Parliamentary elections are due to be held in Venezuela on 25 May 2025 to elect the 277 deputies of the National Assembly. The elections are set to take place during the ongoing political crisis within the country, and are not expected to be free or fair.
Electoral system
The 277 members of the National Assemnbly are elected using a parallel voting system, with 144 seats elected by closed list proportional representation (with seats allocated using the d'Hondt method) and 133 seats elected by first-past-the-post voting in 87 constituencies.
The election was originally set to be held on 27 April. However on 19 February 2025, the National Electoral Council moved the election date to 25 May, saying that it was needed to "facilitate and promote the participation of different actors" in the electoral process.
Reactions
Opposition politicians have called for a boycott of the election. Maria Corina Machado said that participating in "a farce imposed by Maduro is to disregard the mandate" given by voters to the opposition following the disputed 2024 Venezuelan presidential election. Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, who claimed victory in the presidential election, said said holding the election was "unviable" and "contradicts the mandate expressed by Venezuelans at the polls" in the previous year.
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