Home > 3.2 Proportional systems > 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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Decree 2878 establishes that the 553 members of the National Constituent Assembly are to be elected in three different ways: 364 members by territory and 181 by sectors. 8 members are to be elected by the General Assemblies of the Indigenous Peoples. As for the territorial representation, in the 311 common municipalities the majoritarian system is to be used, in the 23 regional capitals and the single national capital the proportional system is to be used. As for the sectoral representation, seven sectors have been identified to be represented in the assembly (businessmen and businesswomen; peasants and fisherman and fisherwomen; people with disabilities; students; workers; communes and communal councils and pensioners).