Venezuelan parliamentary election, 2015

Venezuelan parliamentary election, 2015

2010 ← 6 December 2015 → 2020

All 167 seats in the National Assembly 84 seats needed for a majority Turnout 74.17%   First party Second party   Leader Henry Ramos Allup Diosdado Cabello Party AD PSUV Alliance MUD GPP Leader since 2014 2008 Leader's seat Capital District Monagas Last election 64 seats, 47.2% 99 seats, 48.2% Seats won 109 55 Seat change 45 41 Popular vote 7,728,025 5,625,248 Percentage 56.2% 40.9% Swing 9.0 pp 7.3 pp

Results by electoral circuits. Blue denotes circuits won by the MUD, Red denotes those won by the PSUV.

President of the NA before election Diosdado Cabello PSUV President of the NA Henry Ramos Allup AD

Red denotes those won by the PSUV.

Diosdado Cabello
PSUV

Henry Ramos Allup
AD

Parliamentary elections were held in Venezuela on 6 December 2015 to elect the 164 deputies and three indigenous representatives of the National Assembly. They were the fourth parliamentary elections to take place after the 1999 constitution, which abolished the bicameral system in favour of a unicameral parliament, and the first to take place after the death of President Hugo Chávez. Despite claims from the opposition of a possible last-minute cancellation, the elections took place as scheduled, with the majority of polls showing the Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) holding a wide lead over the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) and its wider alliance, the Great Patriotic Pole (GPP).

The political landscape leading up to the elections was heavily influenced by the severe economic crisis faced by the country, as well as a series of protests that took place in 2014, after which former Chacao mayor and leader of Popular Will, Leopoldo López, was detained and sentenced to 14 years in prison. The scarcity of basic goods and high inflation were the central topics of discussion, with each party blaming their opponent as the cause. Introducing economic policies to counter the crisis, as well as granting amnesty to political prisoners, was the main campaign pledge of the MUD. The ruling PSUV, on the other hand, ran a campaign focused on overcoming what they called an "economic war" led by the right-wing against the Venezuelan people, as well as defending the legacy of Chávez and the social policies introduced during his presidency.

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