Parliamentary and regional elections were held on Sunday in Venezuela, with the ruling social-democratic United Socialist Party (PSUV) electing governors in 23 out of 24 provinces.
According to the official figures from the National Electoral Council (CNE), the governmental coalition Great Patriotic Pole "Simón Bolívar," dominated by the PSUV, received 82.68%, with 17.31% of the votes going to the opposition parties that participated in the elections, while the majority chose to boycott the process. The official voter turnout in the elections was 42.66%, while opposition forces claim it was much lower.
According to the official figures from the National Electoral Council (CNE), the governmental coalition Great Patriotic Pole "Simón Bolívar," dominated by the PSUV, received 82.68%, with 17.31% of the votes going to the opposition parties that participated in the elections, while the majority chose to boycott the process. The official voter turnout in the elections was 42.66%, while opposition forces claim it was much lower.
The Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV), which has been deprived of the right to participate in elections due to government-judicial intervention in its internal affairs, has characterized the entire process as a farce "marked by a lack of electoral guarantees, institutional opacity, and an unprecedented escalation of repression" by a National Electoral Council "that lacks any legitimacy, following its direct involvement in concealing the results of the presidential elections of July 28, 2024, and the unconstitutional and invalid swearing-in of Nicolás Maduro to the presidency."
From the side of the pro-American neoliberal opposition, Enrique Capriles, known for his involvement in the 2019 coup, participated and was elected as a deputy, while María Machado, from the so-called United Democratic Platform, spoke about the "disobedience of the people who massively abstained," and called on the country's military "to fulfill their constitutional duty and be guarantors of popular sovereignty," essentially urging them to carry out a coup.
In the specifics of the process, the election of a governor by the PSUV for the Essequibo region, covering an area of 159,500 sq. km. which administratively belongs to Guyana and is claimed by Venezuela, a region rich in mineral resources, where special electoral sections were set up in the provinces of Venezuela. The President of Guyana, Irfaan Ali, had described this move as a "threat," while N. Maduro called it "the beginning of the recovery of the province."
From the side of the pro-American neoliberal opposition, Enrique Capriles, known for his involvement in the 2019 coup, participated and was elected as a deputy, while María Machado, from the so-called United Democratic Platform, spoke about the "disobedience of the people who massively abstained," and called on the country's military "to fulfill their constitutional duty and be guarantors of popular sovereignty," essentially urging them to carry out a coup.
In the specifics of the process, the election of a governor by the PSUV for the Essequibo region, covering an area of 159,500 sq. km. which administratively belongs to Guyana and is claimed by Venezuela, a region rich in mineral resources, where special electoral sections were set up in the provinces of Venezuela. The President of Guyana, Irfaan Ali, had described this move as a "threat," while N. Maduro called it "the beginning of the recovery of the province."
