Venezuelan presidential election, 2000

Venezuelan presidential election, 2000

A presidential election was held in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on July 30 2000. This was the first election held under Venezuela's newly adopted 1999 constitution.

Results

As a result of this election, incumbent President Hugo Chávez (originally voted in under the previous constitution in 1998; see 1998 election results) was elected to a second six-year term. He was sworn in on August 19 2000.

On June 8 2004 it was announced that the result of this election would be put to a recall referendum on 15 August. See: Venezuelan recall referendum, 2004.

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