[20151207]IN10404_委内瑞拉反对派赢得2015年12月立法选举.pdf

CRS INSIGHTVenezuelan Opposition Wins December 2015 Legislative ElectionsDecember 7, 2015 (IN10404) |Related Policy IssueLatin America and the Caribbean Related AuthorMark P. Sullivan |Mark P. Sullivan, Specialist in Latin American Affairs (msullivancrs.loc.gov, 7-7689)Venezuelas opposition coalition, known as the Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD), triumphed in the countrys December 6, 2015, legislative elections over the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) of current President Nicols Maduro. The MUD won at least 99 seats out of the 167-member unicameral National Assembly compared to 46 seats for the PSUV. This gives the opposition at least a simple majority (84 seats). However, 22 seats are still to be determined, so that the opposition is likely to achieve a three-fifths majority (101 seats), which would give it additional powers, including the ability to remove ministers from office and overturn enabling laws that give the president decree powers. Achieving a two-thirds majority (112 seats) would give the opposition even more powers, including the ability to convene a Constituent Assembly to rewrite the constitution. The election included 113 seats chosen by simple