2000 Venezuelan general election

2000 Venezuelan general election
30 July 2000
Presidential election
Turnout56.63%
 
Nominee Hugo Chávez Francisco Arias Cárdenas
Party MVR LCR
Popular vote 3,757,773 2,359,459
Percentage 59.76% 37.52%
Results by state
President before election

Hugo Chávez
PSUV

 Elected President

Hugo Chávez
PSUV

Legislative election
30 July 2000
All 165 seats in the National Assembly
83 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats
MVR Hugo Chávez 44.38 92
Democratic Action Henry Ramos Allup 16.11 33
PROVE Henrique Salas Römer 6.94 6
COPEI Luis Ignacio Planas 5.10 6
MAS Felipe Mujica 5.03 6
LCR Andrés Velásquez 4.41 3
PJ Henrique Capriles 2.47 5
PPT José Albornoz 2.27 1
UNT Manuel Rosales 1.75 3
Convergence Eduardo Lapi 1.07 4
MIGATO José Gregorio Briceño 0.47 1
PUAMA 0.04 1
MD 0.01 1
Indigenous – – 3
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by constituency and party-list vote by state

General elections were held in Venezuela on 30 July 2000, the first under the country's newly adopted 1999 constitution. Incumbent President Hugo Chávez ran for election for a full six-year term under the new constitution. He was challenged by another leftist and former ally, Zulia Governor Francisco Arias Cárdenas. 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.

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