Home > 1.2.2 Equal voting power/constituency delimitation > VENEZUELA - ON THE LEGAL ISSUES RAISED BY DECREE No. 2878 OF 23 MAY 2017 OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC ON CALLING ELECTIONS TO A NATIONAL CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY
 
 
 
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Of the 553 members of the National Constituent Assembly, 364 will be elected in electoral districts that replicate the municipal division of Venezuela’s territory. In Venezuela, there are a total number of 335 municipalities (municipios); 23 of them are capitals of regions (municipios capitales), and one is the national capital (distrito capital). Decree 2.878 apparently attempts to take into account the difference in population between these entities, but its effort is clearly insufficient. The municipalities are divided into three categories: Caracas - the national capital (with a population of 1,943,901, approximately 1/16th of the whole population of Venezuela) - will elect seven members; the 23 regional capitals will elect two members each; and the remaining 311 municipalities will be single member electoral districts.