The Great Patriotic Pole Simon Bolivar secured a resounding electoral victory.

On Sunday, Venezuelans headed to the polls for legislative and regional elections in which the Great Patriotic Pole Simon Bolivar (GPPSB) secured a resounding victory, maintaining the vitality of the Bolivarian Revolution led by President Nicolas Maduro.

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Voters elected 24 governors, 285 national lawmakers, and 260 state legislators. Among the newly elected officials are also representatives from the Guayana Esequiba state, which, for the first time, has a governor, seven members of the Legislative Council, and eight national lawmakers.

The National Electoral Council (CNE) announced that the GPPSB’s list of national lawmakers received 4,553,484 votes — or 82.68% of valid votes. Opposition alliances garnered the following results: the Democratic Alliance received 344,422 votes (6.9%), the UNTC-Unica Alliance earned 285,501 votes (5.18%), and Neighborhood Force captured 141,566 votes (2.57%).

CNE authorities reported voter turnout at 42.63%, a relatively high figure considering that the average participation rate in previous elections was 40%. They also noted that the May 25 elections reaffirmed the people’s democratic spirit, which prevailed over abstention calls made by the far-right opposition.

According to one of the initial result reports, CNE Vice President Carlos Quintero indicated that 40 out of 50 seats had already been assigned, with the vote trend deemed irreversible.

Among the newly elected members of the National Assembly are United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) members Jorge Rodriguez, Cilia Flores, Maria Valera, Maria Leon, Luis Soto, Francisco Cardenas, Jorge Arreaza, and William Fariñas.

Other lawmakers from the GPPSB include Jesus Faria, Angel Marcano, Jehyson Guzman, Maria de Lourdes Leon, Noeli Pocaterra, Hermann Escarra, Desiree Santos, Vanesa Montero, Ilenia Medina, Willian Gil, Henry Hernandez, Maria Jimenez, Gilberto Jimenez, Miguel Perez, and Nicia Maldonado.

Representing the opposition Democratic Alliance will be Bernabe Gutierrez, Timoteo Zambrano, and Enrique Campos. Elected from the UNTC-Unica Alliance are Luis Emilio Rondon, Ivan Gonzalez, and Henrique Capriles.

With this new parliamentary configuration, the forces of the Bolivarian Revolution consolidate a qualified majority, which will allow them to pass enabling laws and constitutional reforms in the upcoming National Assembly (2026-2031).

Celebrating the victory on Sunday, President Maduro announced that he would present a proposal for constitutional and electoral reform to be discussed by the new National Assembly once it assumes office.

“Today, the nation has shown that the Bolivarian Revolution is more alive and stronger than ever. We have demonstrated the power of Chavismo in the 21st century,” he said, adding that Venezuelan democracy is becoming more robust after 32 consecutive elections held despite the U.S. economic blockade and the destabilizing violence of the far-right opposition.

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Sources: CNE – teleSUR

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