2020 Venezuelan parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections were held in Venezuela on 6 December 2020.[b] Aside from the 167 deputies of the National Assembly who are eligible to be re-elected, the new National Electoral Council president announced that the assembly would increase by 93 seats, for a total of 277 deputies to be elected.[6]
Many saw the election was unfair saying that there were many illegal votes and it was rigged.[7]
Opinion polls[change | change source]
| Pollster | Date | PSUV | AD | PJ | VP | VV | MUD | UNT | COPEI | Other | Undecided | No party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delphos | July 2020 | 22.9% | — | — | — | — | 30.8% | — | — | 19.3% | 14.4% | 12.6% |
| ICS Archived 2020-11-25 at the Wayback Machine | June 2020 | 35.1% | — | — | — | — | 17.0%[c] | — | — | 9.8% | 38.1% | — |
| Pronóstico Archived 2020-09-18 at the Wayback Machine | 26 Aug–6 Sep 2019 | 13.9% | 3.3% | 5.1% | 10.5% | 5.0% | — | 0.4% | 1.7% | 0.2% | 1.7% | 58.0% |
| Pronóstico[permanent dead link] | 6–15 Jun 2019 | 12.8% | 4.0% | 5.5% | 10.9% | 2.8% | — | 0.4% | 1.9 % | 0.4% | 1.2% | 59.2% |
| Datanálisis | May 2019 | 11.1% | 8.5% | 3.2% | 4.2% | 0.8% | 4.4% | 2.0% | — | 2.0% | 3.2% | 59.2% |
| DatinCorp | 17 Mar 2019 | 17.6% | 8.2% | 6.1% | 7.0% | 1.3% | — | 1.0% | — | — | — | 49.2% |
| Datanálisis Archived 2020-04-27 at the Wayback Machine | Mar 2018 | 18.1% | 2.2% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 0.2% | 8.0% | 1.8% | — | 1.4% | 4.8% | 60.1% |
Notes[change | change source]
- ↑ To the opposition majority of the Assembly, Torrealba lost his position as deputy after being appointed as Labor Minister by Nicolás Maduro in 2017. However, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) appointed him as leader of the Great Patriotic Pole bloc.[1]
- ↑ Elections in Venezuela usually take place on the first Sunday of December.[2][3][4] However, the 2018 presidential election took place in May.[5]
- ↑ As "opposition and their allies".
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Martínez, Deisy (5 January 2020). "De "inusual" pero válida e "histórica" califica Torrealba juramentación de Luis Parra al frente de la AN" (in Spanish). Efecto Cocuyo. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ↑ Villabona Blanco, Pilar (September–October 1986). "Política y elecciones en Venezuela" (PDF). Revista de Estudios Políticos (Nueva Época). 53. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ↑ Press, Europa (2011-09-13). "Elecciones presidenciales en Venezuela serán el 7 de octubre de 2012". www.notimerica.com. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
- ↑ "El chavismo finalmente fijó la fecha de las elecciones parlamentarias: serán el 6 de diciembre". Infobae-ES. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
- ↑ ccarmona (2018-01-31). "ADELANTAR ELECCIONES". El Impulso. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
- ↑ "CNE divulga cronograma electoral y número de diputados por estado" (in Spanish). Efecto Cocuyo. 3 July 2020.
- ↑ "Fórmula Capriles-Stalin se retira para buscar mejores condiciones electorales para las parlamentarias del 6-D". Crónica Uno (in Spanish). 30 September 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
