Great Patriotic Pole

Simón Bolívar Great Patriotic Pole
Gran Polo Patriótico Simón Bolívar
AbbreviationGPPSB; GPP
LeaderDelcy Rodríguez
FounderHugo Chávez
Founded7 October 2011 (2011-10-07)
IdeologyBolivarianism[1][2][3]
Chavismo[4][5]
Left-wing nationalism[6]
Left-wing populism[7]
Socialism of the 21st century[8]
Anti-imperialism[1]
Anti-capitalism[1]
Anti-Americanism[1]
Communism[9]
Marxism-Leninism[10]
Political positionLeft-wing to far-left
Colors     Orange, blue, red, yellow
Seats in the National Assembly
253 / 285
Governors of States
19 / 23
Mercosur
18 / 23
Mayors
306 / 337
Website
granpolopatriotico.org.ve (archived)

The Simón Bolívar Great Patriotic Pole (Spanish: Gran Polo Patriótico Simón Bolívar, GPPSB),[11] simply known as the Great Patriotic Pole (Spanish: Gran Polo Patriótico, GPP), is a left-wing, socialist, and Chavista electoral alliance and popular front of Venezuelan political parties created in 2012 to support the re-election of Hugo Chávez in the 2012 Venezuelan presidential election.[12]

Members

The GPP is 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 N/a Democratic socialism
Libertarian Marxism
8 / 277
Tupamaro (section) Tendencias Unificadas Para Alcanzar el Movimiento de Acción Revolucionaria Organizada N/a Communism
Marxism–Leninism
Guevarism
Foco theory
Revolutionary socialism
7 / 277
For Social Democracy Por la Democracia Social Didalco Bolívar Social democracy
4 / 277
Republican Bicentennial Vanguard Vanguardia Bicentenaria Republicana N/a Bolivarianism
0 / 277
Venezuelan Popular Unity Unidad Popular Venezolana N/a Anti-imperialism
2 / 277
Alliance for Change Alianza para el Cambio Carlos Vargas Social democracy
3 / 277
People's Electoral Movement Movimiento Electoral del Pueblo N/a Left-wing populism
3 / 277
Organized Socialist Party in Venezuela Partido Socialista Organizado en Venezuela Fernando Lisboa Democratic socialism
0 / 277
Movement We Are Venezuela Movimiento Somos Venezuela Delcy Rodríguez Left-wing nationalism
5 / 277
Networks Party Partido Redes Juan Barreto Chavismo
0 / 277
Authentic Renewal Organization Organización Renovadora –Auténtica N/a Christian democracy
2 / 277
Venezuelan Revolutionary Currents Corrientes Revolucionarias Venezolanas Ramsés Colmenares (es) Communism
0 / 277
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 Partido Comunista Marxista-Leninista de Venezuela N/a Communism
Marxism–Leninism
Hoxhaism
Anti-Revisionism
0 / 277
Worker's Party Partido de los Trabajadores N/a N/a
0 / 277

Election results

Parliamentary

National Assembly
Election year No. of
overall votes
% of
overall vote
No. of
overall seats won
+/– Leader
2015 5,625,248 (2nd) 40.9
55 / 167
Increase 55 Diosdado Cabello
2020 4,317,819 (1st) 69.3
253 / 277
Increase 198 Diosdado Cabello
2025 5,024,475 (1st) 83.4
253 / 285
Increase 0 Jorge Rodríguez

Presidential

Election year Name Results
# of
overall votes
% of
overall vote
2012 Hugo Chávez 8,191,132 55.1 (1st)
Member of "United Socialist Party of Venezuela" party in coalition. Winner
2013 Nicolás Maduro 7,587,579 50.6 (1st)
Member of "United Socialist Party of Venezuela" party in coalition. Winner
2018
(disputed)
Nicolás Maduro 6,205,875 67.8 (1st)
Member of "United Socialist Party of Venezuela" party in coalition. Winner
2024
(disputed)
Nicolás Maduro 6,408,844 51.95 (1st)
Member of "United Socialist Party of Venezuela" party in coalition. Winner

Regional

Election year No. of
overall votes
% of
overall vote
Governors
2012 4,853,494 (1st) 56.2
20 / 23
2017 5,814,903 (1st) 55.1
18 / 23
2021 3,595,490 (1st) 40.2
19 / 23

Municipal

Election year No. of
overall votes
% of
overall vote
2013 5,216,522 (1st) 48.7
2017 6,517,506 (1st) 71.3
2018 ~5,519,890 (1st) 97.3

See also

  • Democratic Unity Roundtable – the opposing electoral alliance
  • Popular Revolutionary Alternative – a breakaway electoral alliance
  • United Alliance Nicaragua Triumphs – the ruling alliance in Nicaragua

Notes

a Also includes some centre-left parties and one right-wing party, but is dominated by the left-wing other than on social policies such as abortion and LGBT rights.

References

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    • Malešević, Siniša (2023). "The Many Faces of Nationalism". Nationalities Papers. 52 (3). Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Association for the Study of Nationalities: 2. doi:10.1017/nps.2022.114. Nationalist ideas are the cornerstone of such ideologically diverse movements as the far right Reconquete! in France and Finns Party in Finland and the far-left groups such as the Catalan"s Candidatura d"Unitat Popular or the United Socialist Party of Venezuela.
    • Miranda, Rafael (2017). "¿Qué ha sido de las democracias de la segunda ola? Estudio histórico comparado entre Costa Rica, Colombia y Venezuela". Democracia, violencia y territorio en América Latina). Ciencia Política (in Spanish). 12 (24). Universidad Nacional de Colombia: 300. doi:10.15446/cp.v12n24.65248. ISSN 1909-230X. En la actualidad se ha configurado un sistema político bipolar centrifugo, siendo los dos lados de la fractura el chavismo y el anti chavismo, en el primer polo se encuentra el Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (PSUV) de extrema izquierda, antiliberal y autoritario, y el segundo polo tiene como principal autor la coalición llamada la Mesa de la Unidad Democrática (MUD) donde se encuentran partidos moderados como el tradicional AD hasta partidos de extrema derecha como el Partido Vente Venezuela y el Partido Voluntad Popular, pasando por nuevos partidos que han logrado tener un alcance nacional como el Partido Primero Justicia. [Currently, a centrifugal bipolar political system has been established, with Chavismo and anti-Chavismo on opposite sides of the divide. On one side is the far-left, anti-liberal and authoritarian United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), and the second pole is led by the coalition known as the Mesa de la Unidad Democrática (MUD), which includes moderate parties such as the traditional AD and far-right parties such as the Vente Venezuela Party and the Voluntad Popular Party, as well as new parties that have achieved national reach, such as the Primero Justicia Party.]
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    • Malešević, Siniša (2023). "The Many Faces of Nationalism". Nationalities Papers. 52 (3). Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Association for the Study of Nationalities: 2. doi:10.1017/nps.2022.114. Nationalist ideas are the cornerstone of such ideologically diverse movements as the far right Reconquete! in France and Finns Party in Finland and the far-left groups such as the Catalan"s Candidatura d"Unitat Popular or the United Socialist Party of Venezuela.
    • Miranda, Rafael (2017). "¿Qué ha sido de las democracias de la segunda ola? Estudio histórico comparado entre Costa Rica, Colombia y Venezuela". Democracia, violencia y territorio en América Latina). Ciencia Política (in Spanish). 12 (24). Universidad Nacional de Colombia: 300. doi:10.15446/cp.v12n24.65248. ISSN 1909-230X. En la actualidad se ha configurado un sistema político bipolar centrifugo, siendo los dos lados de la fractura el chavismo y el anti chavismo, en el primer polo se encuentra el Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (PSUV) de extrema izquierda, antiliberal y autoritario, y el segundo polo tiene como principal autor la coalición llamada la Mesa de la Unidad Democrática (MUD) donde se encuentran partidos moderados como el tradicional AD hasta partidos de extrema derecha como el Partido Vente Venezuela y el Partido Voluntad Popular, pasando por nuevos partidos que han logrado tener un alcance nacional como el Partido Primero Justicia. [Currently, a centrifugal bipolar political system has been established, with Chavismo and anti-Chavismo on opposite sides of the divide. On one side is the far-left, anti-liberal and authoritarian United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), and the second pole is led by the coalition known as the Mesa de la Unidad Democrática (MUD), which includes moderate parties such as the traditional AD and far-right parties such as the Vente Venezuela Party and the Voluntad Popular Party, as well as new parties that have achieved national reach, such as the Primero Justicia Party.]
    • Krause, Katharina Malena (2023). Exploring The Authoritarian Personality (Master thesis). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School. p. 51. doi:10.17615/r24t-pa82. Contemporary Venezuela, under leadership of Maduro and the far-left socialist PSUV, and Orbán's Hungary, show that even countries that used to be established democracies can erode quickly if a leader embodying authoritarian character traits assumes office.
    • McKibben, Charlene (2020). "Populism on the periphery of democracy: moralism and recognition theory". Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy. 26 (6). Routledge. doi:10.1080/13698230.2020.1799159. Therefore, many political parties ranging from the far-left, such as Syriza in Greece and Chávez's United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV)...
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