National Assembly of Venezuela

National Assembly of Venezuela

Asamblea Nacional de Venezuela
V National Assembly of Venezuela
Type
Type
History
Preceded byCongress of Venezuela
Leadership
Jorge Rodríguez, PSUV
since 5 January 2021
Minority Leader
José Gregorio Correa, AD
Structure
Seats277
Political groups
Government (253)
  •   Great Patriotic Pole (253)

Others (24)

Elections
Parallel voting
Last election
6 December 2020
Next election
2025
Meeting place
Federal Legislative Palace, Caracas
Website
asambleanacionalvenezuela.org Edit this at Wikidata

The National Assembly (Spanish: Asamblea Nacional) is the legislature for Venezuela that was first elected in 2000. It is a unicameral body made up of a variable number of members, who were elected by a "universal, direct, personal, and secret" vote partly by direct election in state-based voting districts, and partly on a state-based party-list proportional representation system. The number of seats is constant, each state and the Capital district elected three representatives plus the result of dividing the state population by 1.1% of the total population of the country.[1] Three seats are reserved for representatives of Venezuela's indigenous peoples and elected separately by all citizens, not just those with indigenous backgrounds. For the 2010 to 2015 the number of seats was 165.[2] All deputies serve five-year terms. The National Assembly meets in the Federal Legislative Palace in Venezuela's capital, Caracas.

  1. ^ "Ley Orgánica de Procesos Electorales" (in Spanish). Consejo Nacional Electoral. Archived from the original on 29 September 2010. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Dos mil 719 candidatos se disputarán los curules de la Asamblea Nacional" (in Spanish). Venezolana de Televisión. Archived from the original on 10 May 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2011.