Presidential election in Venezuela 2012
The president shank choice in Venezuela took place on 7 October 2012 Design.
Incumbent Hugo Chávez ( PSUV ), who ran for the Gran Polo Patriótico (GPP) alliance , was re-elected with a clear majority of 55.13 percent, although this was lower than in the previous elections. The runner-up Henrique Capriles ( Primero Justicia ), supported by the broad opposition alliance Mesa de la Unidad Democrática , got 44.25%. The remaining four candidates didn't matter.
Candidates
The following people have publicly announced their candidacy:
PSUV
- Hugo Chávez , acting President since 1999
Mesa de la Unidad
The Mesa de la Unidad organized a primary election on February 12, 2012 to determine its candidate. All Venezuelans entered in the electoral register could vote. Henrique Capriles clearly prevailed in this election with 64 percent of the votes cast against María Corina Machado , Pablo Pérez Álvarez , Diego Arria and Pablo Medina.
More candidates
- Yoel Acosta Chirinos (Vanguardia Bicentenaria Republicana (VBR))
- Rafael Uzcátegui (prov. General Secretary of the PTT party)
- Luis Reyes (Organización Renovadora Autentica (ORA))
- Orlando Chirino (Partido Socialismo y Libertad (PSL))
- María Bolívar (Partido Democrático Unidos por la Paz y la Libertad (PDUPL))
- Reina Sequera (Poder Laboral (PL))
History and polls
2011
The Minister of Information, Andrés Izarra, stated on December 12, 2011 that Chávez had 55.5% and 49% "popularity" respectively, according to the Ivad and Hinterlaces polls . Both companies said poll numbers rose for Hugo Chavez Frías after he announced that he had beaten his cancer.
Since December there have been several debates between the opposition candidates. They agreed to go to a primary election on February 12, 2012 to determine a single candidate against Chavez.
January
On January 25, 2012, Leopoldo López withdrew his candidacy. The next day he announced that he would support Capriles.
February
The primaries for the opposition candidate, in which all voters were allowed to participate, took place on February 12th. Capriles won the candidacy with around 60% of the vote (with over three million participants). On February 16, Hugo Chavez addressed Capriles through the media and said: The more you disguise yourself, the more often you will see me every day. You will not be able to prevent the confrontation with Chavez, that is the confrontation with the fatherland, with national dignity . According to the polling institute Datanálisis, Capriles expected 63% of the votes for the area code on February 3rd. On February 12, Capriles was elected opposition candidate with 64.2% of the vote in open primaries.
March
During a demonstration for Henrique Capriles, his team was attacked by PSUV supporters and one man was injured. The attackers stole the cameras of the Globovisión journalists. PSUV politician Diosdado Cabello said during a demonstration in Trujillo state that Chávez was the only one who could guarantee peace. He said: " Those who want a fatherland go with Chavez. The traitors should go with the others. " According to Diosdado, if the opposition won, they would 'take the measures of the International Monetary Fund'.
On March 14, during a demonstration in Apure state , Chavez's brother Adán Chavez declared that PSUV members are ready to die if necessary. Diosdado Cabello stated that the choice between dying and defeating will be PSUV members win . Hugo Chavez, who announced in mid-2011 that he had cancer, returned from Cuba on March 16, where he had been operated on again. During a Cadena the next day, he declared that the governor of Monagas, who shortly thereafter criticized Diosdado Cabello for treating an oil spill, was a traitor to the revolution and would end up as the powder of space. He also said they would campaign house by house. On March 31, Chavez said during a televised and radio address that he could expropriate banks and companies that support the coup opposition . He also said the security services had to watch some police directors because they wanted a coup.
June
According to Variianzas, 50.5% of people wanted to vote for Chavez in May and 45.7% for Capriles. On June 10, Capriles was officially enrolled as a candidate with the Electoral Council. Hundreds of thousands of people marched with him.
Hugo Chávez has expressly rejected a debate with Capriles. He said he would be ashamed of debating a "mischief" and would rather face a heavyweight.
July
On July 5, the leader of the Guardia Nacional Capriles announced that he was not allowed to begin his performance in the municipality of Zamora in the state of Barinas. On July 7, the national police prevented an opposition demonstration in La Vega, West Caracas, which had been announced for days, which led to protests by the opposition.
August
On August 5th, Chavez appeared in Miguel Peña , South Valencia. There he declared that the military Francisco Ameliach would be the PSUV's candidate for the governor of Carabobo state . After supporters called for a better choice of Puerto Cabello's mayor , Rafael Lacava, Chavez said:
'What is at stake here is the 10/7 elections, do you hear me? It's not about Lacava or Ameliach '. I said: Ameliach as governor for Carabobo. I have said it and I repeat it: for me Francisco Ameliach is the candidate to win the state and he counts on my full support, with my respect, he is the campaign leader here ... but more importantly: this is about Chávez for the Venezuelan presidency on October 7th, it's about our lives'. The opposition in Carabobo then declared that Chavez already knew that he had lost Carabobo.
On August 12th, Chavez visited the western state of Táchira. There he said that his party had lost the gubernatorial election in 2008 because of internal rivalries. 'That means treason against the people, treason against the revolution and therefore betrayal against Chavez' On the same day, Capriles visited Caicara del Orinoco on the southern bank of the Orinoco. The opposition had complained that the governor of the state of Bolívar, where Caicara is, had unceremoniously closed the airport in this small town to prevent Capriles from landing there. In the end, Capriles came by boat.
On August 24, polling firm Colsultores 21 stated that 47.7% of the voters were for Capriles and 45.9% for Chavez. Surveys in the same month by the institutes GIS XXI, Datanálisis and Hinterlaces saw the incumbent in the lead.
September
In late September, two opposition activists were killed in Barinas when Chavez supporters blocked their way during a political rally and they got out of their cars.
Result
Bottom line according to the Venezuelan electoral authority CNE:
| candidate | Alliance / party | be right | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hugo Chavez | Gran Polo Patriótico | 8,181,122 | 55.13 |
| Henrique Capriles | Mesa de la Unidad Democrática | 6,566,712 | 44.25 |
| Reina Sequera | Poder Laboral | 70,374 | 0.47 |
| Luis Reyes | Organización Renovadora Auténtica | 8,209 | 0.05 |
| María Bolívar | Partido Democrático Unidos por la Paz | 7,371 | 0.04 |
| Orlando Chirino | Partido Socialismo y Libertad | 4.137 | 0.02 |
Web links
- News portal amerika21.de A comprehensive overview of the survey results .
- agência latina press - regular news about the 2012 presidential election
Individual evidence
- ↑ Venezuela sets 2012 presidential election date (BBC)
- ↑ a b Final result of the 2012 presidential election according to the electoral authority CNE, accessed on October 23, 2012
- ↑ Venezuela: Opposing candidate for Chavez nominated , orf.at, February 13, 2012
- ↑ El Mundo: Estos son los ocho candidatos para las presidenciales del 7 de octubre ( Memento of the original of June 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Survey values according to the Minister of Information
- ↑ López is no longer a BBC candidate
- ↑ Chavez talks about confrontation
- ↑ Datanálisis and the area code in February 2012 ( Memento of the original from February 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Results of the pre-election for the opposition (El Universal)
- ↑ Capriles demo attacked ( Memento of the original from March 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Diosdado Cabello on the elections (El Universal)
- ↑ Demo in Apure
- ↑ Chavez back in Venezuela
- ↑ Chávez threatens expropriations (Últimas Noticias) ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ elections according to varianceas
- ↑ Capriles registers his candidacy with the electoral council (Reuters)
- ↑ Chavez rejects debate (Reuters)
- ↑ Governor stops opposition demonstration in Barinas
- ↑ Demo stopped by the police
- ↑ Chavez chooses Ameliach in Carabobo
- ^ Opposition to Chávez 'statements ( memento of the original from January 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Chavez in Tachira
- ↑ Capriles visits Caicara del Orinoco
- ↑ Chavez trails rival for the first time (Bloomberg)
- ^ GIS XXI: 56% de los venezolanos votaría a favor del candidato Hugo Chávez
- ↑ Chavez Lead Narrows in Latest Datanalisis Poll in Venezuela (Bloomberg)
- ↑ Hinterlaces: Chávez mantiene brecha sobre Capriles de 18%
- ↑ Two members of the opposition murdered in Barinas
