2020 Venezuelan parliamentary election

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2020 Venezuelan parliamentary election

← 2015 6 December 2020
277 seats in the National Assembly 139 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	30.5% (per the National Electoral Council) 16.1% (per the opposition)[1]
Party Leader % Seats +/– PSUV Jorge Rodríguez 62.34 253 +201 AD (ad hoc) José Bernabé Gutiérrez 6.92 11 −14 EL CAMBIO Javier Bertucci 4.54 3 New PV Luis Parra 2.99 2 New COPEI (ad hoc) Miguel Salazar 2.81 1 +1 PCV Óscar Figuera 2.72 1 −1 AP Henri Falcón 2.49 3 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. President of the National Assembly before President of the National Assembly Disputed Jorge Rodríguez PSUV

Parliamentary elections were held in Venezuela on 6 December 2020.^[a] Aside from the 167 deputies of the National Assembly who are eligible to be re-elected, the new National Electoral Council president announced that the assembly would increase by 110 seats, for a total of 277 deputies to be elected.^[6]

The opposition parties that make up the Democratic Unity Roundtable coalition agreed unanimously not to participate in the election, stating the reason as irregularities and their complaints during the planning of the process and arguing that it was likely the election would be fraudulent. Twenty-seven political parties signed the agreement, including the four largest opposition parties Popular Will, Justice First, Democratic Action and A New Era.^[7][8][9]

The opposition criticized the appointment of the members of the National Electoral Council by the Supreme Tribunal, stating that it is under the purview of the National Assembly, and at least seven political parties had their board of directors suspended or replaced by the pro-government Supreme Tribunal of Justice, including Popular Will, Justice First, Democratic Action,^[10] and Copei, as well as left-wing political parties, including Tupamaro,^[11] Fatherland for All,^[12] and Red Flag.^[13] Opposition politicians Henrique Capriles and Stalin González initially encouraged participation in the elections. They later withdrew and demanded better electoral conditions.^[14]

The Lima Group, the International Contact Group, the European Union and the United States rejected holding parliamentary elections in 2020, insisting in the necessity of holding elections "with free and fair conditions."^[15] The International Contact Group, headed by Uruguay, stated the formation of the Electoral Council "undermines the credibility of the next electoral process."^[15] The Organization of American States (OAS) stated the appointment of the Electoral Council was "illegal", rejecting it, and further stated that independent bodies are needed for "transparent, free and fair" elections to take place in the country.^[16] In July, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, headed by Michelle Bachelet, said that "the recent decisions of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice diminish the possibility to build conditions for democratic and credible electoral processes" and "appoint new National Electoral Council rectors without the consensus of all the political forces."^[17][18]

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