Venezuelan parliamentary election, 1998
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Parliamentary elections were held in Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

 on 8 November 1998. Democratic Action
Democratic Action
Democratic Action is a centrist Venezuelan political party established in 1941. The party and its antecedents played an important role in the early years of Venezuelan democracy, and led the government during Venezuela's first democratic period...

 won a plurality of seats, winning 61 of the 207 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 21 of the 54 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 54.5% in the Senate elections and 52.7% in the Chamber elections.

Senate

Party Votes % Seats +/-
Democratic Action
Democratic Action
Democratic Action is a centrist Venezuelan political party established in 1941. The party and its antecedents played an important role in the early years of Venezuelan democracy, and led the government during Venezuela's first democratic period...

1,2465,567 24.4 21
5
Fifth Republic Movement
Fifth Republic Movement
The Fifth Republic Movement was a left-wing, Socialist political party in Venezuela. It was founded in July 1997, following a national congress of the Revolutionary Bolivarian Movement-200, to support the candidacy of Hugo Chávez, the current President of Venezuela, in the Venezuelan presidential...

1,008,693 19.8 8 New
Copei 518,976 12.1 6
Project Venezuela
Project Venezuela
Project Venezuela is a political party in Venezuela.At the legislative elections, 30 July 2000, the party won 7 out of 165 seats in the National Assembly of Venezuela. The legislative elections of 2006 were boycotted by the party...

518,235 10.2 3 New
Movement for Socialism
Movement for Socialism (Venezuela)
Movement for Socialism is a center-left political party in Venezuela.-History:The Movement for Socialism is a social-democratic political party in Venezuela. MAS was founded in 1971 by a faction of the Communist Party of Venezuela, with a view to emphasising a socialist message...

465,977 9.1 5 0
Fatherland for All 171,469 3.4 4 New
Radical Cause
Radical Cause
The Radical Cause is a working class political party in Venezuela, part of the Venezuelan opposition to president Hugo Chavez...

151,960 3.0 1
Opening to National Participation 123,948 2.4 1 New
National Convergence
National Convergence
The National Convergence is a conservative/Christian democratic political party in Venezuela. It was founded in 1993 by former President of Venezuela Rafael Caldera, successfully gaining a second term in the Venezuelan presidential election, 1993. From 1995 to 2004 Eduardo Lapi held the...

119,951 2.3 3
Integration and Representation New Hope 63,422 1.2 0 New
Renovación 61,992 1.2 1 New
Communist Party of Venezuela
Communist Party of Venezuela
The Communist Party of Venezuela is a Marxist-Leninist political party, and the oldest continuously existing party in Venezuela...

24,929 0.5 1
1
Authentic Renewal Organisation 24,794 0.5 0 0
Independent Socialists 24,384 0.5 0 New
United for Human Rights
United for Human Rights
United for Human Rights was a political party in Venezuela. The party first contested national elections in 1998, when it won a single seat in the Chamber of Deputies. However, it lost its seat in the 2000 elections....

21,550 0.4 0 New
National Integration Movement 19,138 0.4 0 0
Democratic Republican Union
Democratic Republican Union
The Democratic Republican Union is a Venezuelan political party founded in 1945.When the party appeared on course to win the 1952 election for a constitutional assembly, dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez suspended the election...

16,680 0.3 0 0
People's Electoral Movement 15,140 0.3 0 0
Emerging People 9,271 0.2 0 0
Independents for the National Community 7,027 0.1 0 New
257 other parties 391,857 7.7 0
Invalid/blank votes 776,201
Total 5,884,588 100 54 +4
Source: Nohlen

Chamber of Deputies

Party Votes % Seats +/-
Democratic Action
Democratic Action
Democratic Action is a centrist Venezuelan political party established in 1941. The party and its antecedents played an important role in the early years of Venezuelan democracy, and led the government during Venezuela's first democratic period...

1,195,751 24.1 61
6
Fifth Republic Movement
Fifth Republic Movement
The Fifth Republic Movement was a left-wing, Socialist political party in Venezuela. It was founded in July 1997, following a national congress of the Revolutionary Bolivarian Movement-200, to support the candidacy of Hugo Chávez, the current President of Venezuela, in the Venezuelan presidential...

986,131 19.9 35 New
Copei 593,882 12.0 26
Project Venezuela
Project Venezuela
Project Venezuela is a political party in Venezuela.At the legislative elections, 30 July 2000, the party won 7 out of 165 seats in the National Assembly of Venezuela. The legislative elections of 2006 were boycotted by the party...

518,235 10.4 20 New
Movement for Socialism
Movement for Socialism (Venezuela)
Movement for Socialism is a center-left political party in Venezuela.-History:The Movement for Socialism is a social-democratic political party in Venezuela. MAS was founded in 1971 by a faction of the Communist Party of Venezuela, with a view to emphasising a socialist message...

440,665 8.9 24 0
Fatherland for All 171,091 3.4 11 New
Radical Cause
Radical Cause
The Radical Cause is a working class political party in Venezuela, part of the Venezuelan opposition to president Hugo Chavez...

147,806 3.0 5
National Convergence
National Convergence
The National Convergence is a conservative/Christian democratic political party in Venezuela. It was founded in 1993 by former President of Venezuela Rafael Caldera, successfully gaining a second term in the Venezuelan presidential election, 1993. From 1995 to 2004 Eduardo Lapi held the...

122,242 2.5 6
Opening to National Participation 76,991 1.5 3 New
Integration and Representation New Hope 62,738 1.3 3 New
Renovación 61,704 1.2 2 New
United for Human Rights
United for Human Rights
United for Human Rights was a political party in Venezuela. The party first contested national elections in 1998, when it won a single seat in the Chamber of Deputies. However, it lost its seat in the 2000 elections....

30,760 0.6 1 New
Independent Socialists 24,729 0.5 1 New
Communist Party of Venezuela
Communist Party of Venezuela
The Communist Party of Venezuela is a Marxist-Leninist political party, and the oldest continuously existing party in Venezuela...

28,827 0.6 2 New
Authentic Renewal Organisation 26,610 0.5 2
1
Democratic Republican Union
Democratic Republican Union
The Democratic Republican Union is a Venezuelan political party founded in 1945.When the party appeared on course to win the 1952 election for a constitutional assembly, dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez suspended the election...

19,195 0.4 1 0
National Integration Movement 18,099 0.4 1 0
People's Electoral Movement 17,343 0.3 1 0
Organisation Force in Motion 397,205 8.0 1 New
Movement for Popular Democracy-Red Flag
Red Flag Party
Red Flag Party is a communist party in Venezuela. It was formed in 1970 by anti-revisionist members of the Movement of the Revolutionary Left...

1 New
Other parties 0
Invalid/blank votes 828,631
Total 5,792,391 100 207 +4
Source: Nohlen
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