Venezuelan presidential election, 2012

The presidential election in Venezuela took place on 7 October 2012.

Incumbent Hugo Chávez ( PSUV ), who raced for the alliance Gran Polo Patriótico (GPP ), was re-elected with a clear majority of 55.13 percent, this was, however, lower than in the previous elections. The supported by the broad opposition coalition Mesa de la Unidad Democrática Henrique Capriles runner ( Primero Justicia ) came to 44.25 %. The remaining four candidates did not play a role.

• 2.1 2011
• 2.2 January
• 2.3 in February
• 2.4 March
• 2.5 in June
• 2.6 in July
• 2.7 August
• 2.8 September

Candidates

The following persons have publicly expressed their candidacy:

PSUV

Hugo Chávez Frías, since 1999 Acting President

Mesa de la Unidad

The Mesa de la Unidad organized on February 12, 2012, a prefix to determine their candidate. Could select all Venezuelans who are registered in the electoral register. Henrique Capriles sat in this election clear with 64 percent of the vote against María Corina Machado, Pablo Pérez Álvarez, Diego Arria and Pablo Medina by.

Other candidates

• Yoel Acosta Chirinos ( Vanguardia Bicentenaria Republicana (VBR ) )
• Rafael Uzcátegui ( prov party general secretary PTT)
• 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 surveys

2011

The information minister, Andres Izarra said on 12 December 2011 that Chávez 55.5 % and 49% "popularity" would, according to the survey institutes IVAD and Hinterlaces. Both companies stated that the survey results for Hugo Chávez Frías had increased after he announced that he had defeated his cancer. Since December there have been several debates between the candidates of the opposition. They agreed to participate on February 12, 2012 at primaries to choose a single candidate against Chavez.

January

On January 25, 2012 Leopoldo López withdrew his candidacy. The next day he said he would support Capriles.

February

The primaries for the candidate of the opposition, in which all voters were allowed to participate, took place on 12 February. Capriles has decided the candidature with around 60 % of the vote (with over three million participants ) for themselves. On 16 February, Hugo Chavez turned to Capriles through the media and said: The more you tarnst you, the more often you will meet me every day. You'll confrontation with Chavez can not prevent that is the confrontation with the country, with the national dignity. The polling firm Datanálisis According reckoned Capriles on February 3, with 63 % of the votes for the code. On February 12, Capriles was elected in open primaries with 64.2 % of the vote for the opposition candidate.

March

In a demonstration for Henrique Capriles his team of PSUV supporters was attacked, a man was injured. The attackers stole the cameras of Globovision journalists. The PSUV politician Diosdado Cabello said during a demonstration in the state of Trujillo that Chavez was the only one who can guarantee peace. He said: " The want, the fatherland, go with Chavez The traitors are to go with the others.. " According Diosdado would the opposition if she would win, ' take the measures of the International Monetary Fund '.

On March 14, said Chávez's brother Adán Chávez during a demonstration in the state of Apure, that the members of the PSUV are ready to leave the life when it would be necessary Diosdado Cabello said on the issue of dying between the election or defeat, the members of the PSUV win. Hugo Chávez, the mid-2011 announced that he had cancer, returned on March 16, returned from Cuba, where he had been re- operated on. He explained the next day during a Cadena, the Governor of Monagas, who had Diosdado Cabello criticized shortly thereafter for the treatment of an oil spill would be a traitor to the revolution and will end as a powder of the universe. He also said that they would lead a campaign house by house. On March 31, Chavez said during a television and radio address that he could expropriate banks and companies that would support the coup opposition. He also said that the security services had to watch some police directors, because they wanted a coup.

June

According Varianzas wanted 50.5 % of men and 45.7% in May Chávez Capriles choose. On 10 June, Capriles was officially enroll as a candidate in the Electoral Council. Hundreds of thousands of people marched along with it. Hugo Chavez has explicitly rejected a debate with Capriles. He said he would be ashamed if he were to debate against a " nuisance " and would rather compete against a heavyweight.

July

On July 5, the leader of the Guardia Nacional Capriles said that he could not begin his appearance in the municipality of Zamora in the state of Barinas. The National Police prevented on July 7 for days announced a demonstration by the opposition in La Vega, West Caracas, which led to protests by the opposition.

August

On August 5, Chávez appeared in Miguel Peña, Südvalencia. He explained that the military Francisco Ameliach would be the candidate of the PSUV for the post of governor in the state of Carabobo. Once followers had called that he could better choose the mayor of Puerto Cabello, Rafael Lacava, Chavez said:

' What is at stake, the elections of 7:10 are, you hear me? It's not about Lacava or Ameliach '. I said: Ameliach as governor for Carabobo. I 've said it and I repeat it for me Francisco Ameliach is the candidate to win the state and he expects my full support, with my respect, he is the campaign leader here ... but more importantly, it's about here Chávez for the presidency of Venezuela at 7.10, it comes to our lives '. Then said the opposition in Carabobo that Chavez knew that he had lost Carabobo.

On August 12, Chávez visited the western state of Táchira. He said that his party had lost the gubernatorial election in 2008, because there had been internal rivalries. ' That is treason against the people, treason against the revolution and therefore treason against Chávez ' On the same day Capriles Caicara del Orinoco visited on the south bank of the Orinoco. The opposition had complained that the Governor of the State of Bolívar, where Caicara is, had the airport this small town closed ado to prevent Capriles as could land. At the end Capriles has come with a boat.

On 24 August, the survey company Colsultores 21 stated that 47.7 % of voters for Capriles, and 45.9 % for Chávez would. Polls XXI in the same month of the institutes GIS, Datanálisis and Hinterlaces saw the incumbent in the lead.

September

The end of September were killed in Barinas two opposition activists, as Chavez supporters make their way detained during a political rally and they got out of their cars.

Result

End result, according to the Venezuelan electoral authority CNE: