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Upcoming Elections

  • Legislative
    2015

Venezuela
  • Venezuela
  • Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
  • Region: Americas

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.

Population:

  • Population: 28,459,085 (July 2013 est)

Future elections

  • Legislative - 2015

Past elections

Last Updated on 05/14/2013

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