A presidential election was held in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on 30 July 2000. This was the first election held under Venezuela's newly adopted 1999 constitution.

Results

Candidate	Party/Alliance	Votes	%
Hugo Chávez	MVR	3,757,773	59.7
Francisco Arias	La Causa-R	2,359,459	37.5
Claudio Fermín	Encuentro	171,346	2.7
Total		6,288,578

Source: Adam Carr's election archive

As a result of this election, incumbent President Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (originally voted in under the previous constitution in 1998; see 1998 election results) was elected to a second six-year term. He was sworn in on 19 August 2000.

On 8 June 2004 it was announced that the result of this election would be put to a recall referendum on 15 August. See: Venezuelan recall referendum, 2004.

See also

• Politics of Venezuela
• List of political parties in Venezuela
• Venezuelan recall referendum, 2004