2013 Venezuelan presidential election

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The 2013 Venezuelan presidential election was the closely contested vote held after Hugo Chávez’s death in which Nicolás Maduro narrowly secured the presidency amid significant political polarization and allegations of irregularities.

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instanceOf presidential election ⓘ
campaignIssue Chavismo legacy ⓘ
corruption ⓘ
crime and security ⓘ
economic policy ⓘ
characterizedBy allegations of irregularities ⓘ
contested results ⓘ
controversy claims of voting irregularities and abuses of state resources ⓘ
opposition demands for full recount ⓘ
country Venezuela ⓘ
electoralAllianceOfMainOpponent Democratic Unity Roundtable ⓘ
electoralAllianceOfWinner Great Patriotic Pole ⓘ
electoralSystem two-round presidential system with single-round outcome ⓘ
followed death of Hugo Chávez ⓘ
hasElectoralAuthority CNE (Consejo Nacional Electoral) ⓘ
hasEndDate 2013-04-14 ⓘ
hasLanguage Spanish ⓘ
hasStartDate 2013-04-14 ⓘ
heldAfter Hugo Chávez ⓘ
ideologyOfMainOpponent center-right ⓘ
ideologyOfWinner Chavismo ⓘ
linked to: Bolivarianism

socialism of the 21st century ⓘ
incumbentAtTimeOfElection Nicolás Maduro ⓘ
incumbentPosition acting president of Venezuela ⓘ
legalFramework Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ⓘ
locatedIn Venezuela ⓘ
loser Henrique Capriles Radonski ⓘ
mainCandidate Henrique Capriles Radonski ⓘ
Nicolás Maduro ⓘ
mediaCoverageIn international media ⓘ
narrowVictoryFor Nicolás Maduro ⓘ
officeContested President of Venezuela ⓘ
organizedBy National Electoral Council of Venezuela ⓘ
partOf Venezuelan electoral history ⓘ
politicalContext high political polarization ⓘ
precededBy 2012 Venezuelan presidential election ⓘ
reasonForElection death of incumbent president Hugo Chávez ⓘ
resultContestedBy Henrique Capriles Radonski ⓘ
resultRecognizedBy Nicolás Maduro ⓘ
significance marked transition from Hugo Chávez to Nicolás Maduro ⓘ
succeededBy 2018 Venezuelan presidential election ⓘ
supervisedBy National Electoral Council (CNE) ⓘ
timePeriod post-Chávez era in Venezuela ⓘ
tookPlaceAfter Hugo Chávez’s final illness ⓘ
tookPlaceIn Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ⓘ
linked to: Venezuela
triggeredBy constitutional requirement to hold elections after presidential vacancy ⓘ
typeOfElection snap election ⓘ
winner Nicolás Maduro ⓘ

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Nicolás Maduro → election → 2013 Venezuelan presidential election ⓘ