REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 30 JULY 2000
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Source: Political Database of the Americas


Parties
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* Encuentro - Encounter
* La Causa - The Cause
* MVR (Movimiento V Republica) Movement for the Fifth
   Republic


NATIONAL SUMMARY
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Candidate                   Party       Vote       %
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Francisco Arias             La Causa    2,359,459  37.5
Hugo Rafael CHAVEZ FRIAZ    MVR         3,757,773  59.7
Claudio Fermin              Encuentro     171,346  02.7
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                                        6,288,578
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