The celebration was quiet Sunday night in the Bolivarian camp, like the victory. Only at 2 am that the National Electoral Council (CNE) announced the first results. The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) won 98 out of 165 MPs, the opposition 65 and the ex-Chavez party Fatherland for All (PPT, which stood alone) 2 members.
Obviously, it was impossible to repeat the score of 2005, when the opposition's call for a boycott of vote had allowed the coalition of the Chavez era to win 100% of the seats. But the PSUV candidates hoping to win a majority of two thirds of the unicameral parliament, in order to continue to approve the organic laws, the election of judges of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice or members of the National Electoral Council. Similarly
, the 3 / 5 of the Assembly (99 deputies) are required to approve legislation allowing the president to legislate without going through Parliament. This proportion has not been reached, a seat près.Le election night, the opposition said he won 52% of the votes. But on Monday night, President Hugo Chávez for his part said that the PSUV was ahead by 100,000 votes in the Mesa Unidad Democrática (MUD Table Unit democratic alliance of opposition parties), blaming it to recognize it as her own, the votes collected by independent parties.
When where this writing, the CNE had still not issued its second ballot with the full results. But it is certain that the score in number of votes is tight at the national level. Furthermore, the significant participation (66.45% registrants) is a success for legislation that generally do not attract many voters.
But why such a large victory number of deputies if the difference in absolute number of votes is so short? Because rural states with small populations (typically acquired Chavismo) are over-represented in the Assembly. In addition, a redistricting approved last January has clearly favored the PSUV by dividing some of them where the opposition had a majority.
short, the PSUV will now negotiate certain decisions and the difference radically between the two blocs promises more debate facilitator. But beyond this victory over the wire, it appears that the opposition goes back more and more in the ratings. It has built its strength in recent months, putting his finger on the government's inability to respond to concrete problems of the population such as insecurity and urban violence, inflation and inefficiency of public institutions .
Bolivarian Revolution focuses on the discourse and the ideological battle, while neglecting an important battle ground: the everyday life of citizens. That may be the lesson she has learned from these elections and signs of erosion of its electoral base.
Article published in the weekly all ours! of September 30, 2010
Obviously, it was impossible to repeat the score of 2005, when the opposition's call for a boycott of vote had allowed the coalition of the Chavez era to win 100% of the seats. But the PSUV candidates hoping to win a majority of two thirds of the unicameral parliament, in order to continue to approve the organic laws, the election of judges of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice or members of the National Electoral Council. Similarly
, the 3 / 5 of the Assembly (99 deputies) are required to approve legislation allowing the president to legislate without going through Parliament. This proportion has not been reached, a seat près.Le election night, the opposition said he won 52% of the votes. But on Monday night, President Hugo Chávez for his part said that the PSUV was ahead by 100,000 votes in the Mesa Unidad Democrática (MUD Table Unit democratic alliance of opposition parties), blaming it to recognize it as her own, the votes collected by independent parties.
When where this writing, the CNE had still not issued its second ballot with the full results. But it is certain that the score in number of votes is tight at the national level. Furthermore, the significant participation (66.45% registrants) is a success for legislation that generally do not attract many voters.
But why such a large victory number of deputies if the difference in absolute number of votes is so short? Because rural states with small populations (typically acquired Chavismo) are over-represented in the Assembly. In addition, a redistricting approved last January has clearly favored the PSUV by dividing some of them where the opposition had a majority.
short, the PSUV will now negotiate certain decisions and the difference radically between the two blocs promises more debate facilitator. But beyond this victory over the wire, it appears that the opposition goes back more and more in the ratings. It has built its strength in recent months, putting his finger on the government's inability to respond to concrete problems of the population such as insecurity and urban violence, inflation and inefficiency of public institutions .
Bolivarian Revolution focuses on the discourse and the ideological battle, while neglecting an important battle ground: the everyday life of citizens. That may be the lesson she has learned from these elections and signs of erosion of its electoral base.
Article published in the weekly all ours! of September 30, 2010
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