1999 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election

none Constituent Assembly elections were held in Venezuela on 25 July 1999,Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 978-0-19-928358-3 following a referendum in April on convening one. Background For the election two large coalitions were created; Patriotic Pole, which consisted of the Fifth Republic Movement, the Movement for Socialism, Fatherland for All, the Communist Party of Venezuela, the People's Electoral Movement and some other minor parties, and Democratic Pole consisting of Democratic Action, Copei, Project Venezuela and Convergencia.Nohlen, p569 The electoral bases proposed by President Hugo Chávez and revised by the CNE were approved. A proportional representation system to select of the members of the National Constituent Assembly was discarded, and in its place a personalized uninominal direct representation system was established, which divided the country into two great national circuits and one electoral circuit for each state, a system in disuse since the dictatorship of Juan Vicente Gómez.Rachadell Manuel January–June 2010 El sistema electoral en la Ley Orgánica de Procesos Electorales http://www.saber.ula.ve/bitstream/123456789/31427/1/articulo5.pdf 127–155 22 September 2011 23 Provincia Conduct Each voter had 10 votes.Nohlen, p568 Voter turnout was 46.2%. Results The result of the election of constituents was the over-representation of Chavismo in the Constituent Assembly and a crushing defeat for the opposition, which had once again gone to the polls divided. With 65% of the votes, pro-Chavez lists held a supermajority in the assembly.February 2024 The Patriotic Pole won 121 of the 128 seats, whilst an additional three seats were taken by representatives of indigenous communities elected by indigenous associations. Although the great majority of the candidates were civil society members, outside the political parties, the lack of unity atomized their efforts.Combellas Ricardo January 2003 El proceso constituyente y la Constitución de 1999 http://www2.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0303-97572003000100010&lng=es&nrm=is 26 100–113 0303-9757 https://web.archive.org/web/20140727180159/http://www2.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0303-97572003000100010&lng=es&nrm=is 27 July 2014 22 September 2011 30 Politeia As such, 33% of the forces that voted for candidates unrelated to the Chavismo only managed to have seven constituents, one of them being Antonia Muñoz, a dissident Chavista who soon rejoined the ruling party. File:Asamblea Nacional Constituyente Venezuela 1999.svg Patriotic Pole 29424635 121 #E00E07 Democratic Pole 9873223 4 #302BBA Other parties 5423183 3 Indigenous representatives 3 5079445 10986871 Nohlen Aftermath Political parties and civil associations were marginalized from the constituent process, and the role of opposition then fell on the state institutions, where the Congress and the Supreme Court stand out. After the elections, Democratic Action and Copei experienced internal crises: the former announced new base elections to renew the party, and the directive of the latter resigned immediately.28 July 1999 El huracán Hugo arrasó con todo http://www.pagina12.com.ar/1999/99-07/99-07-28/pag18.htm 22 September 2011 Página/12 See also April 1999 Venezuelan constitutional referendum 1999 Constituent National Assembly of Venezuela Members of the 1999 National Constituent Assembly of Venezuela December 1999 Venezuelan constitutional referendum References Category:1999 in Venezuela Venezuela Category:Elections in Venezuela Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Category:Constituent assembly elections in South America