General Information
At stake in this election:
- The office of President of Venezuela
Description of government structure:
- Chief of State: President Nicolás MADURO Moras *
- Head of Government: President Nicolás MADURO Moras
- Assembly: Venezuela has a unicameral National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional) with 167 seats.
* The president is both the chief of state and head of government. In 2009, a national referendum approved the elimination of term limits on all elected officials, including the presidency.
Description of electoral system:
- The President is elected by plurality vote to serve a 6-year term.
- In the National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional), 65 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms, 68 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms, 31 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms and 3 members are reserved for indigenous peoples to serve 5-year terms.***
*** Parties may nominate candidates for both the nominal and ordinal tiers.
Main Candidates in the Presidential race:
- Nicolás MADURO Moras
- Henrique CAPRILES Radonski
Population and number of registered voters:
- Population: 28,047,938 (July 2012 est)
- Registered Voters: 18,904,364 ( 2012 est.)
Gender Data:
· Female Population: 14,967,959 (2012)
· Is Venezuela a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (17 July 1980)
· Has Venezuela ratified CEDAW: Yes (2 May 1983)
· Gender Quota: No
· Female candidates in this election: N/A
· Number of Female Parliamentarians: 28 (following the 2010 elections)
· Human Development Index Position: 71 (2014)
· Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Very Low (2014)
Disability Data:
· Is Venezuela a signatory to CRPD: No
· Has Venezuela ratified CRPD: Yes, accession (24 September 2013)
· Population with a disability: 4,207,190 (est.)