Great Patriotic Pole
Simón Bolívar Great Patriotic Pole Gran Polo Patriótico Simón Bolívar | |
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| Abbreviation | GPPSB; GPP |
| Leader | Delcy Rodríguez |
| Founder | Hugo Chávez |
| Founded | 7 October 2011 |
| Ideology | Bolivarianism[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 position | Left-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
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| 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
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| 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
|
Diosdado Cabello | |
| 2020 | 4,317,819 (1st) | 69.3 | 253 / 277
|
Diosdado Cabello | |
| 2025 | 5,024,475 (1st) | 83.4 | 253 / 285
|
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
- ^ a b c d PSUV (June 2010). "Declaración de Principios". Libro Rojo: documentos fundamentales (PDF) (in Spanish). p. 45.
- ^ "Venezuela: la oposición consigue mayoría calificada de 3/5 en las elecciones parlamentarias". BBC Mundo. December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
- ^
- 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)...
- 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.
- ^
- 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)...
- 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.
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