2020 Venezuelan parliamentary election

Venezuelan parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Venezuela on 6 December 2020.[b] Aside from the 167 deputies of the National Assembly who are eligible to be re-elected, the new National Electoral Council president announced that the assembly would increase by 93 seats, for a total of 277 deputies to be elected.[6]

2020 Venezuelan parliamentary election

← 2015 6 December 2020

277 seats in the National Assembly
139 seats needed for a majority
 
Leader Francisco Torrealba [es][a] Luis Parra José Bernabé Gutiérrez [es]
Party PSUV Justice First (faction) Democratic Action (faction)
Alliance Great Patriotic Pole United Venezuela Democratic Alliance
Leader's seat Portuguesa Yaracuy Amazonas
Last election 55 seats, 32.9% 47 seats, 28.1% (disputed) 27 seats, 16.1% (disputed)
Seats needed Steady Steady Steady

 
Leader Óscar Figuera [es]
Party Communist Party of Venezuela
Alliance Popular Revolutionary Alternative
Leader's seat Guárico
Last election 6 seats, 3.6%
Seats needed Steady Steady

Incumbent President of the National Assembly

Juan Guaidó
Independent



Many saw the election was unfair saying that there were many illegal votes and it was rigged.[7]

Opinion polls

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Pollster Date PSUV AD PJ VP VV MUD UNT COPEI Other Undecided No party
Delphos July 2020 22.9% 30.8% 19.3% 14.4% 12.6%
ICS Archived 2020-11-25 at the Wayback Machine June 2020 35.1% 17.0%[c] 9.8% 38.1%
Pronóstico Archived 2020-09-18 at the Wayback Machine 26 Aug–6 Sep 2019 13.9% 3.3% 5.1% 10.5% 5.0% 0.4% 1.7% 0.2% 1.7% 58.0%
Pronóstico[permanent dead link] 6–15 Jun 2019 12.8% 4.0% 5.5% 10.9% 2.8% 0.4% 1.9 % 0.4% 1.2% 59.2%
Datanálisis May 2019 11.1% 8.5% 3.2% 4.2% 0.8% 4.4% 2.0% 2.0% 3.2% 59.2%
DatinCorp 17 Mar 2019 17.6% 8.2% 6.1% 7.0% 1.3% 1.0% 49.2%
Datanálisis Archived 2020-04-27 at the Wayback Machine Mar 2018 18.1% 2.2% 0.9% 1.0% 0.2% 8.0% 1.8% 1.4% 4.8% 60.1%
  1. To the opposition majority of the Assembly, Torrealba lost his position as deputy after being appointed as Labor Minister by Nicolás Maduro in 2017. However, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) appointed him as leader of the Great Patriotic Pole bloc.[1]
  2. Elections in Venezuela usually take place on the first Sunday of December.[2][3][4] However, the 2018 presidential election took place in May.[5]
  3. As "opposition and their allies".

References

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  1. Martínez, Deisy (5 January 2020). "De "inusual" pero válida e "histórica" califica Torrealba juramentación de Luis Parra al frente de la AN" (in Spanish). Efecto Cocuyo. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  2. Villabona Blanco, Pilar (September–October 1986). "Política y elecciones en Venezuela" (PDF). Revista de Estudios Políticos (Nueva Época). 53. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  3. Press, Europa (2011-09-13). "Elecciones presidenciales en Venezuela serán el 7 de octubre de 2012". www.notimerica.com. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
  4. "El chavismo finalmente fijó la fecha de las elecciones parlamentarias: serán el 6 de diciembre". Infobae-ES. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
  5. ccarmona (2018-01-31). "ADELANTAR ELECCIONES". El Impulso. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
  6. "CNE divulga cronograma electoral y número de diputados por estado" (in Spanish). Efecto Cocuyo. 3 July 2020.
  7. "Fórmula Capriles-Stalin se retira para buscar mejores condiciones electorales para las parlamentarias del 6-D". Crónica Uno (in Spanish). 30 September 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
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