venezuelan presidential election, 2000

A presidential 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.

Results

nbsp; Candidate !! Party/Alliance !! Votes !! %
Hugo Chvez	\| MVR	3,757,773	59.7
nbsp; Francisco Arias	\| La Causa-R	2,359,459	37.5
Claudio Fermn	\| Encuentro	171,346	2.7
Total		6,288,578

Source: Adam Carr's election archive As a result of this election, incumbent President Hugo Rafael Chvez Fras (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 19 August 2000. On 8 June 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.

Venezuelan Presidential Election, 2000

Results

See also