General elections were held in
Venezuela on 30 July 2000, the first under the country's newly adopted
1999 constitution. Incumbent President
Hugo Chávez
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (; 28 July 1954 – 5 March 2013) was a Venezuelan politician who was president of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013, except for a brief period in 2002. Chávez was also leader of the Fifth Republ ...
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
Francisco Javier Arias Cárdenas (born 20 November 1950) is a Venezuelan politician and career military officer, and was the governor of Zulia state. He participated in Hugo Chávez's unsuccessful February 1992 coup attempt, being pardoned in ...
. Chávez 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.
Electoral system
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.
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Results
President
National Assembly
References
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