Venezuelan general election, 2000

Venezuelan presidential election, 2000

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Turnout	56.31%
Nominee Hugo Chávez Francisco Arias Cárdenas Party MVR LCR Home state Barinas Zulia States carried 22 + CD 1 Popular vote 3,757,773 2,359,459 Percentage 59.8% 37.5%
Results by state. Red denotes states won by Chávez, Blue denotes states won by Arias Cárdenas.
President before election Hugo Chávez PSUV Elected President Hugo Chávez PSUV

Hugo Chávez
PSUV

Hugo Chávez
PSUV

General elections were held in Venezuela on 30 July 2000, the first under the country's newly adopted 1999 constitution.

Incumbent President Hugo Chávez ran for election for a full 6-year term under the new Constitution. He was challenged by another leftist, a former ally of his, Zulia Governor Francisco Arias Cárdenas. Chávez easily won the election with almost 60% of the popular vote, increasing his vote share over the previous elections, and managing to carry a larger number of states. Arias Cárdenas only managed to narrowly carry his home state of Zulia.

In 2004 a recall referendum failed.

Representatives in the National Assembly were elected under a mixed member proportional representation, with 60% elected in single seat districts and the remainder by closed party lists.

Source: National Electoral Council (Venezuela) [2]