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 News from Around the Americas | December 2005 
UPDATE: Chavez Wins Parliamentary Elections
 Prensa Latina
| | Holding his grandson Manuel Prieto, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez casts his vote during the legislative elections in Caracas yesterday. (AFP/Andrew Alvarez) |
Caracas - The party of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez obtained its tenth victory in legislative elections since 1998, and took greater control of the National Assembly.
According to first reports, Bloque de Cambio party, which strongly supports Chavez, won more than two-thirds of the National Assembly´s 167 seats and had a resounding win in the Andean and Latin American parliaments.
Despite opposition attempts to boycott elections, Bloque de Cambio was ratified as the main political party of Venezuela.
Experts had predicted Chavez supporters would win two-thirds of votes, but the pullout of political parties such as the Accion Democratica, social-Christian COPEI and Primero Justicia contributed to the Chavez crushing win for a majority at parliament.
William Lara, spokesman for Movimiento V Republica, of Chavez, said that entity won 114 deputations, which may increase with those of allied parties.
Members of the Andean and Latin American parliaments were also elected on Sunday, which witnessed some attempts to sabotage the Sunday elections.
Venezuelan officials described the opposition retreat as a move to delegitimize the legislative process, and said the US government was behind the opposition ploy and pressures on candidates to withdraw from elections.
National Election Council Chairman Jorge Rodriguez asserted there were no violent acts during elections. |
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