National legislative elections in Venezuela

National legislative elections in Venezuela, 2010 will be held on September 26 [1] to renew all the members of the National Assembly, this time will be 165 deputies, two seats fewer than in the 2005 election, and also 12 Members shall be elected for the Latin American Parliament. Those elected will take office out on January 5, 2011 and remain in them until January 5, 2016.

The election is conducted under the premise of the MMP system, as the population base of 1.1% of total population. The federal agencies also elect three deputies, as well as all indigenous peoples have the right to elect three representatives in the three postulates of special districts. They have a responsibility to represent the people and the States as a whole.

This is the first election being carried into effect the Law on Elections adopted by the National Assembly in 2009.

The ruling party PSUV, under the leadership of President Chávez seeks to retain majority control of the National Assembly has been dominated since the last election of 2005, when the main opposition parties boycotted the elections and many of them declined to participate, citing "lack of electoral guarantees. "[2] Since then, lawmakers have passed legislation, as his opponents have taken away the power of mayors and governors opponents and evading orders inquiry into alleged corruption by government officials