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The Simón Bolívar Great Patriotic Pole (Spanish: Gran Polo Patriótico Simón Bolívar, GPPSB[1]), or just the Great Patriotic Pole (Spanish: Gran Polo Patriótico, GPP), is a left-wing socialist and Chavista electoral alliance/popular front of Venezuelan political parties created in 2012 to support the re-election of Hugo Chávez in the 2012 presidential election.[2]
Simón Bolívar Great Patriotic Pole Gran Polo Patriótico Simón Bolívar | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | GPPSB ; GPP |
| Leader | Nicolás Maduro |
| Founder | Hugo Chávez |
| Founded | 7 October 2011 |
| Ideology | Bolivarianism Chavismo Marxism Communism Left-wing nationalism Left-wing populism Socialism of the 21st century Anti-imperialism Anti-capitalism Anti-Americanism |
| Political position | Left-wing to far-left |
| Colors | Orange, blue, red, yellow |
| Seats in the National Assembly | 253 / 277 |
| Governors of States | 19 / 23 |
| Mercosur | 18 / 23 |
| Mayors | 306 / 337 |
| Website | |
| granpolopatriotico.org.ve (archived) | |
The GPP is currently composed of the following political parties:
| National Assembly | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Election year | # of overall votes | % of overall vote | # of overall seats won | +/– | Leader |
| 2015 | 5,625,248 (#2) | 40.9 | 55 / 167 |  55 | Diosdado Cabello |
| 2020 | 4,317,819 (#1) | 69.3 | 253 / 277 | 198 | Diosdado Cabello |
| Election year | Name | First Round | Second Round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # of overall votes | % of overall vote | # of overall votes | % of overall vote | ||
| 2012 | Hugo Chávez | 8,191,132 | 55.1 (#1) | ||
| Member of “United Socialist Party of Venezuela” party in coalition. Winner | |||||
| 2013 | Nicolás Maduro | 7,587,579 | 50.6 (#1) | ||
| Member of “United Socialist Party of Venezuela” party in coalition. Winner | |||||
| 2018 (disputed) | Nicolás Maduro | 6,205,875 | 67.8 (#1) | ||
| Member of “United Socialist Party of Venezuela” party in coalition. Winner | |||||
| 2024 | Nicolás Maduro | ||||
| Member of “United Socialist Party of Venezuela” party in coalition. Winner | |||||
| Election year | # of overall votes | % of overall vote |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4,853,494 (#1) | 56.2 |
| 2017 | 5,814,903 (#1) | 55.1 |
| Election year | # of overall votes | % of overall vote |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 5,216,522 (#1) | 48.7 |
| 2017 | 6,517,506 (#1) | 71.3 |
| 2018 | ~5,519,890 (#1) | 97.3 |
- Democratic Unity Roundtable – the opposing electoral alliance
- Popular Revolutionary Alternative – a breakaway electoral alliance
a Also includes some centre-left parties and one right-wing party, but is dominated by the left-wing other than on social policies such as abortion and LGBT rights.
- ^ “Hugo Chavez revives Venezuela election coalition”. BBC. October 8, 2011. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
- ^ “Venezuela opposition leaders taken from homes overnight”. CBC Canada. Associated Press. August 1, 2017. Retrieved April 15, 2019.