At stake in this election:     

• The 167 seats in the National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Nicolas MADURO Moros (since 19 April 2013)
• Head of Government: President Nicolas MADURO Moros
• Assembly: Venezuela has a unicameral National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional) with 167 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by simple majority popular vote to serve a 6-year term.
• In the National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional), 113 members are elected by simple majority vote, 51 members are elected by proportional representation vote, and 3 seats are reserved for indigenous peoples of Venezuela to serve 5-year terms.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: United Socialist Party of Venezuela / Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (PSUV)
  • Leader: Nicolas MADURO
  • Seats won in last election: 96
• Coalition: Roundtable for Democratic Unity / Mesa de la Unidad Democrática (MUD Unidad)
  • Leader: Henrique Capriles RADONSKI
  • Seats won in last election: 64
• Party: Homeland for All / Patria Para Todos (PPT)
  • Leader: José ALBORNOZ
  • Seats won in last election: 2
• Party: Movement of National Integrity / Movimiento de Integridad Nacional (MIN Unidad)
  • Leader: Luz ÁLVAREZ
  • Seats won in last election: N/A

Last election:

• The last election for the National Assembly was held on 26 September 2010. There were 17,458,473 registered voters for the election, of whom 11,596,239 cast votes, making turnout 66%. The United Socialist Party of Venezuela won 96 seats (of 165) or 48.2% of the vote; the Roundtable for Democratic Unity won 64 seats or 47.17% of the vote; and the Homeland for All Party won 2 seats or 3.14% of the vote.

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 29,275,460 (2015 est.)[1]
• Registered voters: 19,496,296 (2015) [2]

Gender Data:

• Female Population: 14,637,730 (2015 est.)[3]
• Is Venezuela a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (17 July 1980[4]
• Has Venezuela ratified CEDAW: Yes (2 May 1983)[5]
• Gender Quota: No[6]
• Female Candidates in this election: Yes
• Number of Female Legislators: 28 (16.77%) of 167 seats in the National Assembly[7]
• Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 67[8]
• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Very Low[9]

Disability Data:

• Is Venezuela a signatory to CRPD: No[10]
• Has Venezuela ratified CRPD: Yes (24 September 2013)[11]
• Population with a disability: 4,391,319 (2015 est.)[12]

[1]  https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ve.html

[2] http://www.cne.gob.ve/web/sala_prensa/noticia_detallada.php?id=3410 

[3] https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ve.html   

[4] https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-8&chapter=4&lang=en

[5] https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-8&chapter=4&lang=en

[6] http://www.quotaproject.org/uid/search.cfm#

[7]  http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2347.htm

[8] http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/table-1-human-development-index-and-its-components

[9] http://genderindex.org/countries

[10] https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=iv-15&chapter=4&lang=en

[11] https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=iv-15&chapter=4&lang=en

[12] http://www.electionaccess.org/en/resources/countries/