Constituent Assembly elections were held in
Venezuela on 25 July 1999,
Dieter Nohlen
Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An expe ...
(2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p555 following a
referendum in April on convening one. For the election two large coalitions were created; Patriotic Pole, which consisted of the
Fifth Republic Movement, the
Movement for Socialism
The Movement for Socialism–Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples ( es, Movimiento al Socialismo–Instrumento Político por la Soberanía de los Pueblos, abbreviated MAS-IPSP, or simply MAS, punning on ''más'', Spanish for ...
,
Fatherland for All
Fatherland for All (''Patria Para Todos'', PPT) is a leftist political party in Venezuela. It was founded on September 27, 1997 by members of The Radical Cause party led by Pablo Medina, Aristóbulo Istúriz and Alí Rodríguez Araque. In 1 ...
, the
Communist Party of Venezuela, the
People's Electoral Movement
The People's Electoral Movement (''Movimiento Electoral del Pueblo'', MEP) is a left-wing political party in Venezuela, founded in 1967 by Luis Beltrán Prieto Figueroa.
The MEP was founded after Prieto Figueroa won the 1967 Acción Democráti ...
and some other minor parties, and Democratic Pole consisting of
Democratic Action,
Copei,
Project Venezuela
Project Venezuela ( es, Proyecto Venezuela) is a center-right political party in Venezuela.
At the legislative elections, 30 July 2000, the party won seven out of 165 seats in the National Assembly of Venezuela. The legislative elections of 20 ...
and Convergencia.
[Nohlen, p569] The result was a victory for Patriotic Pole, which won 121 of the 128 seats, whilst an additional three seats were taken by representatives of indigenous communities elected by indigenous associations.
[ Each voter had 10 votes.][Nohlen, p568] Voter turnout was 46.2%.[
]
Results
See also
* 1999 Constituent National Assembly
The Constituent National Assembly ( es, Asamblea Nacional Constituyente) or ANC was a constitutional convention held in Venezuela in 1999 to draft a new Constitution of Venezuela, but the assembly also gave itself the role of a supreme power abov ...
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