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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.

1 Results

Source: Adam Carr's election archive

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 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, 2004The Venezuelan recall referendum of 15 August 2004 was a referendum to determine whether Hugo Chavez, the president of Venezuela, should be recalled from office. The recall referendum was announced on 8 June 2004 by the National Electoral Council after Ch.

2 See also

• Politics of VenezuelaCurrent President Hugo Chavez was elected in December 1998 on a platform that called for the creation of a National Constituent Assembly in order to write a new Constitution. The political system described below is that defined by the 1999 Constitution.
• List of political parties in VenezuelaThis is a list of political parties in Venezuela. Major Democratic Action (Accion Democratica) Movement for the Fifth Republic (Movimiento V Republica) Movement Towards Socialism (Movimiento al Socialismo) Minor Fearless People's Alliance (Alianza Bravo P
• Venezuelan recall referendum, 2004The Venezuelan recall referendum of 15 August 2004 was a referendum to determine whether Hugo Chavez, the president of Venezuela, should be recalled from office. The recall referendum was announced on 8 June 2004 by the National Electoral Council after Ch