 constitution . 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 [ ] Candidate Party Votes % Hugo Chávez Fifth Republic Movement 3,757,773 59.76 Francisco Arias Cárdenas Radical Cause 2,359,459 37.52 Claudio Fermín National Encounter 171,346 2.72 Total 6,288,578 100.00 Valid votes 6,288,578 94.75 Invalid/blank votes 348,698 5.25 Total votes 6,637,276 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 11,720,660 56.63 Source: CNE
National Assembly [ ] Party Votes % Seats Fifth Republic Movement 1,977,992 44.38 92 Democratic Action 718,148 16.11 33 Project Venezuela 309,168 6.94 6 Copei 227,349 5.10 6 Movement for Socialism 224,170 5.03 6 Radical Cause 196,787 4.41 3 Justice First 109,900 2.47 5 Fatherland for All 101,246 2.27 1 A New Era 78,109 1.75 3 Fearless People's Alliance 49,218 1.10 0 Voters of Miranda 48,291 1.08 0 Convergence 47,620 1.07 4 Democratic Left 37,230 0.84 0 National Encounter 37,036 0.83 0 United for Human Rights 33,669 0.76 0 MIGATO 21,044 0.47 1 Movement for Direct Democracy 19,856 0.45 0 Communist Party of Venezuela 15,997 0.36 0 15,272 0.34 0 Red Flag Party 14,273 0.32 0 11,234 0.25 0 10,547 0.24 0 10,163 0.23 0 Independents for National Community 7,760 0.17 0 FCT 6,869 0.15 0 Builders of a Country 6,259 0.14 0 Caroni Decides 8,788 0.20 0 Emerging People 5,044 0.11 0 New Democratic Regime 4,403 0.10 0 Organised Renovation And Emerging Group 4,050 0.09 0 Revolutionary Apureño Movement 3,952 0.09 0 People's Electoral Movement 3,738 0.08 0 Social Democratic Alliance 3,173 0.07 0 Advanced Regional Movement 2,939 0.07 0 Independent Regional Emerging Movement 2,686 0.06 0 Voluntariado 2,643 0.06 0 Democratic Republican Union 2,641 0.06 0 Acijusta 2,561 0.06 0 Communities United for Reason and Self-Esteem 2,493 0.06 0 Trabuco Mirandino 2,448 0.05 0 Justice Patrol 2,439 0.05 0 2,401 0.05 0 United for Vargas 2,348 0.05 0 Ospinero Independent Front for Portuguesa 2,311 0.05 0 Iniciativa Propia 2,163 0.05 0 Organised Independent Indigenous Movement 1,967 0.04 0 United Multi-Ethnic Peoples of Amazonas 1,837 0.04 1 Out of Love for Venezuela 1,751 0.04 0 MDD 1,733 0.04 0 Organised Citizen Option 1,720 0.04 0 Towards the Good Homeland 1,683 0.04 0 Social Cause 1,659 0.04 0 Optimistic People 1,540 0.03 0 New Insular Generation 1,509 0.03 0 Renewing Democracy 2000 1,505 0.03 0 Movimiento Civilista Adelante Cojedes 1,398 0.03 0 Citizens in Action 1,274 0.03 0 Voluntariado Organizado Zuliano 1,181 0.03 0 Reto Popular Merideño 1,112 0.02 0 Authentic Renewal Organization 1,066 0.02 0 Comando de Partecipación Comunitaria 995 0.02 0 956 0.02 0 Movimiento Patriotico Ciudadano "Yo Existo" 936 0.02 0 Vision Social Constituyente 927 0.02 0 Apoyo Profesional 912 0.02 0 Organización Contra el Abuso 762 0.02 0 Fuerza Popular 747 0.02 0 Caricuao Somos Todos 740 0.02 0 Depostistas 711 0.02 0 Rompe el Silencio 695 0.02 0 Movimiento Ecologico para la Vida 693 0.02 0 Pueblo Revolucionario al Cambio y Desarrollo Larense 688 0.02 0 Movimiento Democratico 687 0.02 1 Fuerza Activa de Partecipación 635 0.01 0 Partecipación Popular 590 0.01 0 Frente Civico de Militantes Zulianos 576 0.01 0 Movimiento 100 567 0.01 0 Frente Insular Organizado de Electores 547 0.01 0 Patriotas Revolucionarios Independientes 545 0.01 0 Decision de Portuguesa 544 0.01 0 Poder Vecinal 535 0.01 0 Movimiento Unitario Real Opcion 527 0.01 0 Foro Democratico 524 0.01 0 522 0.01 0 Movimiento Republicano 511 0.01 0 Guaiqueres en Acción 509 0.01 0 Frente Nacionalista Maisanta 508 0.01 0 Movimiento De Base Parroquial Zuliano 508 0.01 0 RC 472 0.01 0 TU CAMINO 457 0.01 0 ARENA 455 0.01 0 MOV 20 451 0.01 0 REALCI 429 0.01 0 CAMVIO 403 0.01 0 FALCONIA 396 0.01 0 AR 386 0.01 0 DP 379 0.01 0 EL 372 0.01 0 SOLUCION 370 0.01 0 MIAU 368 0.01 0 APD 363 0.01 0 M2000 359 0.01 0 ACTIVE 356 0.01 0 VOTAUNIDOS 351 0.01 0 CENUREPU 350 0.01 0 PODER MORAL 341 0.01 0 G CONDOR 332 0.01 0 IPRS 329 0.01 0 OPC REG 98 327 0.01 0 PROY III MELENIO 322 0.01 0 MCR 200 320 0.01 0 FPC 313 0.01 0 CON 312 0.01 0 MP 307 0.01 0 NFG 289 0.01 0 PPA 289 0.01 0 CON GUARICO 285 0.01 0 MDR 285 0.01 0 SOID SIGLO XXI 269 0.01 0 EL PODER 7 261 0.01 0 TRIPLE C 256 0.01 0 IND AL 2000 241 0.01 0 MEV VARGAS 239 0.01 0 ASIR 238 0.01 0 AB 2000 237 0.01 0 IAP 228 0.01 0 FT 223 0.01 0 VARGAS AL PRO 223 0.01 0 IPV 216 0.00 0 VEA 216 0.00 0 BS21 214 0.00 0 MHM 202 0.00 0 UVI 193 0.00 0 IS 187 0.00 0 AMI 180 0.00 0 PN 169 0.00 0 FRD 163 0.00 0 CORDIALIDAD 144 0.00 0 POPA 129 0.00 0 MOREI 2000 116 0.00 0 VEA 109 0.00 0 T UCLAS 103 0.00 0 MOCI 101 0.00 0 MLI 100 0.00 0 MRG 2000 100 0.00 0 AV 98 94 0.00 0 CONPACO 94 0.00 0 PACIFICO 90 0.00 0 SER 88 0.00 0 POETA 84 0.00 0 AI 80 0.00 0 MIO 77 0.00 0 INITA 74 0.00 0 MIA AMAZONAS 71 0.00 0 PM 71 0.00 0 DEPURACION 70 0.00 0 FAI 64 0.00 0 CFPI 61 0.00 0 PCMI 58 0.00 0 MJPT 57 0.00 0 MUPI 49 0.00 0 OPIC 48 0.00 0 GIR AMAZONAS 41 0.00 0 MOVE 40 0.00 0 MU CAMBIO 39 0.00 0 DR 2000 38 0.00 0 INCVF 35 0.00 0 MOVES 21 33 0.00 0 PARTICIPA 21 0.00 0 MEAI 13 0.00 0 MIRA 8 0.00 0 TSV 8 0.00 0 CI 5 0.00 0 Indigenous representatives 3 Total 4,457,296 100.00 165 Valid votes 4,457,296 67.96 Invalid/blank votes 2,101,850 32.04 Total votes 6,559,146 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 11,705,702 56.03 Source: CNE , CNE
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