  the national assembly () is the legislative branch of the venezuelan government. it is a unicameral body made up of a variable number of members, who are elected by "universal, direct, personal, and secret" vote partly by direct election in state-based voting districts, and partly on a state-based party-list proportional representation system. the number of seats is not constant, each state and the capital district elect three representatives plus the result of dividing the state population by 1.1% of the total population of the country. three seats are reserved for representatives of venezuela's indigenous peoples and elected separately by all citizens, not just those with indigenous backgrounds. for the 2010-2015 period the number of seats is 165.{{cite web|title=dos mil 719 candidatos se disputarÃ¡n los curules de la asamblea nacional|url=http://www.vtv.gov.ve/noticia
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