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.

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Summary of the 30 July 2000 Venezuela presidential **election 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 Rafael Chávez Frías (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.