# Great Patriotic Pole

The Simón Bolívar Great Patriotic Pole (Spanish: Gran Polo Patriótico Simón Bolívar, GPPSB), 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.

## Members

The GPP is currently composed of the following political parties:
| Party | Spanish name | Leader | Ideology | National Assembly | Government |
| United Socialist Party of Venezuela | Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela | Nicolás Maduro as President Diosdado Cabello as Parliamentary Leader | Chavismo Bolivarianism Socialism of the 21st century | 219 / 277 | Majority |
| Fatherland for All (section) | Patria Para Todos | — | Democratic socialism Libertarian Marxism | 8 / 277 | Majority |
| Tupamaro (section) | Tendencias Unificadas Para Alcanzar el Movimiento de Acción Revolucionaria Organizada | — | Communism Marxism–Leninism Guevarism Foco theory Revolutionary socialism | 7 / 277 | Majority |
| For Social Democracy | Por la Democracia Social | Didalco Bolívar | Social democracy | 4 / 277 | Majority |
| Republican Bicentennial Vanguard | Vanguardia Bicentenaria Republicana | — | Bolivarianism | 0 / 277 | Majority |
| Venezuelan Popular Unity | Unidad Popular Venezolana | — | Anti-imperialism | 2 / 277 | Majority |
| Alliance for Change | Alianza para el Cambio | Carlos Vargas | Social democracy | 3 / 277 | Majority |
| People's Electoral Movement | Movimiento Electoral del Pueblo | — | Left-wing populism | 3 / 277 | Majority |
| Organized Socialist Party in Venezuela | Partido Socialista Organizado en Venezuela | Fernando Lisboa | Democratic socialism | 0 / 277 | Majority |
| Movement We Are Venezuela | Movimiento Somos Venezuela | Delcy Rodríguez | Left-wing nationalism | 5 / 277 | Majority |
| Networks Party | Partido Redes | Juan Barreto | Chavismo | 0 / 277 | Majority |
| Authentic Renewal Organization | Organización Renovadora –Auténtica | — | Christian democracy | 2 / 277 | Majority |
| Venezuelan Revolutionary Currents | Corrientes Revolucionarias Venezolanas | Ramsés Colmenares (es) | Communism | 0 / 277 | Majority |
| Not members, but politically support the GPP ||||||
| Revolutionary Middle Class | Clase Media Revolucionaria | Reinaldo Quijada | Chavismo | 0 / 277 | Not in government |
| Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Venezuela [Wikidata] | Partido Comunista Marxista-Leninista de Venezuela | — | Communism Marxism–Leninism Hoxhaism Anti-Revisionism | 0 / 277 | Not in government |
| Worker's Party | Partido de los Trabajadores | — | — | 0 / 277 | Not in government |

## Election results
### Parliamentary

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 |

### Presidential

| Election year | Name | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round |
| Election year | Name | # 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 (disputed) | Nicolás Maduro | 6,408,844 | 51.95 (#1) | | |
| Member of "United Socialist Party of Venezuela" party in coalition. Winner |||||

### Regional

| Election year | # of overall votes | % of overall vote |
| 2012 | 4,853,494 (#1) | 56.2 |
| 2017 | 5,814,903 (#1) | 55.1 |

### Municipal

| 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 |