2000 Venezuelan general election

2000 Venezuelan general election

30 July 2000
Presidential election
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Turnout	56.63%
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
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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 Fatherland for All 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.