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2004 Venezuelan regional elections

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| ← 2000 | 31 October 2004 (2004-10-31) | 2008 →

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Turnout| 45.7%
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Alliance  | Chavismo | Opposition
Popular vote  | 3,761,129 | 2,536,560
Percentage  | 58.31% | 39.32%

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Red denotes states won by the Chavismo. Blue denotes those won by the Opposition.

Regional elections were held in Venezuela on 31 October 2004 to elect 22 governors and 2 metropolitan mayors for a four-year term beginning in 2004 and ending in 2008, when the next regional elections were held. The elections were originally scheduled for 26 September 2004, but faced technical issues[1] and an application for annulment requested by the opposition,[2] and were held under high political pressure after the events of the recall referendum of August 2004.[3][4] The ongoing political crisis in the country and the proximity of the two electoral processes marked the environment of the elections,[5] which were won by the candidates supported by the president, Hugo Chavez.[6][7]

A total 1,577 political organizations participated in the elections; however, abstention levels reached 52%.[8] As a result, the opposition held two of the 22 governments but lost the Caracas and capital district mayorships.[8] Henrique Salas Römer, who ran as a presidential candidate in 1998, lost the government of Carabobo to Luis Acosta Carlez [es]. Claudio Fermin, who run for precedency in the elections of 2000, had no success at the metropolitan mayorship of Caracas, losing to Juan Barreto. Opposition candidate and incumbent governor Enrique Mendoza, who was considered as a possible future presidential candidate, lost the elections of the Miranda state to Diosdado Cabello. Manuel Rosales, who would later run for presidency in the elections of 2006,[8] became the governor of the Zulia state.[citation needed]

## Candidates

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Following, the list of three main candidates according to their political affiliation (government, opposition and dissident or independent) ordered by number of votes attained. The political affiliation is determined by the political parties supporting each candidate. For the 2004 elections, government candidates were supported by the Fifth Republic Movement (MVR) party; opposition candidates were supported by either Democratic Action (AD), Justice First Movement (PJ), A New Era (UNT), or the Political Electoral Independent Organization Committee (COPEI) party; and independent candidates were mostly supported by regional parties.

### Metropolitan mayors

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†  | Indicates the winning candidate

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Metropolitan Area  | Affiliation  | Candidate  | %  | Votes

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Caracas  | Government  | Juan Barreto ‡  | 60.33  | 388,356
Opposition (politics)  | Claudio Fermin | 39.28  | 252,881
Independent  | Reina Sequera  | 0.22  | 1,419
Capital District  | Government  | Freddy Bernal ‡  | 73.89  | 284,085
Opposition (politics)  | Carlos Melo  | 19.05  | 73,265
Opposition (politics)  | Jesus Suarez  | 5.79  | 22,269

### Governors

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†  | Indicates the winning candidate

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State  | Affiliation  | Candidate  | %  | Votes

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Anzoátegui | Government  | Tarek William Saab ‡  | 57.38  | 187,209
Opposition (politics)  | Antonio Barreto Sira  | 42.33  | 138,120
Independent  | Elias Lopez Portillo  | 0.11  | 370
Apure | Government  | Jesus Aguilarte ‡  | 66.85  | 88,587
Opposition (politics)  | Luis Lippa  | 27.49  | 36,431
Independent  | Jose Montilla  | 4.55  | 6,040
Aragua | Government  | Didalco Bolívar ‡  | 67.69  | 217,796
Opposition (politics)  | Margarita Tablante  | 22.09  | 71,085
Independent  | Luiz Augusto Zapata  | 5.17  | 16,654
Barinas | Government  | Hugo de los R. Chavez ‡  | 76.26  | 135,674
Opposition (politics)  | Andres Eloy Camejo  | 13.85  | 24,651
Independent  | Rafael Rosales Peña  | 7.82  | 13,912
Bolívar | Government  | Francisco Rangel ‡  | 58.84  | 146,329
Opposition (politics)  | Antonio Rojas Suarez  | 37.40  | 93,012
Opposition (politics)  | Jorge Carvajal  | 2.57  | 6,413
Carabobo | Government  | Luis Acosta Carlez ‡  | 51.25  | 311,189
Opposition (politics)  | Henrique Salas Römer | 48.01  | 291,519
Independent  | Jose Gregorio Ruiz  | 0.72  | 4,378
Cojedes | Government  | Jhonny Yanez Rangel ‡  | 56.12  | 54,142
Opposition (politics)  | Alberto Galindez  | 36.32  | 35,044
Independent  | Jose Felipe Machado  | 0.16  | 4,013
Delta Amacuro | Government  | Yelitza Santaella ‡  | 61.30  | 29,441
Independent  | Emeri Mata  | 37.15  | 17,843
Opposition (politics)  | Victor Cedeño  | 1.44  | 695
Falcón | Government  | Jesús Montilla ‡  | 59.47  | 118,718
Opposition (politics)  | Luis Stefanelli  | 36.61  | 73,100
Independent  | Yoel Acosta Chirinos  | 3.46  | 6,922
Guárico | Government  | Eduardo Manuitt ‡  | 78.45  | 115,010
Opposition (politics)  | Jose Malave Risso  | 18.75  | 27,495
Independent  | Alexis Bermudez  | 1.32  | 1,942
Lara | Government  | Luis Reyes Reyes ‡  | 73.55  | 289,945
Opposition (politics)  | Orlando Fernandez  | 18.70  | 73,714
Opposition (politics)  | Mariano Navarro  | 4.39  | 17,307
Mérida | Government  | Florencio Porras ‡  | 60.74  | 135,895
Opposition (politics)  | William Davila  | 21.66  | 48,465
Opposition (politics)  | Carlos Belandria  | 15.48  | 34,649
Miranda | Government  | Diosdado Cabello ‡  | 51.87  | 345,752
Opposition (politics)  | Enrique Mendoza | 48.12  | 320,731
Monagas | Government  | Jose Briceño ‡  | 58.28  | 144,326
Opposition (politics)  | Guillermo Call  | 41.43  | 102,599
Independent  | Romulo Rojas  | 0.27  | 678
Nueva Esparta | Opposition (politics)  | Morel Rodriguez ‡  | 51.32  | 66,432
Government  | Alexis Navarro Rojas  | 43.53  | 56,350
Independent  | Eustacio Aguilera  | 3.37  | 4,372
Portuguesa | Government  | Antonia Muñoz ‡  | 59.98  | 128,370
Opposition (politics)  | Ivan Colmenares  | 34.67  | 74,206
Independent  | Angel Graterol  | 1.74  | 3,742
Sucre | Government  | Ramon Martínez ‡  | 62.19  | 140,407
Opposition (politics)  | Ramiro Gomez  | 35.69  | 80,595
Independent  | Napoleon Barrios  | 1.50  | 3,404
Táchira | Government  | Ronald Blanco ‡  | 57.47  | 169,587
Opposition (politics)  | Sergio Omar Calderon  | 39.88  | 117,682
Independent  | Jose Luis Rincon  | 2.29  | 6,763
Trujillo | Government  | Gilmer Viloria ‡  | 54.30  | 101,141
Opposition (politics)  | Conrado Perez  | 28.06  | 52,257
Independent  | Oresteres Leal  | 14.79  | 27,546
Vargas | Government  | Antonio Rodriguez ‡  | 55.22  | 38,920
Independent  | Roberto Smith  | 19.29  | 13,598
Independent  | Gladys Requena | 10.21  | 7,200
Yaracuy | Government  | Carlos Gimenez ‡  | 50.73  | 101,481
Independent  | Eduardo Lapi  | 47.40  | 94,835
Opposition (politics)  | Alfonso Puche  | 1.75  | 3,505
Zulia | Opposition (politics)  | Manuel Rosales ‡  | 54.02  | 483,924
Government  | Alberto Gutierrez  | 44.42  | 397,927
Independent  | Francisco Arias Cardenas | 0.56  | 5,092

## References

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General

* "Resultados Elecciones Regionales 2004". Dirección General de Estadísticas Electorales (in Spanish). Caracas, Venezuela: Consejo Nacional Electoral. 31 October 2004. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2012.

Specific

1. ^ "Venezuela posterga elecciones regionales". Infobae.com (in Spanish). Argentina: Grupo Infobae. 3 September 2004. Archived from the original on 3 September 2004. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
2. ^ "Supremo rechaza anular elecciones y excluir a nuevos votantes". Terra Networks (in Spanish). Mexico: Telefónica. 26 October 2004. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
3. ^ Hellinger, Daniel (May 2005). "When "No" Means "Yes to Revolution": Electoral Politics in Bolivarian Venezuela". Latin American Perspectives. Vol. 32, no. 142, number 3. pp. 8–32\. doi:10.1177/0094582X05275530. JSTOR 30040240.
4. ^ "Oposición venezolana amenaza con no participar en comicios regionales". La Prensa (in Spanish). Panamá: Corporación La Prensa. Reuters. 21 August 2004. Archived from the original on 7 January 2005. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
5. ^ "Venezuela: Headed toward Civil War?". International Crisis Group. 10 May 2004. Archived from the original on 3 December 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
6. ^ "En Venezuela el oficialismo logra una amplia victoria". La Red 21 (in Spanish). Uruguay: 4Pixels SRL. 1 November 2004. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
7. ^ "Chavismo, el más fuerte de Venezuela". Univisión Noticias (in Spanish). Mexico: Univisión Communications. 2 November 2004. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
8. ^ a b c Chacho Álvarez, Isidoro Cheresky (2007). Elecciones Presidenciales y Giro Político en América Latina (in Spanish). Ediciones Manantial. p. 255\. ISBN 9789875001060. Retrieved 27 October 2012.

## Further reading

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* "Storm over Venezuela court reform". BBC News. United Kingdom: British Broadcasting Corporation. 30 April 2004. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
* Pérez Vigil, Ismael (2 November 2004). "El Gobierno y CNE en Venezuela, a lo Jalisco". Analítica.com (in Spanish). Venezuela: Analítica Consulting 1996. Archived from the original on 10 December 2004. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
* Schvarz, Niko (4 November 2004). "Chávez arrasó en las elecciones regionales venezolanas". La Red 21 (in Spanish). Uruguay: 4Pixels SRL. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
* "Chávez celebró su "victoria gigantesca"". La Nación (in Spanish). Argentina: La Nación S.A. 2 November 2004. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2012.

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