IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: Venezuela

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

21,779,868	17
Population (as of Feb. 8, 2019)	Elections in our database
21,027,120	58.98%
Registered Voters (as of None)	Average Turnout

Name	Official Name	Type
Venezuelan National Assembly	Asamblea Nacional	Assembly
Venezuela Presidency	None	Head of State & Government

Description of government structure:

Chief of State: President Nicolás MADURO Moros *
Head of Government: President Nicolás MADURO Moras
Assembly: Venezuela has a unicameral National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional) with 165 seats.

Description of electoral system:

The President is elected by plurality vote to serve a 6-year term. There are no term limits.
In the National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional), 110 members are elected by majority vote to serve 5-year terms, 52 members are elected by proportional representation to serve 5-year terms and 3 members are reserved for indigenous peoples to serve 5-year terms.

Elections

Election For	Date	Votes	Registered Voters	Turn Out
Venezuela Presidency	1998-12-06	6,988,291	10,959,530	63.76
Referendum	1999-12-15	4,819,786	10,860,265	44.38
Venezuela Presidency	2000-07-30	6,600,196	11,720,660	56.31
Venezuelan National Assembly	2000-07-30	5,926,669	10,552,652	56.16
Referendum	2004-08-15	9,815,631	14,037,900	69.92
Venezuelan National Assembly	2005-12-04	3,604,741	14,272,964	25.26
Venezuela Presidency	2006-12-03	11,777,126	15,921,223	73.97
Referendum	2007-12-02	9,045,344	15,921,223	56.81
Referendum	2009-02-15	11,710,740	16,652,179	70.33
Venezuelan National Assembly	2010-09-26	11,596,239	17,458,473	66.42
Venezuela Presidency	2012-10-07	15,098,257	18,733,198	80.6
Venezuela Presidency	2013-04-14	15,053,666	18,904,364	79.63
Venezuelan National Assembly	2015-12-06	14,385,349	19,504,106	73.76
Venezuela Presidency	2018-05-20	9,389,056	20,526,978	45.74
Venezuelan National Assembly	2020-12-06	6,307,976	20,710,421	30.46
Referendum	2023-12-03	10,555,092	21,027,120	50.2
Venezuela Presidency	2024-07-28	-	-	-

Voter Turnout

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