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Viewing cable 07CARACAS2259, CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM BY THE NUMBERS

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07CARACAS2259 2007-11-29 21:24 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Caracas 
VZCZCXRO9541
PP RUEHAG RUEHDF RUEHIK RUEHLZ RUEHROV
DE RUEHCV #2259 3332124
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 292124Z NOV 07
FM AMEMBASSY CARACAS
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0195
INFO RUCNMEM/EU MEMBER STATES COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHWH/WESTERN HEMISPHERIC AFFAIRS DIPL POSTS PRIORITY
RUMIAAA/HQ USSOUTHCOM MIAMI FL PRIORITY
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC PRIORITY
 
UNCLAS CARACAS 002259 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
HQSOUTHCOM ALSO FOR POLAD 
DEPARTMENT PASS TO AID/OTI (RPORTER) 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
SUBJECT: CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM BY THE NUMBERS 
 
(SBU) The following are some useful background statistics 
related to Venezuela's December 2 referendum on President 
Chavez's proposed, sweeping changes to 69 articles of the 
1999 Constitution: 
 
The Referendum 
-------------- 
 
Number of blocks of articles on the ballot: 2 
Number of articles contained in block one: 46 
Number of articles contained in block two: 23 
Number of articles Chavez originally proposed changing: 33 
Total number of articles on the ballot: 69 
Total number of articles in the 1999 Constitution: 350 
Groups officially registered with the "No" camp: 16 
Groups officially registered with the "Yes" camp: 19 
 
Election Day 
------------ 
 
Polls Open in Morning: 6:00 (5:00 EST) 
Polls Close in the Afternoon: 4:00 (3:00 EST) 
(unless people are still in line; in recent elections polls 
frequently were left open even with no one in line) 
Electronic Voting Machines: 34,200 
Polling Stations in Venezuela: 11,007 
Polling Stations in Embassies/Consulates Abroad: 125 
Percentage of stations using electronic voting machines: 99 
Number of registered Venezuelan voters: 16,251,555 
Number of Venezuelan states: 23 
Number of opposition state governors: 2 
Number of pro-Chavez governors advocating "No": 2 
 
Election Monitoring 
------------------- 
 
OAS Observers: 0 
EU Observers: 0 
"Yes" Camp's alloted international observers 15 
"No" Camp's alotted international observers: 15 
Number of international observers invited by CNE: Up to 120 
Machinary audits conducted with "Yes" and "No" blocks: 8 
Number of independent audits of the voter rolls: 0 
Embassy personnel involved in election monitoring: 50 
Local results electoral NGO Ojo Electoral will audit: 400 
Local results eletoral NGO Sumate will audit: 1200 
Number of journalists accredited to cover referendum: 3000 
Number of National Electoral Council (CNE) Rectors: 5 
Number of CNE Rectors Widely Considered Independent: 1 
 
Recent History 
-------------- 
 
Number of national elections Chavez has lost: 0 
Number of consecutive Chavez national election victories: 7 
Percentage of vote Chavez won in 2006: 63% 
Percentage of vote Chavez won in the 2004 recall referendum: 
59% 
Percentage of vote Chavez won in 2000: 60% 
Percentage of vote Chavez won in 1998: 56% 
Rate of abstention in 2006 presidential race: 25% 
Rate of absetention in 2005 parliamentary elections: 75% 
(opposition boycotted) 
Rate of absention in 2004 recall referendum: 30% 
Rate of abstention in 1999 constitutional referendum: 55% 
 
DUDDY