Parliamentary election were held in
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
on 8 November.
[ Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p555 ] Democratic Action won a plurality of seats, winning 61 of the 207 seats in the
Chamber of Deputies and 21 of the 54 seats in the
Senate. Voter turnout was 54.5% in the Senate elections and 52.7% in the Chamber elections.
[Nohlen, p573]
People elected for the first time in this election include
Nicolás Maduro and
Juan Barreto
Juan Alejandro Barreto Cipriani (born 1959) is a politician in Venezuela. He was mayor of Caracas from 2004 until 2008. Juan Barreto belongs to the REDES party.
Career
Congressperson
Juan Barreto entered the political scene with his election to ...
(MVR),
Henrique Capriles Radonski
Henrique Capriles Radonski (; born 11 July 1972) is a Venezuelan politician and lawyer, who served as the 36th Governor of Miranda from 2008 to 2017.
Born in Caracas, he received a degree in law from the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, ...
(COPEI) for the Chamber of Deputies; and
Rafael Poleo (Democratic Action) and
Julián Isaías Rodríguez Diaz (MVR) for the Senate.
Results
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
References
{{Venezuelan elections
1998 in Venezuela
Venezuela
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Elections in Venezuela
November 1998 events in South America
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