United Socialist Party of Venezuela
Socialist political party in Venezuela
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2024 | Nicolás Maduro was again elected president in another disputed election, winning 6,408,844 votes (51.95%) as the United Socialist Party of Venezuela's candidate in the 'Great Patriotic Pole' coalition. |
November 23 2023 | PSUV internal elections held with reportedly low participation, with less than 10% of the party's claimed 7.6 million members casting votes, highlighting internal party challenges and potential weakening of the organization. |
2020 | PSUV won back a supermajority in the National Assembly during elections, which occurred amid a widespread opposition boycott. |
2020 | The United Socialist Party of Venezuela won 4,317,819 votes (69.3%) in parliamentary elections, dramatically increasing their seat count to 167. |
2018 | PSUV conducted its 4th Party Congress, continuing the party's organizational development and strategic planning. |
2018 | Nicolás Maduro was re-elected as president in a disputed election, receiving 6,205,875 votes (67.8%) as the United Socialist Party of Venezuela's candidate in the 'Great Patriotic Pole' coalition. |
2015 | PSUV lost its majority in the National Assembly for the first time since the legislature's creation in 2000, winning only 55 out of 167 seats in the parliamentary election against the Democratic Unity Roundtable. |
2014 | The party's 3rd Congress was held, electing Nicolás Maduro as the second party president and posthumously honoring Hugo Chávez as the party's eternal president and founder. During this congress, party policies were also updated. |
2013 | Nicolás Maduro succeeded Hugo Chávez as the presidential candidate of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, winning 7,587,579 votes (50.6%) and leading the 'Great Patriotic Pole' coalition. |
2013 | The Units of Battle Hugo Chávez (UBCh) were transformed into their current organizational structure and name, evolving from their original group formed to defend the Bolivarian Revolution and support electoral processes in Venezuela. |
2012 | Hugo Chávez won the presidential election as the candidate of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, receiving 8,191,132 votes (55.1%), leading the 'Great Patriotic Pole' coalition. |
2010 | The United Socialist Party of Venezuela won 5,451,419 votes (48.3%) in parliamentary elections, securing 22 seats with Diosdado Cabello as the leader. |
April 2010 | PSUV held an Extraordinary Congress, endorsing key principles including socialism, Marxism, Bolivarianism, humanism, internationalism, and participatory democracy. The congress defined the party as the 'political vanguard of the revolutionary process'. |
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