CARACAS, July 28 (NNN-TELESUR) — The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) achieved a major victory in the municipal elections on Sunday, securing the country’s major mayoralties, according to the first official bulletin from the National Electoral Council (CNE).
At 11:28 p.m., CNE President Elvis Amoroso, together with the Electoral Power’s rectors, announced the results, with 82.45% of polling stations reporting. By then, 304 positions had been awarded with an irreversible trend, representing 90.74% of the total positions.
The PSUV reaffirmed its stronghold over the Libertador Municipality of Caracas, a position it has successfully maintained for 25 years. This municipality, home to the headquarters of the nation’s public powers and key state institutions, saw the re-election of Mayor Carmen Meléndez, further consolidating the PSUV’s leadership and commitment to the people of Caracas.
Amoroso also noted that out of 2,402 councilor positions, 2,182 were already awarded with an irreversible trend, accounting for 90.84% of the votes.
“We have written a new page in the nation’s democratic history (…) We appreciate the civic spirit of those who went to the polling stations to fulfill their constitutional rights and duties by exercising their right to vote.” he stated.
President Nicolas Maduro Moros, stated in a speech that “today the victory of the revolutionary popular bloc has been consolidated,” following the release of the first bulletin from the National Electoral Council (CNE) regarding the local elections in the early hours of Monday. The government-aligned Gran Polo Patriotico Simon Bolivar (GPPSB) won more than 285 out of 335 municipalities.
The Venezuelan leader stressed that, out of the 24 capitals of the country, “we won 23 capitals. We only lost San Carlos in Cojedes.” He took the opportunity to congratulate the opposition winner in that municipality.
“Just as the historical victory of the revolutionary, Bolivarian, and Chavista popular bloc has been consolidated, I also believe that today marks the birth of a new Venezuelan opposition that has the obligation to govern well from the 50 mayorships they have won,” he declared.
Meanwhile, Caracas Mayor Carmen Melendez, who accompanied the president, celebrated her re-election in Sunday’s municipal elections and highlighted that “democracy and peace have won.” She also dedicated her victory to the eternal Commander Hugo Chavez from the balcony of the Caracas Mayor’s Office, where she emphasized the loyalty of her team and the people of Caracas to Bolivarian and Chavista ideals.
In the same vein, Maduro said: “On this date, July 28, 2025, we dedicate this great victory of the Venezuelan people to the eternal Commander, Hugo Chavez Frias. (…) He is always alive in our struggle, always alive in our memory, always alive in our daily actions; we are his sons and daughters.”
This statement was made on the anniversary of Commander Chavez’s birth, a deeply symbolic date for the Venezuelan people, which this year coincided with the strengthening of Chavismo on the national political map. — NNN-TELESUR
