Venezuelan parliamentary election, 2000

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A parliamentary election was held in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on 30 July 2000. This was the first election held under Venezuela's newly adopted 1999 constitution.

[edit] Results

Summary of the 30 July 2000 Venezuelan National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional) election resultsedit	Votes	%	Seats
Fifth Republic Movement (Movimiento V [Quinta] República)	1,977,992	44.38	91
Democratic Action (Acción Democrática)	718,148	16.11	33
Project Venezuela (Proyecto Venezuela)	309,168	6.94	6
COPEI (Copei - Partido Social Cristiano de Venezuela)	227,349	5.10	6
Movement Toward Socialism (MAS)	224,170	5.03	6
Other	1,000,469	22.45	-
Total	4,457,296	100	165
Registered Voters	11,705,807
Votes Cast (% of registered voters)	6,560,503	56.05
Vetted Votes (% of votes cast)	6,559,149	99.98
Valid Votes (% of vetted votes)	4,457,296	67.96
Invalid Votes (% of vetted votes)	2,101,850	32.04
Abstention (% of registered voters)	5,145,199	43.95

Source: National Electoral Council (Venezuela) [1]

[edit] See also

• Politics of Venezuela
• List of political parties in Venezuela
• Venezuelan recall referendum, 2004