by Leonid Savin
[REGNUM] On July 27, Venezuela held new elections, the seventh in the past year. The people elected 335 mayors and municipal council representatives.
Even under Hugo Chavez, the practice of holding referendums on a variety of issues simultaneously with elections began to spread. Projects submitted to the vote on the day of municipal elections strengthen the political tradition of self-government, which is being developed by the ruling coalition. This is what happened this time.
According to the National Electoral Council, applications were received from 148,554 candidates, of whom more than 10,000 were seeking the positions of mayor.
A total of 36 national political organizations, 10 regional and 7 indigenous organizations participated in the elections. Voter turnout was about 44%, which is in line with the figures for previous municipal elections.
After the first counts, it became known that the Chavistas won in 285 of 335 cities and installed their supporters as mayors there. They won, including in 23 of 24 state capitals, losing to the opposition only in San Carlos, the capital of the state of Cojedes.
President Nicolas Maduro dedicated the current victory to Comandante Hugo Chavez, who would have turned 71 on July 28.
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At the same time, the radical pro-Washington opposition regularly boycotts elections, although a year ago it tried to nominate Edmundo Gonzalez, who is wanted by the police, for the post of president.
The recent elections completed the constitutional electoral cycle that began with the re-election of Maduro on July 28, 2024, and continued with the elections of deputies to the National Assembly, governors and members of regional legislative councils on May 25, 2025.
The July 27 elections also included voting on various initiatives related to the development of youth policy, which demonstrates the desire of the “Great Patriotic Pole” to maintain continuity and loyalty to the cause of the Bolivarian Revolution, raising politically active and patriotic future generations.
Speaking after the successful elections for the Chavistas, the head of the National Electoral Council, Elvis Amoroso, thanked the country's youth for their productive participation in the process, as well as those who organized the electoral process and those who ensured its security.
On the eve of the elections, a Regnum correspondent managed to talk to Venezuelan Air Force Division General Joel Sanchez, who noted that the country's armed forces are now focusing on youth and the training of new high-quality personnel who will defend the country's sovereignty in the spirit of the values of the Bolivarian Revolution.
By the way, Venezuela always strives to invite as many international observers as possible to the elections in order to demonstrate the transparency of the process and electoral guarantees.
This time there were several hundred external observers, including citizens of Russia, the United States and EU countries. In total, there were about one and a half thousand observers, both Venezuelans and foreigners, according to Amoroso. In addition, there were many journalists from different countries.
The Chavistas have learned the lessons of the opposition's past victories, when it won a majority in the National Assembly and effectively paralyzed the country's political life.
And the population has become more supportive of the Maduro government after the pogroms that took place in July last year and were organized with the direct assistance of Washington - at that time, foreign mercenaries who acted as the shock force for organizing the coup d'etat were detained.
Thus, in the state of Miranda, which adjoins the capital district and has long been the electoral base of opposition leader Juan Guaido, the Chavist Elio Serrano previously won the gubernatorial elections, and other representatives of the “Great Patriotic Pole” also won the current mayoral elections.
The opposition there is still oriented toward the United States, but now the instruments of influence on the masses have been knocked out of its hands. That is why the elections were quite calm: there were no excesses or attempts to cause riots at the polling stations.
After the presidential elections in July 2024, the country has clearly seen changes for the better, which is immediately obvious.
A large number of facilities are being built in different areas of Caracas, the infrastructure is stable, the stores are full of goods. In general, a completely normal life indicates that Western sanctions and political pressure have not broken the country.
Although attempts continue even now: the Donald Trump administration has adopted a new package of sanctions aimed at restricting the work of American oil production companies.
One of the White House's latest initiatives is to arrest hundreds of Venezuelans in the United States and deport them to El Salvador, where President Nayib Bukele has proposed using prisons to hold migrants from Latin American countries. No credible charges have been brought against the Venezuelans.
By the way, even before the results were announced, the US State Department had another fit of hatred towards Venezuela. Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote on social media: "Maduro is not the president, his government is illegitimate, and he himself leads the Los Solos cartel, which is a narco-terrorist organization."
In foreign policy, Venezuela follows the same course as Russia – towards a multipolar world. In addition to Moscow, important partners of Caracas are Cuba, Nicaragua, Iran, China and the DPRK, as well as a number of African countries that are emerging from the influence of the West.
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