2012 Venezuelan presidential election
Results

2012 Venezuelan presidential election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: None

Candidate	Party	Votes	%

Hugo Chávez	Great Patriotic Pole	8,191,132	55.07

Henrique Capriles Radonski	Democratic Unity Roundtable	6,591,304	44.31

Reina Sequera	Workers' Power	70,567	0.47

Luis Reyes	Authentic Renewal Organisation	8,214	0.05

María Bolívar	United Democratic Party for Peace	7,378	0.04

Orlando Chirinos	Party for Socialism and Liberty	4,144	0.02

Valid votes	14,872,739	98.11

Invalid/blank votes	287,550	1.89

Total	15,162,228	100

Registered voters/turnout	18,854,935	80.48

Source: National Electoral Commission

Sentence(s)

Chávez was elected as President of Venezuela with 55.07% of the popular vote, ahead of the 44.31% of Capriles.

final_sentence: Chávez was elected as President of Venezuela with 55.07% of the popular vote, ahead of the 44.31% of Capriles.