2018 Venezuelan municipal elections
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Municipal elections were held in Venezuela on 9 December 2018, aimed at choosing only the 2459 municipality councillors of Venezuela.[1]
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9 December 2018
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2,459 councillors | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 20,704,612 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 27.40% ( 30.96pp)[a] | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Results by municipality | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Background
Following the 2018 Venezuelan presidential election, municipal elections were quickly organized throughout Venezuela. The National Electoral Council proposed the election date of 9 December 2018, which in turn was approved by the Constituent National Assembly on 13 July 2018.[2][3]
Conduct
Results
Official results showed that only 27.4% of eligible voters participated in the election[6] compared to 47.3% in 2017.