Venezuelan presidential election, 2000
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A presidential election was held in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on July 30, 2000. This was the first election held under Venezuela's newly adopted 1999 constitution.
[edit] Results
| Candidates - Nominating parties | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías - Movement for the Fifth Republic (Movimiento V República) | 3,757,773 | 59.76 |
| Francisco Arias Cárdenas - The R Cause (La Causa R) | 2,359,459 | 37.52 |
| Claudio Fermín - Encuentro Nacional | 171,346 | 2.72 |
| Total | 6,288,578 | 100.0 |
| Registered Voters | 11,720,660 | |
| Votes Cast (% of registered voters) | 6,637,276 | 56.63 |
| Valid Votes (% of votes cast) | 6,288,578 | 94.75 |
| Invalid Votes (% of votes cast) | 348,698 | 5.25 |
| No-Votes (% of votes cast) | 37,080 | 0.56 |
| Abstention (% of registered voters) | 5,120,464 | 43.69 |
| Source: National Electoral Council (Venezuela) [1] | ||
As a result of this election, incumbent President Hugo Chávez (originally voted in under the previous constitution in 1998; see 1998 election results) was elected to a second six-year term. He was sworn in on August 19, 2000.
On June 8, 2004 it was announced that the result of this election would be put to a recall referendum on 15 August. See: Venezuelan recall referendum, 2004.
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