2020 Venezuelan parliamentary election
The opposition parties that make up the Democratic Unity Roundtable coalition agreed unanimously to not participate in the election. They cited irregularities, complaints during the planning of the process and argued that it was likely they would be fraudulent. The opposition said that they want to bring the elections forward, let’s have them, and that they did not want them to be held at the 20th anniversary of the revolution.
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The opposition parties that make up the Democratic Unity Roundtable coalition agreed unanimously to not participate in the election. They cited irregularities, complaints during the planning of the process and argued that it was likely they would be fraudulent. The opposition politicians Henrique Capriles and Stalin González initially encouraged participation in the elections, but afterwards withdrew to demand better electoral conditions. The Lima Group, the International Contact Group, and the European Union and the United States rejected holding parliamentary elections in 2020. The Organization of American States rejected the appointment of the Electoral Council and indicated that independent bodies are needed for transparent, free and fair elections to take place in the country. The Constituent Assembly mandate is expected to expire on 31 December 2020, a measure that replaces the previous resolution of August 2017 that established its validity for at least two years. On March 7, there was a fire in the National Electoral Council warehouses in Maricheas de Filicheas, Caracas. Juan Guaidó declared that the election would not solve the nationwide crisis. He said that the opposition would not contribute in any discussion that did not contribute to the solution of the crisis of the Venezuelan government. He stated: ‘They want to bring forward elections, let’s have them’ The opposition said that they want to bring the elections forward, let’s have them, and that they did not want them to be held at the 20th anniversary of the revolution led by former President Hugo Chávez, who died in 2013.
In terms of popular vote, the MUD received 7. 7 million votes, an increase of 2. 4 million from the 2010 elections, becoming the most voted party in Venezuelan electoral history. The result was a decisive defeat for the PSUV and its wider alliance, which lost control of the Assembly for the first time since 1999. In the midst of the ongoing constitutional crisis, a different body was elected in 2017, with the intent of re-writing the Venezuelan Constitution. In February 2018, Nicolás Maduro proposed holding the parliamentary elections alongside the presidential elections scheduled between April and May of that year. However, the proposal was later rejected by the National electoral council, which stated that holding elections together would be too complicated. As of May 2019, the Constituencial Assembly mandate will expire at the end of the year, and a new election will be held within a year of that date. The election will take place on December 6, 2020, with a total of 277 deputies to be elected, including 167 who are eligible to be re-elected, for the National Assembly to increase by 93 seats, for atotal of 167 seats. The MUD won 112 seats against 55 won by the GPP in the 2015 parliamentary elections, which was a supermajority of 112 seats. In the 2015 elections, the opposition gained 7.7 million votes and became the most popular party in Venezuela. The PSUV won 96 seats, maintaining their majority, but lost their two-thirds and three-fifths supermajority. Fatherland for All won two seats.
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