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{{Outdated|date=June 2025}}{{short description|Unicameral legislature of Venezuela}} 
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| name               = National Assembly of Venezuela
| native_name        = Asamblea Nacional de Venezuela
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| legislature        = [[V National Assembly of Venezuela|V National Assembly]]
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| foundation         = {{start date and age|df=y|1999|12|20}}
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| preceded_by        = [[Congress of Venezuela]]
| succeeded_by       =
| new_session        = 5 January 2021
| leader1_type       = [[President of the National Assembly of Venezuela|President]]
| leader1            = [[Jorge Rodríguez (Venezuelan politician)|Jorge Rodríguez]]
| party1             = [[United Socialist Party of Venezuela|PSUV]]
| election1          = 5 January 2021
| leader2_type       = First Vice President
| leader2            = Pedro José Infante 
| party2             = [[United Socialist Party of Venezuela|PSUV]]
| election2          = 5 January 2023
| leader3_type       = Second Vice President
| leader3            = América Pérez 
| party3             = [[United Socialist Party of Venezuela|PSUV]]
| election3          = 5 January 2023
| leader4_type       = Majority Leader
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| leader5_type       = Minority Leader
| leader5            = José Gregorio Correa
| party5             = [[Democratic Action (Venezuela)|AD]]
| election5          = 5 January 2021
| seats              = 277
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| political_groups1  = '''[[Presidency of Nicolás Maduro|Government]] (256)'''
* {{Color box|#FF2626|border=silver}} [[Great Patriotic Pole|GPPSB]] (253)
** {{Color box|{{party color|United Socialist Party of Venezuela}}|border=darkgray}} [[United Socialist Party of Venezuela|PSUV]] (219)
** {{Color box|{{party color|Fatherland for All}}|border=darkgray}} [[Fatherland for All|PPT]] (8)
** {{Color box|{{party color|Tupamaro (Venezuela)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Tupamaro (Venezuela)|MRT]] (7)
** {{Color box|{{party color|Movement We Are Venezuela}}|border=darkgray}} [[Movement We Are Venezuela|MSV]] (5)
** {{Color box|{{party color|For Social Democracy}}|border=darkgray}} [[For Social Democracy|PODEMOS]] (4)
** {{Color box|{{party color|Alliance for Change (Venezuela)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Alliance for Change (Venezuela)|APC]] (3)
** {{Color box|{{party color|People's Electoral Movement (Venezuela)}}|border=darkgray}} [[People's Electoral Movement (Venezuela)|MEP]] (3)
** {{Color box|{{party color|Authentic Renewal Organization}}|border=darkgray}} [[Authentic Renewal Organization|ORA]] (2)
** {{Color box|{{party color|Venezuelan Popular Unity}}|border=darkgray}} [[Venezuelan Popular Unity|UPV]] (2)
* {{Color box|#FFFFFF|border=silver}} [[Indigenous peoples in Venezuela|Indigenous seats]] (3)
'''Others (21)'''
* {{Color box|{{party color|Democratic Action (Venezuela)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Democratic Action (Venezuela)|AD]] (11)
* {{Color box|{{party color|Progressive Advance}}|border=darkgray}} [[Progressive Advance|AP]] (3)
* {{Color box|{{party color|Esperanza por El Cambio}}|border=darkgray}} [[Esperanza por El Cambio|El Cambio]] (3)
* {{Color box|{{party color|Venezuela First}}|border=darkgray}} [[Venezuela First|PV]] (2)
* {{Color box|{{party color|Copei}}|border=darkgray}} [[Copei]] (1)
* {{Color box|{{party color|Communist Party of Venezuela}}|border=darkgray}} [[Communist Party of Venezuela|PCV]] ([[Óscar Figuera González|1]])
| committees1        = 15 standing committees
| joint_committees   =
| term_length        = 5 years
| authority          =
| salary             =
| voting_system1     = '''[[Parallel voting]]''':<br />[[Party-list proportional representation]] (144 seats)<br />[[First-past-the-post]] (133 seats)
| first_election1    = [[2000 Venezuelan general election|30 July 2000]]
| last_election1     = [[2025 Venezuelan parliamentary election|25 May 2025]] ([[2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis|partial recognition]])
| next_election1     = [[2030 Venezuelan parliamentary election|2030]]
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| meeting_place      = [[Palacio Federal Legislativo|Federal Legislative Palace]]<br/>[[Caracas]], [[Capital District (Venezuela)|Capital District]], [[Venezuela]]
| website            = [https://www.asambleanacional.gob.ve/ www.asambleanacional.gob.ve]
| constitution      = [[Constitution of Venezuela]]
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{{Politics of Venezuela}}

The '''National Assembly''' ({{langx|es|Asamblea Nacional}}) is the federal [[legislature]] of the [[Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela]], which was first elected in 2000 under the [[Constitution of Venezuela|1999 constitution]]. It is a [[unicameral]] body made up of a variable number of members, who are elected by a "universal, direct, personal, and secret" vote partly by direct election in state-based voting districts, and partly on a state-based party-list [[proportional representation]] system. 

Each of the 23 [[States of Venezuela|States]] and the [[Capital District (Venezuela)|Capital District]] elects no less than three representatives plus the result of dividing the state population by 1.1% of the total population of the country.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ley Orgánica de Procesos Electorales|url=http://www.cne.gov.ve/web/normativa_electoral/ley_organica_procesos_electorales/titulo2.php|publisher=Consejo Nacional Electoral|access-date=4 April 2011|language=es|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100929053531/http://www.cne.gov.ve/web/normativa_electoral/ley_organica_procesos_electorales/titulo2.php|archive-date=29 September 2010}}</ref> Three seats are reserved for representatives of Venezuela's indigenous peoples and elected separately by all citizens, not just those with indigenous backgrounds. For the 2010 to 2015 the number of seats was 165.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dos mil 719 candidatos se disputarán los curules de la Asamblea Nacional|url=http://www.vtv.gov.ve/noticias-nacionales/37227|publisher=Venezolana de Televisión|access-date=4 April 2011|language=es|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510075036/http://www.vtv.gov.ve/noticias-nacionales/37227|archive-date=10 May 2011}}</ref> 

Deputies to the National Assembly serve a five-year term and may be re-elected for a maximum of two consecutive terms. The National Assembly meets in the [[Palacio Federal Legislativo|Federal Legislative Palace]] in Venezuela's capital, [[Caracas]].

==Legislative history==
[[File:Hemiciclo Protocolar - Palacio Federal Legislativo, 1963.png|thumb|left|225px|Plenary Chamber of the National Congress of Venezuela as shown in the 1963 film ''Cuentos para mayores'']]
===1961 Constitution===
{{Main|Congress of Venezuela}}
Under its previous {{ill|1961 Venezuelan Constitution|es|Constitución de Venezuela de 1961}}, Venezuela had a [[bicameral]] legislature, known as the Congress ''(Congreso)''. This Congress was composed of a [[Senate of Venezuela]] ''(Senado)'' and a [[Venezuelan Chamber of Deputies]] ''(Cámara de Diputados)''.

The Senate was made up of two senators per [[States of Venezuela|state]], two for the [[Venezuelan Federal District|Federal District]], and a number of [[List of Latin phrases (A–E)|''ex officio'']] senators intended to represent the nation's minorities. In addition, former presidents (those elected democratically or their replacements legally appointed to serve at least half a presidential term) were awarded [[senator for life|lifetime senate seats]].
Senators were required to be Venezuelan-born citizens and over the age of 30.

The members of the Chamber of Deputies were elected by direct universal suffrage, with each state returning at least two. Deputies had to be at least 21 years old.

The Senate and the Chamber of Deputies were each led by a President, and both performed their functions with the help of a Directorial Board. The President of Senate of Venezuela held the additional title of "President of the Congress", and was the constitutional successor of the [[President of Venezuela]] in case of a vacancy.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://confinder.richmond.edu/admin/docs/venezuela.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=28 January 2019 |archive-date=17 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017074512/http://confinder.richmond.edu/admin/docs/venezuela.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> This succession took place in 1993, when [[Octavio Lepage]] succeeded [[Carlos Andrés Pérez]].

===1999 Constitution===
[[President of Venezuela|President]] [[Hugo Chávez]] was first elected in December 1998 on a platform calling for a National [[Constituent Assembly]] to be convened to draft a new [[constitution]] for Venezuela. Chávez's argument was that the existing political system, under the earlier 1961 Constitution, had become isolated from the people. In the [[1999 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election|Constituent Assembly elections]] held on 25 July 1999, all but six seats were given to candidates associated with the Chávez movement. The [[1999 Constituent National Assembly|National Constituent Assembly]] (ANC), consisting of 131 elected individuals, convened in August 1999 to begin rewriting the constitution. The ANC's proposed constitution was approved in a [[December 1999 Venezuelan constitutional referendum|referendum]] on 15 December 1999 and came into effect the following 20 December.

====2017 constitutional crisis====
{{see also|2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis}} 
On 29 March 2017, the [[Supreme Tribunal of Justice (Venezuela)|Supreme Tribunal of Justice]] (TSJ) stripped the elected National Assembly of its constitutional powers, ruling that all powers would be transferred to the Supreme Court. The previous year the court found the assembly in contempt for swearing in legislators whose elections had been deemed invalid by the court.<ref name=CNN_diss/> The 2017 court judgement declared that the "situation of contempt" meant that the assembly could not exercise its powers.<ref name="NY_diss1">{{cite news|last1=Casey|first1=Nicolas|last2=Torres|first2=Patrica|title=Venezuela Moves a Step Closer to One-Man Rule|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/30/world/americas/venezuelas-supreme-court-takes-power-from-legislature.html?_r=0|access-date=30 March 2017|work=New York Times|date=30 March 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170502091859/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/30/world/americas/venezuelas-supreme-court-takes-power-from-legislature.html?_r=0|archive-date=2 May 2017}}</ref> The action transferred powers from the Assembly, which had an opposition majority since January 2016,<ref name="NY_diss1"/> to the Supreme Court, which has a majority of government loyalists.<ref name=CNN_diss/> The move was denounced by the opposition with Assembly President [[Julio Borges]] describing the action as a coup d'état by President [[Nicolás Maduro]].<ref name=CNN_diss>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/30/americas/venezuela-dissolves-national-assembly/|title=Venezuela's high court dissolves National Assembly|first1=Rafael |last1=Romo |website=cnn.com|access-date=9 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228170319/http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/30/americas/venezuela-dissolves-national-assembly/|archive-date=28 December 2017}}</ref> However, after public protests and condemnation by international bodies, the court's decision was reversed a few days later on 1 April.<ref name=hupo_timeline>{{cite news|last1=Robins-Early|first1=Nick|title=A Timeline of Venezuela's Months of Protests And Political Crisis|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/venezuela-crisis-timeline_us_5987330ae4b0cb15b1bf1b99|access-date=20 August 2017|work=Huffington Post|date=7 August 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823124202/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/venezuela-crisis-timeline_us_5987330ae4b0cb15b1bf1b99|archive-date=23 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/world/venezuela-crisis-socialist-government-people-poorer/|title=Venezuela crisis: How a socialist government has managed to make its people poorer|last=Sandhu|first=Serina|date=15 August 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820202513/https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/world/venezuela-crisis-socialist-government-people-poorer/|archive-date=20 August 2017}}</ref>

On 4 August 2017, Venezuela convened a new [[2017 Constitutional Assembly of Venezuela|Constituent National Assembly]] after [[2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election|a special election]] which was boycotted by the [[Democratic Unity Roundtable]] (MUD) and other opposition parties.<ref name=hupo_timeline/> The new Constituent Assembly is intended to rewrite the constitution; it also has wide legal powers allowing it to rule above all other state institutions. The Constituent Assembly met within the Federal Legislative Palace; while the leadership of the National Assembly had said it would continue its work as a legislature and it would still continue to meet in the same building.<ref>{{cite news|title=La Asamblea Nacional continuará sesionando y trabajando desde el Palacio Federal Legislativo|url=http://www.lapatilla.com/site/2017/08/04/la-asamblea-nacional-continuara-sesionando-y-trabajando-desde-el-palacio-federal-legislativo/|access-date=4 August 2017|work=[[La Patilla]]|date=4 August 2017|language=es-ES|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804220155/http://www.lapatilla.com/site/2017/08/04/la-asamblea-nacional-continuara-sesionando-y-trabajando-desde-el-palacio-federal-legislativo/|archive-date=4 August 2017}}</ref>

On 18 August the Constituent Assembly summoned the members of the National Assembly to attend a ceremony acknowledging its legal superiority; the opposition members of the National Assembly boycotted the event.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Sanchez|first1=Fabiola|title=Pro-Government Assembly in Venezuela Takes Congress' Powers|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2017-08-18/pro-government-assembly-in-venezuela-takes-congress-powers|access-date=20 August 2017|agency=Associated Press|magazine=[[US News]]|date=18 August 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820203252/https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2017-08-18/pro-government-assembly-in-venezuela-takes-congress-powers|archive-date=20 August 2017}}</ref> In response, the Constituent Assembly stripped the National Assembly of its legislative powers, assuming them for itself.<ref name="wapo_18aug">{{cite news|last1=Krygier|first1=Rachelle|last2=Faiola|first2=Anthony|title=Venezuela's pro-government assembly moves to take power from elected congress|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/venezuelas-pro-government-assembly-moves-to-take-power-from-elected-congress/2017/08/18/9c6cd0a2-8416-11e7-9e7a-20fa8d7a0db6_story.html|access-date=20 August 2017|newspaper=Washington Post|date=18 August 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818212427/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/venezuelas-pro-government-assembly-moves-to-take-power-from-elected-congress/2017/08/18/9c6cd0a2-8416-11e7-9e7a-20fa8d7a0db6_story.html|archive-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> It justified the move by claiming that the National Assembly had failed to prevent what it called "opposition violence" in the form of the [[2017 Venezuelan protests]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mogollon|first1=Mery|last2=McDonnell|first2=Patrick|title=Venezuela congress rejects what it denounces as government takeover|url=http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-venezuela-takoever-20170819-story.html|access-date=20 August 2017|work=Los Angeles Times|date=19 August 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820020117/http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-venezuela-takoever-20170819-story.html|archive-date=20 August 2017}}</ref> The constitutionality of this move has been questioned, and it has been condemned by several foreign governments and international bodies.<ref name=wapo_18aug/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/19/venezuela-crisis-deepens-maduro-strips-opposition-held-parliament-power|title=President Maduro strips Venezuela's parliament of power|first1=Emma|last1=Graham-Harrison|first2=Virginia|last2=López|date=19 August 2017|website=the Guardian|access-date=9 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312173442/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/19/venezuela-crisis-deepens-maduro-strips-opposition-held-parliament-power|archive-date=12 March 2018}}</ref>

==== 2020 contested leadership election ====
{{Main|2020 Venezuelan National Assembly Delegated Committee election}}
The [[2020 Venezuelan National Assembly Delegated Committee election]] of 5 January, to elect the Board of Directors of the National Assembly was disrupted. The events resulted in two competing claims for the Presidency of the National Assembly: one by deputy [[Luis Parra]] and one by Juan Guaidó.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-51000419|title=Two Venezuela lawmakers declare themselves Speaker|date=2020-01-06|access-date=2020-01-06|language=en-GB}}</ref> Parra was formerly a member of [[Justice First]], but was expelled from the party on 20 December 2019 based on corruption allegations, which he denies. From inside the legislature, Parra declared himself president of the National Assembly; a move that was welcomed by Maduro administration.<ref name="APblockedcongresJanuary">{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/ce9313397eb6eefff81f3760047908e4|title=Guaidó blocked from congress as Venezuelan conflict deepens|last=Sánchez|first=Fabiola|date=5 January 2020|website=Associated Press|access-date=2020-01-06}}</ref> The opposition disputed this outcome, saying that quorum had not been achieved and no votes had been counted.<ref name="APblockedcongresJanuary" /> Police forces had blocked access to parliament to some opposition members, including Guaidó, and members of the media. Later in the day, a separate session was carried out at the headquarters of ''[[El Nacional (Caracas)|El Nacional]]'' newspaper, where 100 of the 167 deputies voted to re-elect Guaidó as president of the parliament.<ref name="APblockedcongresJanuary" /> In his speech, Guaidó announced his resignation from Popular Will.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/america/venezuela/2020/01/06/juan-guaido-renuncio-a-su-partido-voluntad-popular-para-dedicarse-a-la-presidencia-interina-de-venezuela/|title=Juan Guaidó renunció a su partido Voluntad Popular para dedicarse a la presidencia interina de Venezuela|date=5 January 2020|website=Infobae|language=es|access-date=2020-01-07}}</ref>

Guaidó was sworn in a session on 7 January after forcing his way in through police barricades. Parra has reiterated his claim to the presidency of the parliament.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/3875175df2e72e339da0bb6c3e9656be|title=Venezuela opposition leader takes new oath amidst standoff|last=Sanchez|first=Fabiola|date=7 January 2020|website=Associated Press|access-date=2020-01-07}}</ref>

==Membership==
Any [[Venezuelan nationality law|Venezuelan citizen]] by birth or [[naturalization]], with at least fifteen years of residence in Venezuelan territory, who is 21 years of age or older, is eligible to be elected as a deputy to the National Assembly. However, the same person cannot hold the office of President or Vice President of the Republic, Minister, Secretary of the Presidency, or hold senior positions in Autonomous Institutes or [[State-owned enterprise|State-owned companies]], until three months after leaving these positions. Additionally, [[List of Venezuela governors|state governors]], secretaries of government, and other officials at the municipal, state, or national level in the jurisdiction where the election takes place are also ineligible unless holding accidental, assistance, teaching, or academic positions.

A deputy of the National Assembly cannot own, manage, or direct companies that contract with state entities, nor can they manage private lucrative interests with such entities. Deputies are obliged to abstain from voting on issues where they have an economic conflict of interest. Moreover, they are not allowed to accept or exercise other public offices without losing their status as deputies, except for teaching, academic, or assistance activities that do not require full-time dedication.

==Structure and powers==
Under the current [[Bolivarian Revolution|Bolivarian]] [[1999 Venezuelan Constitution|1999 Constitution]], the legislative branch of Government in Venezuela is represented by a [[unicameral]] National Assembly. The Assembly is currently made up of 277 seats<ref>{{Cite web|title=Venezuela Summary|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/static/e4ac1d7f27fc360694b441dd87a788dd/VE-summary.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113040435/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/static/e4ac1d7f27fc360694b441dd87a788dd/VE-summary.pdf|archive-date=13 January 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>''.'' Officials are elected by "universal, direct, personal, and secret" vote on a national party-list [[proportional representation]] system.<ref name=":0" /> In addition, three deputies are returned on a state-by-state basis, and three seats are reserved for representatives of Venezuela's indigenous peoples.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)'s Constitution of 1999 with Amendments through 2009|url=https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Venezuela_2009.pdf}}</ref>

All deputies serve five-year terms and must appoint a replacement ''(suplente)'' to stand in for them during periods of incapacity or absence.<ref name=":0" /> Under the 1999 constitution deputies could be reelected on up to two terms (Art. 192); under the [[2009 Venezuelan constitutional referendum]] these term limits were removed.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Debrief: New Report on Venezuela's Re-Election Referendum|url=https://nacla.org/news/debrief-new-report-venezuelas-re-election-referendum|access-date=2021-03-12|website=NACLA|language=en}}</ref> Deputies must be Venezuelan citizens by birth, or naturalized Venezuelans with a period of residency in excess of 15 years; older than 21 on the day of the election; and have lived in the state for which they seek election during the previous four years (Art. 188).<ref name=":0" />

Beyond passing legislation (and being able to block any of the president's legislative initiatives), the National Assembly has a number of specific powers outlined in Article 187, including approving the budget, initiating [[impeachment]] proceedings against most government officials (including ministers and the Vice President, but not the President, who can only be removed through a [[recall referendum]]) and appointing the members of the electoral, judicial, and prosecutor's branches of government.<ref name=":0" /> Among others it also has the power to authorize foreign and domestic military action and to authorize the President to leave the national territory for more than 5 days.

The Assembly is led by a President with 2 Vice Presidents, and together with a secretary and an assistant secretary, they form the Assembly Board of Directors (BoD-NAVEN), and when it is on recess twice a year, they lead a Standing Commission of the National Assembly together with 28 other MPs{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}.

Since 2010 the Assembly's 15 Permanent Committees, created by the 2010 Assembly Rules, are composed by MPs (ranging from the minimum of 7 to the maximum of 25) tackling legislation of various issues.<ref name=":0" /> The Committees' offices are housed in the José María Vargas Building in Caracas, few hundred yards from the Federal Legislative Palace, the former building is also where the offices of the Assembly leadership are located.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Asamblea Nacional|url=https://www.asambleanacionalvenezuela.org/asamblea/historia|access-date=2021-03-12|website=Asamblea Nacional|language=Spanish}}</ref>

==Electoral system==
In the [[2000 Venezuelan parliamentary election]], representatives were elected under a [[mixed member proportional representation]], with 60% elected in [[single seat district]]s and the remainder by closed [[party list]] [[proportional representation]].<ref name=CNN>''[[CNN]]'', [http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/election.watch/americas/venezuela.html Venezuela (Presidential)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202747/http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/election.watch/americas/venezuela.html |date=3 March 2016 }}, accessed 27 September 2010</ref> This was an adaptation of the system previously used for the [[Venezuelan Chamber of Deputies]],<ref>Donna Lee Van Cott (2005), ''From movements to parties in Latin America: the evolution of ethnic politics'', [[Cambridge University Press]]. p29</ref> which had been introduced in 1993, with a 50-50 balance between single seat districts and party lists,<ref name=Crisp>Crisp, Brian F. and Rey, Juan Carlos (2003), "The Sources of Electoral Reform in Venezuela", in Shugart, Matthew Soberg, and Martin P. Wattenberg, ''Mixed-Member Electoral Systems - The Best of Both Worlds?'', Oxford: [[Oxford University Press]], 2003. pp. 173-194(22)</ref> and deputies per state proportional to population, but with a minimum of three deputies per state.<ref>Crisp and Rey(2003:175)</ref>

==Political composition==
{{Further|Elections in Venezuela}}
[[File:Hemiciclo Protocolar - Palacio Federal Legislativo.jpg|thumb|225px|Hemicycle of the Federal Legislative Palace in 2016]]
The [[2000 Venezuelan parliamentary election|first election]] of deputies to the new National Assembly took place on 30 July 2000. President [[Hugo Chávez]]' [[Fifth Republic Movement]] won 92 seats (56%). The opposition did not participate in the [[2005 Venezuelan parliamentary election|2005 elections]], and as a result gained no seats, while the Fifth Republic Movement gained 114 (69%). In 2007 a number of parties, including the Fifth Republic Movement, merged to create the [[United Socialist Party of Venezuela]] (PSUV), which in January 2009 held 139 of the 169 seats (82%). In the [[2010 Venezuelan parliamentary election|2010 election]], for which the number of deputies was reduced to 165, the PSUV won 96 seats (58%), the opposition electoral coalition [[Democratic Unity Roundtable]] (MUD) 65, and [[Patria Para Todos]] won 2.

At the [[2015 Venezuelan parliamentary election|2015 parliamentary election]], the MUD won 109 of the 164 general seats and all three indigenous seats, which gave them a [[supermajority]] in the National Assembly; while the government's own coalition, the [[Great Patriotic Pole]] (GPP), won the remaining 55 seats. [[Voter turnout]] exceeded 70 percent.<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-06/venezuelans-to-vote-in-polls-seen-handing-congress-to-opposition|title = Venezuela Opposition Won Majority of National Assembly Seats|date = 7 December 2015|work = Bloomberg|access-date = 7 December 2015|url-status = live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151206224919/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-06/venezuelans-to-vote-in-polls-seen-handing-congress-to-opposition|archive-date = 6 December 2015|df = dmy-all}}</ref>

The result, however, was marred by the January 2016 suspension from the National Assembly by the [[Supreme Tribunal of Justice (Venezuela)|Supreme Tribunal of Justice]] of 4 elected members of Parliament (MPs) from Amazonas state due to alleged voter fraud and election irregularities. 3 of the 4 were opposition deputies and one was from the government's coalition (GPP). {{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

Following the [[2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election]] the new Venezuelan Constitutional Assembly was inaugurated which has the power to rule over all other state institutions and rewrite the constitution. As of May 2019, the Constituent Assembly mandate is expected to expire on 31 December 2020 (after next National Assembly elections), a measure that replaces the previous resolution of August 2017 that established its validity for at least two years.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/internacional/20190520/462373529155/constituyente-venezolana-extiende-su-funcionamiento-hasta-finales-de-2020.html|title=Venezuelan constituent extends its operation until the end of 2020|date=21 May 2019|work=[[La Vanguardia]]|access-date=21 May 2019|language=es}}</ref>

In 2020, Maduro’s [[United Socialist Party of Venezuela|United Socialist Party]] of Venezuela and allied parties claimed to have captured 67 percent of seats in the National Assembly, but that election was also disputed by EU and U.S. officials. Nevertheless, since then Maduro has exercised majority control of the Venezuelan parliament, displacing [[Juan Guaidó]] from his oppositional presidency.<ref>[https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/7/venezuelan-president-maduro-claims-sweep-of-boycotted-election "Venezuela’s Guaido vows to challenge Maduro’s congress win"] ''aljazeera''. 7 Dec 2020. Accessed 23 April 2023.</ref>

===Members===
*[[I National Assembly of Venezuela]]
*[[II National Assembly of Venezuela]]
*[[III National Assembly of Venezuela]]
*[[IV National Assembly of Venezuela]]
*[[V National Assembly of Venezuela]]

=== Board of Directors ===
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto;"
|+ 
! Office
! colspan="2"| Deputy<ref>{{Cite web |title= Junta Directiva |url=https://www.asambleanacional.gob.ve/asamblea/junta_directiva |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=asambleanacional.gob.ve |language=es}}</ref>
! Party
|-
| [[President of the National Assembly of Venezuela|President of the National Assembly]]
| style="background:{{party color|United Socialist Party of Venezuela}};"|
| [[Jorge Rodríguez (Venezuelan politician)|Jorge Jesús Rodríguez Gómez]]
| [[United Socialist Party of Venezuela|PSUV]]
|-
| First Vice President of the National Assembly
| style="background:{{party color|United Socialist Party of Venezuela}};"|
| Pedro José Infante Aparicio
| [[United Socialist Party of Venezuela|PSUV]]
|-
| Second Vice President of the National Assembly
| style="background:{{party color|United Socialist Party of Venezuela}};"|
| América Valentina Pérez Dávila
| [[United Socialist Party of Venezuela|PSUV]]
|}

=== Standing committees ===
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto;"
|+ 
! Committee
! colspan="2"| Chairperson<ref>{{Cite web |title= Comisiones Permanentes |url=https://www.asambleanacional.gob.ve/comisiones#comisionesPermanentes |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=asambleanacional.gob.ve |language=es}}</ref>
! Party
|-
| Standing Committee on Eco-socialism
| style="background:{{party color|United Socialist Party of Venezuela}};"|
| Ricardo Antonio Molina Peñaloza
| [[United Socialist Party of Venezuela|PSUV]]
|-
| Standing Committee on [[Indigenous peoples in Venezuela|Indigenous Peoples]]
| style="background:{{party color|United Socialist Party of Venezuela}};"|
| Nicia Marina Maldonado Maldonado
| [[United Socialist Party of Venezuela|PSUV]]
|-
| Standing Committee on the People's Power and Communication
| style="background:{{party color|United Socialist Party of Venezuela}};"|
| Juan Carlos Alemán Pérez
| [[United Socialist Party of Venezuela|PSUV]]
|-
| Standing Committee on Education, Health, Science, Technology and Innovation
| style="background:{{party color|Alliance for Change (Venezuela)}};"|
| Ricardo Ignacio Sánchez Mujica
| [[Alliance for Change (Venezuela)|APC]]
|-
| Standing Committee on Culture and Recreation
| style="background:{{party color|United Socialist Party of Venezuela}};"|
| Cristobal Leobardo Jiménez
| [[United Socialist Party of Venezuela|PSUV]]
|-
| Standing Committee on Families, Freedom of Religion and Worship
| style="background:{{party color|United Socialist Party of Venezuela}};"|
| Asia Yajaira Villegas Poljak
| [[United Socialist Party of Venezuela|PSUV]]
|-
| Standing Committee on Administration and Services
| style="background:{{party color|United Socialist Party of Venezuela}};"|
| Pedro Miguel Carreño Escobar
| [[United Socialist Party of Venezuela|PSUV]]
|-
| Standing Committee on Foreign Policy, Sovereignty and Integration
| style="background:{{party color|Cambiemos Movimiento Ciudadano}};"|
| Timoteo De Jesus Zambrano Guedez
| [[Cambiemos Movimiento Ciudadano|CMC]]
|-
| Standing Committee on Internal Policy
| style="background:{{party color|United Socialist Party of Venezuela}};"|
| María Gabriela Vega Sosa
| [[United Socialist Party of Venezuela|PSUV]]
|-
| Standing Committee on Comptrollership
| style="background:{{party color|United Socialist Party of Venezuela}};"|
| Willian Rafael Gil Calderón
| [[United Socialist Party of Venezuela|PSUV]]
|-
| Standing Committee on Economy, Finance and National Development
| style="background:{{party color|United Socialist Party of Venezuela}};"|
| Jesús Germán Faría Tortosa
| [[United Socialist Party of Venezuela|PSUV]]
|-
| Standing Committee on Energy and Petroleum
| style="background:{{party color|United Socialist Party of Venezuela}};"|
| Ángel Luis Rodríguez Gamboa
| [[United Socialist Party of Venezuela|PSUV]]
|-
| Standing Committee on the Security and Defense of the Nation
| style="background:{{party color|United Socialist Party of Venezuela}};"|
| Jesús Rafael Suárez Chourio
| [[United Socialist Party of Venezuela|PSUV]]
|-
| Standing Committee on Comprehensive Social Development
| style="background:{{party color|United Socialist Party of Venezuela}};"|
| Rodolfo Antonio Crespo Grismaldo
| [[United Socialist Party of Venezuela|PSUV]]
|-
| Standing Committee on the Development of Communes
| style="background:{{party color|United Socialist Party of Venezuela}};"|
| Blanca Rosa Eekhout Gómez
| [[United Socialist Party of Venezuela|PSUV]]
|}

== Latest election ==
{{Main|2020 Venezuelan parliamentary election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:Asamblea Nacional Venezuela 2020.svg]]
|firstround=Party-list|secondround=Constituency
|alliance1=[[Great Patriotic Pole]]|aspan1=10|party1=[[United Socialist Party of Venezuela]]|votes1=3910197|seats1=123|votes1_2=6780121|seats1_2=130|totseats1=253
|party2=[[Tupamaro (Venezuela)|Tupamaro]]{{efn-lr|name=I|Intervened<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":10" />}}|votes2=99747|seats2=0|votes2_2=175232|seats2_2=0|totseats2=0
|party3=[[Fatherland for All]]{{efn-lr|name=I}}|votes3=87994|seats3=0|votes3_2=146606|seats3_2=0|totseats3=0
|party4=[[Movement We Are Venezuela]]|votes4=66500|seats4=0|votes4_2=114178|seats4_2=0|totseats4=0
|party5=[[For Social Democracy]]|votes5=52104|seats5=0|votes5_2=86744|seats5_2=0|totseats5=0
|party6=[[People's Electoral Movement (Venezuela)|People's Electoral Movement]]|votes6=33316|seats6=0|votes6_2=57724|seats6_2=0|totseats6=0
|party7=[[Alliance for Change (Venezuela)|Alliance for Change]]|votes7=31114|seats7=0|votes7_2=51830|seats7_2=0|totseats7=0
|party8=[[Authentic Renewal Organization]]|votes8=21408|seats8=0|votes8_2=38434|seats8_2=0|totseats8=0
|party9=[[Venezuelan Popular Unity]]|votes9=19595|seats9=0|votes9_2=30402|seats9_2=0|totseats9=0
|atotal10=4321975|aseats10=123|avotes10_2=7481271|aseats10_2=130|atotseats10=253
|alliance11=[[Democratic Action (Venezuela)|Democratic Action]]{{efn-lr|name=I}}|votes11=433334|seats11=11|votes11_2=785443|seats11_2=0|totseats11=11
|alliance12=[[Esperanza por El Cambio]]|votes12=284315|seats12=3|votes12_2=537428|seats12_2=0|totseats12=3
|alliance13=[[Democratic Alliance (Venezuela)|Democratic Alliance]]|aspan13=4|party13=[[Progressive Advance]]|votes13=156248|seats13=3|votes13_2=332727|seats13_2=0|totseats13=3
|party14=[[Ecological Movement of Venezuela]]|votes14=67550|seats14=0|votes14_2=86813|seats14_2=0|totseats14=0
|party15=[[Cambiemos Movimiento Ciudadano]]|votes15=52588|seats15=0|votes15_2=99043|seats15_2=0|totseats15=0|color15=#790ead
|atotal16=276386|aseats16=3|avotes16_2=518583|aseats16_2=0|atotseats16=3
|alliance17=United Venezuela|aspan17=4|party17=[[Venezuela First]]|votes17=187264|seats17=2|votes17_2=311628|seats17_2=0|totseats17=2|color17=#FED141|acolor17=#FED141
|party18=[[Popular Will]]{{efn-lr|name=I}}|votes18=44268|seats18=0|votes18_2=79647|seats18_2=0|totseats18=0
|party19=United Venezuela|votes19=29188|seats19=0|votes19_2=51684|seats19_2=0|totseats19=0|color19=#FED141
|atotal20=260720|aseats20=2|avotes20_2=442959|aseats20_2=0|atotseats20=2
|alliance21=[[Copei]]{{efn-lr|name=I}}|votes21=175840|seats21=1|votes21_2=293663|seats21_2=0|totseats21=1
|alliance22=[[Communist Party of Venezuela]]|votes22=170352|seats22=1|votes22_2=303535|seats22_2=0|totseats22=1
|alliance23=Solutions for Venezuela|votes23=99649|seats23=0|votes23_2=187988|seats23_2=0|totseats23=0|acolor23=#1DACD6
|alliance24=[[Movement for Socialism (Venezuela)|Movement for Socialism]]|votes24=77311|seats24=0|votes24_2=136185|seats24_2=0|totseats24=0
|alliance25=Union and Progress|votes25=53197|seats25=0|votes25_2=95962|seats25_2=0|totseats25=0|acolor25=green
|alliance26=ProCitizens|votes26=44358|seats26=0|votes26_2=82323|seats26_2=0|totseats26=0|acolor26=#003399
|alliance27=Popular Political Unit 89|votes27=19179|seats27=0|votes27_2=37197|seats27_2=0|totseats27=0
|alliance28=New Vision for My Country|votes28=16046|seats28=0|votes28_2=30641|seats28_2=0|totseats28=0|acolor28=darkblue
|alliance29=Organised Independent Party|votes29=7327|seats29=0|votes29_2=13341|seats29_2=0|totseats29=0
|alliance30=Future Vision of Miranda|votes30=1760|seats30=0|votes30_2=2910|seats30_2=0|totseats30=0
|alliance31=New Pact|votes31=1721|seats31=0|votes31_2=3097|seats31_2=0|totseats31=0
|alliance32=Advanced Regional Movement|votes32=1666|seats32=0|votes32_2=2054|seats32_2=0|totseats32=0
|alliance33=Revolucionario Independiente Organizado Social|votes33=1624|seats33=0|votes33_2=2982|seats33_2=0|totseats33=0
|alliance34=Guayana Project|votes34=1448|seats34=0|votes34_2=3464|seats34_2=0|totseats34=0
|alliance35=[[Neighborhood Force]]|votes35=1427|seats35=0|votes35_2=2575|seats35_2=0|totseats35=0
|alliance36=Zuliana Action Party|votes36=1366|seats36=0|votes36_2=1797|seats36_2=0|totseats36=0
|alliance37=Democratic Prosperity Movement|votes37=1150|seats37=0|votes37_2=2009|seats37_2=0|totseats37=0
|alliance38=Socialist Renewal Movement|votes38=1137|seats38=0|votes38_2=1139|seats38_2=0|totseats38=0
|alliance39=United Aragua|votes39=1059|seats39=0|votes39_2=1937|seats39_2=0|totseats39=0
|alliance40=[[United Multi-Ethnic Peoples of Amazonas]]|votes40=1045|seats40=0|votes40_2=3143|seats40_2=0|totseats40=0
|alliance41=Caracas for All|votes41=981|seats41=0|votes41_2=1707|seats41_2=0|totseats41=0
|alliance42=Aragua Democratic Platform|votes42=871|seats42=0|votes42_2=1614|seats42_2=0|totseats42=0
|alliance43=Carabobans for Carabobo|votes43=843|seats43=0|votes43_2=2061|seats43_2=0|totseats43=0
|alliance44=Sovereign Unity|votes44=792|seats44=0|votes44_2=1562|seats44_2=0|totseats44=0
|alliance45=Renovación En Democracia Nacimiento Alternativo|votes45=620|seats45=0|votes45_2=1153|seats45_2=0|totseats45=0
|alliance46=Play Fair|votes46=510|seats46=0|votes46_2=1165|seats46_2=0|totseats46=0
|alliance47=PAM|votes47=459|seats47=0|votes47_2=774|seats47_2=0|totseats47=0
|alliance48=Everyone United for Amazonas|votes48=431|seats48=0|votes48_2=1314|seats48_2=0|totseats48=0
|alliance49=Orinoco-South|votes49=335|seats49=0|votes49_2=999|seats49_2=0|totseats49=0
|alliance50=Independent Merideños Progressives|votes50=319|seats50=0|votes50_2=321|seats50_2=0|totseats50=0
|alliance51=Independent Lara|votes51=307|seats51=0|votes51_2=952|seats51_2=0|totseats51=0
|alliance52=New People Project|votes52=242|seats52=0|votes52_2=389|seats52_2=0|totseats52=0
|alliance53=Allied Democrats of Free Expression|votes53=201|seats53=0|votes53_2=388|seats53_2=0|totseats53=0
|alliance54=Change and Restructuring for Amazonas State|votes54=174|seats54=0|votes54_2=520|seats54_2=0|totseats54=0
|alliance55=Independent People|votes55=149|seats55=0|votes55_2=155|seats55_2=0|totseats55=0
|alliance56=Tinaquillo is First|votes56=140|seats56=0|votes56_2=243|seats56_2=0|totseats56=0
|alliance57=Yacimiento Indigenista Venezolano Independiente|votes57=122|seats57=0|votes57_2=238|seats57_2=0|totseats57=0
|alliance58=Sucre Awakens Liberation Movement|votes58_2=917|seats58_2=0|totseats58=0
|row59=Indigenous seats|totseats59=3
|invalid=45088
|total_sc=+110
|electorate=20710421
|source=[http://www.cne.gob.ve/web/gacetas_electorales/gacetas/2021/GEE_40.pdf CNE]
}}
{{notelist-lr}}

=== Allocation of Seats per State (2021–2026) ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:1em auto;"
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Federal Entity
! colspan="3" | Number of Deputies
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Map
|-
!width="100"|<small>Party-list seats</small>
!width="100"|<small>Constituencies</small>
!width="100"|<small>Total</small>
|- 
|align=left|[[File:Flag of Amazonas Indigenous State.svg|50px]]||[[Amazonas (Venezuelan state)|Amazonas]]||3||3||'''6'''||[[File:Amazonas in Venezuela.svg|90px]]
|-
|align=left|[[File:Flag of Anzoátegui State.svg|50px]]||[[Anzoátegui]]||8||7||'''4'''||[[File:Anzoategui in Venezuela.svg|90px]]
|-
|align=left|[[File:Flag of Apure State.svg|50px]]||[[Estado Apure|Apure]]||3||3||'''6'''||[[File:Apure in Venezuela.svg|90px]]
|-
|align=left|[[File:Flag of Aragua State.svg|50px]]||[[Aragua]]||5||7||'''12'''||[[File:Aragua in Venezuela.svg|90px]]
|-
|align=left|[[File:Flag of Barinas State.svg|50px]]||[[Barinas (state)|Barinas]]||4||7||'''11'''||[[File:Barinas in Venezuela.svg|90px]]
|-
|align=left|[[File:Flag of Bolívar State.svg|50px]]||[[Bolívar (Venezuela)|Bolívar]]||4||6||'''10'''||[[File:Bolivar in Venezuela.svg|90px]]
|-
|align=left|[[File:Flag of Carabobo State.svg|50px]]||[[Carabobo]]||6||10||'''16'''||[[File:Carabobo in Venezuela.svg|90px]]
|-
|align=left|[[File:Flag of Cojedes State.svg|50px]]||[[Cojedes (state)|Cojedes]]||3||3||'''6'''||[[File:Cojedes in Venezuela.svg|90px]]
|-
|align=left|[[File:Flag of Delta Amacuro State.svg|50px]]||[[Delta Amacuro]]||3||3||'''6'''||[[File:Delta Amacuro in Venezuela.svg|90px]]
|-
|align=left|[[File:Federal dependencies of Venezuela's Flag.svg|50px]]||[[Dependencias Federales de Venezuela|Dependencias Federales]]||—||—||—||[[File:Federal Dependencies in Venezuela (special marker).svg|90px]]
|-
|align=left|[[File:Flag of Caracas.svg|50px]]||[[Capital District (Venezuela)|Distrito Capital]]||5||8||'''13'''||[[File:Capital District in Venezuela (special marker).svg|90px]]
|-
|align=left|[[File:Flag of Falcón.svg|50px]]||[[Falcón]]||3||4||'''7'''||[[File:Falcon in Venezuela.svg|90px]]
|-
|align=left|[[File:Flag of Guárico.svg|50px]]||[[Guárico]]||3||4||'''7'''||[[File:Guarico in Venezuela.svg|90px]]
|-
|align=left|[[File:Flag of Lara State.svg|50px]]||[[Estado Lara|Lara]]||5||8||'''13'''||[[File:Lara in Venezuela.svg|90px]]
|-
|align=left|[[File:Flag of Mérida State.svg|50px]]||[[Mérida (state)|Mérida]]||3||4||'''7'''||[[File:Merida in Venezuela.svg|90px]]
|-
|align=left|[[File:Flag of Miranda State.svg|50px]]||[[Estado Miranda|Miranda]]||8||11||'''19'''||[[File:Miranda in Venezuela.svg|90px]]
|-
|align=left|[[File:Flag of Monagas State.png|50px]]||[[Monagas]]||3||4||'''7'''||[[File:Monagas in Venezuela.svg|90px]]
|-
|align=left|[[File:Flag of Nueva Esparta.svg|50px]]||[[Nueva Esparta]]||3||3||'''6'''||[[File:Nueva Esparta in Venezuela.svg|90px]]
|-
|align=left|[[File:Flag of Portuguesa.svg|50px]]||[[Portuguesa (state)|Portuguesa]]||3||4||'''7'''||[[File:Portuguesa in Venezuela.svg|90px]]
|-
|align=left|[[File:Flag of Sucre State.svg|50px]]||[[Sucre (state)|Sucre]]||4||3||'''7'''||[[File:Sucre in Venezuela.svg|90px]]
|-
|align=left|[[File:Flag of Táchira.svg|50px]]||[[Táchira]]||4||5||'''9'''||[[File:Tachira in Venezuela.svg|90px]]
|-
|align=left|[[File:Flag of Trujillo State.svg|50px]]||[[Trujillo (state)|Trujillo]]||3||4||'''7'''||[[File:Trujillo in Venezuela.svg|90px]]
|-
|align=left|[[File:Flag of Vargas State.svg|50px]]||[[Estado Vargas|Vargas]]||3||3||'''6'''||[[File:Vargas in Venezuela.svg|90px]]
|-
|align=left|[[File:Flag of Yaracuy State.svg|50px]]||[[Estado Yaracuy|Yaracuy]]||3||3||'''6'''||[[File:Yaracuy in Venezuela.svg|90px]]
|-
|align=left|[[File:Flag of Zulia State.svg|50px]]||[[Zulia]]||10||15||'''25'''||[[File:Zulia in Venezuela.svg|90px]]
|-
|align=left|[[File:Flag of Venezuela.svg|50px|Bandera de Venezuela.]]||Indigenous Representation<br />Western, Eastern and Southern Regions
|—||3||'''3'''||[[File:Indigenous regions of Venezuela.svg|90px]]
|-
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
|align=left|[[File:Flag of Venezuela.svg|50px|Bandera de Venezuela.]]||'''[[Venezuela]]'''||'''144'''||'''133'''||'''277'''||[[File:Venezuela location map.svg|75px]]
|}

== Historical composition of the National Assembly == 
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="border:solid #000000 1px;font-size:95%;"
|-
| colspan="2" |
{| width="100%" style="font-size:90%;"
| width="40" |
|{{legend|#E51B1B|[[Chavismo]]}}
|{{legend|#FE8B00|Others}}
|{{legend|#0F52BA|[[Venezuelan opposition|Opposition]]}}
|}
|-
| width="40" | [[2000 Venezuelan general election|2000]]
|
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
| style="background-color: #E51B1B;                                            width: 59.39%"| 98
| style="background-color: #0F52BA;                                            width: 40.61%"| 67
|}
|-
| [[2005 Venezuelan parliamentary election|2005]]
|
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
| style="background-color: #E51B1B;                                            width: 98.20%"| 164
| style="background-color: #FE8B00;                                            width: 1.80%"| 3
|}
|-
| [[2010 Venezuelan parliamentary election|2010]]
|
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
| style="background-color: #E51B1B;                                            width: 59.39%"| 98
| style="background-color: #FE8B00;                                            width: 1.21%"| 2
| style="background-color: #0F52BA;                                            width: 39.39%"| 65
|}
|-
| [[2015 Venezuelan parliamentary election|2015]]
|
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
| style="background-color: #E51B1B;                                            width: 32.93%"| 55
| style="background-color: #0F52BA;                                            width: 67.07%"| 112
|}
|-
| [[2020 Venezuelan parliamentary election|2020]]
|
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
| style="background-color: #E51B1B;                                            width: 92.42%"| 256
| style="background-color: #FE8B00;                                            width: 7.58%"| 21
|}
|}

==See also==
* [[List of legislatures by country]]
* [[Politics of Venezuela]]
* [[Venezuelan Chamber of Deputies]]: lower house of Venezuela (1961–99)
* [[Senate of Venezuela]]: upper house of Venezuela (1961–99)

==References== 
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite web | last=Goodman | first=Joshua | last2=Cano | first2=Regina Garcia | title=Maduro seeks to shore up Venezuela military's support ahead of vote threatening his hold on power | website=AP News | date=23 Jul 2024 | url=https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-election-military-loyalty-dff452ac53858ee36f1fe099fb4b1c4d | access-date=26 Jul 2024}}

==External links==
{{Wikisource|Constitution of Venezuela}}
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120717012249/http://www.embavenez-us.org/constitution/intro.htm 1999 Constitution]}} (unofficial English translation)
* {{in lang|es}} [https://www.asambleanacional.gob.ve/ National Assembly website]
* {{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20130308055656/http://www.venezuela-oas.org/Constitucion%20de%20Venezuela.htm Constitución de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela] (html)
* {{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20050118010041/http://www.gobiernoenlinea.ve/docMgr/sharedfiles/059.pdf Constitución de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela] (pdf)
* {{in lang|es}} [http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/Venezuela/ven1961.html 1961 Constitution] amended as of 1983

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