2017 Venezuelan referendum
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| part1_subject = Do you reject the Constitutional Assembly without a referendum?{{cite news|title=En la consulta popular de este domingo participaron 7.535.259 venezolanos|url=http://www.unidadvenezuela.org/2017/07/la-consulta-popular-este-domingo-participaron-7-535-259-venezolanos/|access-date=17 July 2017|work=Democratic Unity Roundtable|date=17 July 2017|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718053405/http://www.unidadvenezuela.org/2017/07/la-consulta-popular-este-domingo-participaron-7-535-259-venezolanos/|archive-date=18 July 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
| part1_choice1 = Yes
| part1_percentage1 = 99.87
| part1_color1 = Green
| part1_choice2 = No
| part1_percentage2 = 0.13
| part1_color2 = Red
| part2_subject = Do you demand the Armed Forces to support the 1999 constitution and the National Assembly?
| part2_choice1 = Yes
| part2_percentage1 = 99.82
| part2_color1 = Green
| part2_choice2 = No
| part2_percentage2 = 0.18
| part3_subject = Do you demand immediate general elections and a Government of National Unity?
| part3_choice1 = Yes
| part3_percentage1 = 99.84
| part3_color1 = Green
| part3_choice2 = No
| part3_percentage2 = 0.16
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| turnout = ≈42% (estimated)
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{{Politics of Venezuela}}
{{Crisis in Bolivarian Venezuela}}
A referendum was held in Venezuela on 16 July 2017. The referendum was called by the National Assembly in response to the constitutional crisis and President Nicolás Maduro's plans for a Constituent Assembly. The referendum was an act of civil disobedience in the context of the application of Articles 333 and 350 of the Venezuelan constitution, with the articles calling for Venezuelans to "disown any regime ... that violates democratic values", especially since the National Electoral Council and the Supreme Tribunal of Justice were not recognized in the referendum.{{cite news|title=Conozca los detalles del proceso de plebiscito del 16 de julio|url=http://www.el-nacional.com/noticias/oposicion/conozca-los-detalles-del-proceso-plebiscito-del-julio_191860|access-date=23 July 2017|work=El Nacional}} The opposition Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) announced that there would be 2,030 areas for the popular consultation nationwide to serve more than 19 million voters.
Background
=Constitutional crisis=
{{main|2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis|2017 Venezuelan protests}}
File:Caja Consulta Popular 16J.jpg
On 29 March 2017, the government-filled Supreme Tribunal of Justice (TSJ) attempted to assume the powers of the opposition-led National Assembly,{{cite news |author = Rafael Romo |title = Venezuela's high court dissolves National Assembly |url = https://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/30/americas/venezuela-dissolves-national-assembly/ |access-date = 1 April 2017 |publisher = CNN |date = 30 March 2017 }}{{cite news |title = Venezuela rejects coup accusations |url = http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Venezuela-rejects-coup-accusations |access-date = 1 April 2017 |work = The Jamaica Observer |date = 30 March 2017 |archive-date = 31 March 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170331202228/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Venezuela-rejects-coup-accusations |url-status = dead }}{{cite news |title = Venezuela's Top Prosecutor Rebukes Supreme Court Power Grab |url = https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2017-03-31/venezuela-plunged-into-turmoil-as-top-court-muzzles-congress |access-date = 1 April 2017 |work = U.S. News & World Report |date = 31 March 2017 }} though the TSJ later reversed their decision.{{cite web |url = https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-39468045 |title = Venezuela: Supreme court backtracks on powers bid |date = 1 April 2017 |publisher = BBC |access-date = 1 April 2017 }}{{cite news |last = Slotkin |first = Jason |url = https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/01/522307795/venezuelas-top-court-and-president-reverse-course-restore-powers-to-legislature |title = Venezuela's Top Court And President Reverse Course, Restore Powers To Legislature |access-date = 1 April 2017 |publisher = NPR |date = 1 April 2017 }}{{cite news |url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/denounced-as-a-dictatorship-venezuela-backs-down-reverses-court-ruling/2017/04/01/88451da8-1659-11e7-bb16-269934184168_story.html |title = Denounced as dictatorship, Venezuela backs down, reverses court's ruling on legislature's powers |access-date = 1 April 2017 |newspaper = The Washington Post |date = 1 April 2017 |first1 = Mariana |last1 = Zuñiga |first2 = Nick |last2 = Miroff }} Despite this, protests in the country strengthened to an intensity not seen since the 2014 Venezuelan protests.{{cite news |title = Venezuela accused of 'self-coup' after Supreme Court shuts down National Assembly |url = http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/225180/venezuela-accused-of-%E2%80%98selfcoup%E2%80%99-after-supreme-court-shuts-down-national-assembly |access-date = 1 April 2017 |work = Buenos Aires Herald |date = 31 March 2017 |archive-date = 11 April 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190411040141/http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/225180/venezuela-accused-of-%E2%80%98selfcoup%E2%80%99-after-supreme-court-shuts-down-national-assembly |url-status = dead }}{{cite news |title = Venezuela's Descent into Dictatorship |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/31/opinion/venezuelas-descent-into-dictatorship.html|access-date = 1 April 2017 |work = The New York Times |date = 31 March 2017 }}{{cite news |url = http://www.skynews.com.au/news/world/sthamerica/2017/04/01/venezuela-clashes--self-inflicted-coup---oas.html |title = Venezuela clashes 'self-inflicted coup': OAS |access-date = 1 April 2017 |publisher = Sky News Australia |date = 1 April 2017 |archive-date = 25 February 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210225042527/https://www.skynews.com.au/news/world/sthamerica/2017/04/01/venezuela-clashes--self-inflicted-coup---oas.html |url-status = dead }}{{cite news|last1=Goodman|first1=Joshua|title=Venezuela's Maduro blasts foe for chemical attack comments|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/venezuelas-maduro-blasts-foe-chemical-attack-comments-46695565|access-date=10 April 2017|work=ABC News|agency=Associated Press|date=9 April 2017|language=en}}
As protests intensified with nearly 30 killed in clashes in one month, President Maduro called for a Constitutional Assembly to draft a new constitution on 1 May 2017, sparking more outrage among Venezuelans.{{cite news|title=Venezuela's embattled socialist president calls for citizens congress, new constitution|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/05/01/maduro-citizens-congress/101175468/|access-date=1 May 2017|work=USA Today|agency=Associated Press|date=1 May 2017|language=en}} Protesting occurred for nearly 100 days before the opposition announced the unofficial referendum.
=Planning=
The National Assembly unanimously approved the plebiscite on 5 July 2017 based on Articles 5, 70 and 71 of the constitution.{{cite news|title=¿Plebiscito, consulta, referendo, juicio popular?, convocatoria de la oposición para el #16Jul|url=http://efectococuyo.com/politica/plebiscito-consulta-referendo-juicio-popular-convocatoria-de-la-oposicion-para-el-16jul|access-date=15 July 2017|work=Efecto Cocuyo|date=4 July 2017|language=es-ES|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709204604/http://efectococuyo.com/politica/plebiscito-consulta-referendo-juicio-popular-convocatoria-de-la-oposicion-para-el-16jul|archive-date=9 July 2017|url-status=dead}} The National Commission of Telecommunications banned the media from calling the referendum a "popular consultation";{{cite news|title=Conatel ordenó a medios no llamar Consulta Popular la convocatoria del 16J|url=http://www.el-nacional.com/noticias/politica/conatel-ordeno-medios-llamar-consulta-popular-convocatoria-del-16j_192807|access-date=15 July 2017|work=El Nacional|date=12 July 2017|language=es|archive-date=16 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716002427/http://www.el-nacional.com/noticias/politica/conatel-ordeno-medios-llamar-consulta-popular-convocatoria-del-16j_192807|url-status=dead}} a move that was described as "arbitrary and illegal" by the National College of Journalists.{{cite news|title=CNP consideró "arbitraria e ilegal" medida de Conatel sobre consulta el 16J|url=http://www.el-nacional.com/noticias/politica/cnp-considero-arbitraria-ilegal-medida-conatel-sobre-consulta-16j_192918|access-date=15 July 2017|work=El Nacional|date=13 July 2017|language=es|archive-date=16 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716081000/http://www.el-nacional.com/noticias/politica/cnp-considero-arbitraria-ilegal-medida-conatel-sobre-consulta-16j_192918|url-status=dead}}
==Questions==
On 6 July the Unity Roundtable announced the 3 questions that will be asked in the National Consultation, according to what is established by the opposition alliance, Venezuelans should answer three questions with "Yes" or "No", with The intention that the results are the first step for a change of political system in Venezuela. The questions would be:
- Do you reject and ignore the realization of a Constituent Assembly proposed by Nicolás Maduro without the prior approval of the Venezuelan people?
- Do you demand the National Armed Forces and all public officials to obey and defend the Constitution of 1999 and support the decisions of the National Assembly?
- Do you approve the renewal of public powers in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, and the holding of free and transparent elections, as well as the formation of a Government of National Unity to restore constitutional order?
In the electoral process, all Venezuelans over the age of 18 enrolled or not enrolled in the CNE, inside and outside Venezuela, may participate. The committee formed for the development of the event, called "Rescue for Democracy", would work on the logistics and security of this activity.{{cite news|last1=Web|first1=El Nacional|title=MUD anunció las tres preguntas para el plebiscito popular|url=http://www.el-nacional.com/noticias/oposicion/mud-anuncio-las-tres-preguntas-para-plebiscito-popular_191558|access-date=15 July 2017|work=El Nacional|date=6 July 2017|language=es|archive-date=15 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170715194650/http://www.el-nacional.com/noticias/oposicion/mud-anuncio-las-tres-preguntas-para-plebiscito-popular_191558|url-status=dead}}
Opinion polls
=Referendum=
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!Date(s) !Polling organization ! class="unsortable" style="width: 65px;" | Sample size ! class="unsortable" style="background: rgb(0, 129, 66); width: 100px; color: white;" | Intend to vote ! class="unsortable" style="background: rgb(220, 36, 31); width: 100px; color: white;" |Will not vote ! class="unsortable" style="background: gray; width: 90px; color: white;" | Undecided | |||||
| data-sort-value="2014-09-17" | 6–11 July | [https://www.scribd.com/document/353682258/Flash-Hercon-j2017-Hercon-Expectativa-Politica-Pais Hercon] | 1,200 | style="background: rgb(0, 129, 66)| 55.5% | 28.4% | 16.0% |
| data-sort-value="2014-09-17" | 9 July | [https://www.scribd.com/document/353626453/11-millones-de-venezolanos-apoyan-consulta-popular-9-millones-dispuestos-a-votar-este-16Jul Datincorp] | 1,199 | style="background: rgb(0, 129, 66)| 52% | 31% | 17% |
=Constituent Assembly=
{{Main|2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election}}
Graphical summary
File:2017 Venezuelan Constitutional Assembly election opinion polls.png
An 8 May poll found that 73% of Venezuelans disagreed with Maduro's Constitutional Assembly, with 79% believing that they live in some form of dictatorship (49% believe absolute dictatorship, 30% believe it is a mix of a dictatorship and democracy).{{cite news|title=Nacionales – LaPatilla.com|url=https://www.lapatilla.com/site/secciones/nacionales/|access-date=24 May 2017|work=La Patilla|date=23 May 2017|language=es-ES}} According to a May 2017 poll by More Consulting, 68.8% of the Venezuelans reject the proposal, and 72.9% (with more than 20% who consider themselves chavistas) consider the government a dictatorship.{{cite web |url= http://www.lanacion.com.ar/2022230-el-chavismo-entrenara-a-200000-militantes-politicos-para-el-combate|title= El chavismo entrenará a 200.000 militantes políticos "para el combate"|trans-title=Chavismo will train 200.000 militias "for combat"|language= es|author= Daniel Lozano|date= May 10, 2017|publisher= La Nación|access-date=May 8, 2017}} A poll taken by Hercon between 10–25 May 2017 found that 78.1% wanted Maduro out of office in 2017, 79.9% did not agree with the Constitutional Assembly, 73.3% believed the CNE favored the ruling party (PSUV) and 75.5% thought that President Maduro started the Constitutional Assembly proposal to establish a government similar to Cuba's.{{cite news|title=Hercon Consultores: 78,1% de los venezolanos opina que Maduro debe salir este mismo año (encuesta)|url=https://www.lapatilla.com/site/2017/05/28/hercon-consultores-781-de-los-venezolanos-opina-que-maduro-debe-salir-este-mismo-ano-encuesta/|access-date=1 June 2017|work=La Patilla|date=28 May 2017|language=es-ES}}
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!Date(s) !Polling organization ! class="unsortable" style="width: 65px;" | Sample size ! class="unsortable" style="background: rgb(0, 129, 66); width: 100px; color: white;" | Approve of Maduro's plan for a Constitutional Assembly ! class="unsortable" style="background: rgb(220, 36, 31); width: 100px; color: white;" |Disapprove of Maduro's plan for a Constitutional Assembly ! class="unsortable" style="background: gray; width: 90px; color: white;" | Undecided ! class="unsortable" style="width: 80px;" | Lead | ||||||
| data-sort-value="2014-09-17" | 6–11 July | [https://www.scribd.com/document/353682258/Flash-Hercon-j2017-Hercon-Expectativa-Politica-Pais Hercon] | 1,200 | 13.1% | style="background: rgb(220, 36, 31); | 82.1% | 4.7% | style="background: rgb(220, 36, 31); color: white;" | 69.0% |
| data-sort-value="2014-09-17" | 28 June | [https://web.archive.org/web/20170803151131/http://hinterlaces.com/54-de-acuerdo-en-mejorar-constitucion-para-no-perder-conquistas-sociales/ Hinterlaces] | 1,580 | style="background: rgb(0, 129, 66) | 54% | 44% | 2% | style="background: rgb(0, 129, 66); width: 100px; color: white;" | 10% |
| data-sort-value="2014-09-17" | 14 June | [https://www.lapatilla.com/site/2017/06/21/meganalisis-maduro-en-picada-la-anc-no-sacara-mas-de-2-millones-y-medio-de-votos/ Meganálisis] | – | 12.8% | style="background: rgb(220, 36, 31); | 80.4% | 6.7% | style="background: rgb(220, 36, 31); color: white;" | 67.6% |
| data-sort-value="2014-09-17" | 29 May–4 June | [http://prodavinci.com/2017/06/09/actualidad/datanalisis-85-de-los-venezolanos-rechaza-modificar-la-constitucion-laminas-2-2/ Datanalisis] | 320 | 27.0% | style="background: rgb(220, 36, 31); | 69.1% | 3.9% | style="background: rgb(220, 36, 31); color: white;" | 42.1% |
| data-sort-value="2014-09-17" | 10–25 May | [https://www.scribd.com/document/349652511/Estudio-Flash-Nacional-Hercon-Mayo2017 Hercon] | 1,200 | 12.3% | style="background: rgb(220, 36, 31); | 79.9% | 7.7% | style="background: rgb(220, 36, 31); color: white;" | 67.6% |
| data-sort-value="2014-09-17" | 10–17 May | [https://www.scribd.com/document/351985359/UCV-Clde-Estudio-de-Coyuntura-Politica-Mayo-2017#from_embed UCV] | 1,200 | 9% | style="background: rgb(220, 36, 31); | 86% | 5% | style="background: rgb(220, 36, 31); color: white;" | 77% |
| data-sort-value="2014-09-17" | 8 May | [https://www.scribd.com/document/349662653/Datin-Corp-Mayo-2017 Datincorp] | 1,199 | 21% | style="background: rgb(220, 36, 31); | 73% | 5% | style="background: rgb(220, 36, 31); color: white;" | 52% |
| data-sort-value="2014-09-17" | 5 May | [https://www.scribd.com/document/347841686/MORE-Consulting-ADAB-02-Constituyente-Mayo2017 MORE Consulting] | 1,000 | 25.5% | style="background: rgb(220, 36, 31); | 68.8% | 5% | style="background: rgb(220, 36, 31); color: white;" | 43.3% |
Conduct
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President of the National Assembly, Julio Borges, invited several former presidents as observers for the popular consultation. The Democratic Initiative of Spain and the Americas (IDEA) reported that it will send a commission consisting of five former presidents: Laura Chinchilla from Costa Rica, Vicente Fox from Mexico, Andrés Pastrana from Colombia, Jorge Quiroga from Bolivia and Miguel Ángel Rodríguez of Costa Rica, in response to the invitation.{{cite news|title=Ex presidentes de latinoamérica serán observadores en el plebiscito del #16Jul|url=http://runrun.es/nacional/317374/ex-presidentes-de-latinoamerica-seran-observadores-en-la-consulta-popular-del-16jul.html|access-date=15 July 2017|work=Runrunes}} The Assembly also invited "more than 12 personalities and parliamentarians from other countries".{{cite news|title=AN invitó a diputados extranjeros como observadores para consulta popular|url=http://www.eluniversal.com/noticias/politica/invito-diputados-extranjeros-como-observadores-para-consulta-popular_660939|access-date=15 July 2017|work=El Universal|date=11 July 2017|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711224754/http://www.eluniversal.com/noticias/politica/invito-diputados-extranjeros-como-observadores-para-consulta-popular_660939|archive-date=11 July 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
The process was assisted by organizations such as Súmate, EsData, Voto Joven and Foro Penal Venezolano. Invitations have been made to international organizations to attend as witnesses, but it is unknown whether they were able to attend.{{cite news|title=Lo que debe saber sobre la consulta popular del 16J {{!}} COMUNICAS Venezuela|url=https://es.comunicas.org/2017/07/11/lo-que-debe-saber-sobre-la-consulta-popular-del-16j/|work=Comunicas|date=11 July 2017|language=es-ES}}
In the morning as voting began, colectivos broke into the voting center of the San Agustín parish in western Caracas, destroyed the notebooks that already had over three hundred signatures and stole an electoral ballot box. The center was moved to Parque Carabobo to continue with the voting.{{cite news|title=Colectivos rompieron cuadernos de votación del plebiscito en San Agustín|url=http://www.el-nacional.com/noticias/oposicion/colectivos-rompieron-cuadernos-votacion-del-plebiscito-san-agustin_193416|access-date=17 July 2017|work=El Nacional|date=16 July 2017|language=es-ES|archive-date=16 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716191854/http://www.el-nacional.com/noticias/oposicion/colectivos-rompieron-cuadernos-votacion-del-plebiscito-san-agustin_193416|url-status=dead}}
Colectivos and Venezuelan authorities loyal to the Bolivarian government had also fired guns upon a large congregation of voters and dispersed a center in the usually pro-government neighborhood of Catia.{{cite news|title=A punta de plomo oficialistas desmontaron punto desbordado en Catia (VIDEO)|url=http://www.lapatilla.com/site/2017/07/16/a-punta-de-plomo-oficialistas-desmontaron-punto-desbordado-en-catia-video/|access-date=16 July 2017|work=La Patilla|date=16 July 2017|language=es-ES}} The shooting in Catia left two dead and four seriously injured from gunshot wounds.{{cite news|title=Deadly violence erupts at Venezuela vote|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/07/17/deadly-violence-erupts-venezuela-vote|access-date=17 July 2017|work=SBS News|date=16 July 2017|language=en}}
As polls closed at 4:00pm VST, President Maduro appeared on state television and made no mention of the Catia incident, instead blaming the opposition for any violence the country is facing. A "rehearsal" of the 30 July constitutional vote held on the same day resulted in a smaller number of participants. State media also portrayed the rehearsal as having a "high turnout", despite conventional press noting its low turnout and that Maduro did not appear in public as planned.{{cite news|title="El grito que dio Venezuela": más de 7 millones de personas respaldan la consulta popular organizada por la oposición para desafiar al gobierno de Nicolás Maduro|url=http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-40622493|access-date=17 July 2017|work=BBC Mundo|date=16 July 2017}}
The following day, National Guard General Antonio Benavides Torres, the Chief of Government of the Capital District who is under investigation for human rights violations, stated that the opposition was responsible for the violence in Catia and that the referendum had very low turnout, saying that at opposition voting centers, "there were barely 50 people".{{cite web|title=Venezuela: Senior Officials' Responsibility for Abuses|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/06/15/venezuela-senior-officials-responsibility-abuses|website=Human Rights Watch|access-date=17 July 2017|language=en|date=15 June 2017}}{{cite news|title=Venezuela's top prosecutor charges ex-national guard chief with human rights violations|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/29/venezuela-national-guard-human-rights-violations|access-date=17 July 2017|work=The Guardian|date=29 June 2017}}{{cite news|title=Benavides Torres: Oposición es culpable de hecho violento en Catia|url=http://www.lapatilla.com/site/2017/07/17/benavides-torres-oposicion-es-culpable-de-hecho-violento-en-catia/|access-date=17 July 2017|work=La Patilla|date=17 July 2017|language=es-ES}} On 18 July, President Maduro suggested that the United States was responsible for the violence in Catia.{{cite news|title=Maduro insinúa que muerte de enfermera en Catia es obra de EEUU|url=https://www.lapatilla.com/site/2017/07/18/maduro-insinua-que-muerte-de-enfermera-en-catia-es-obra-de-eeuu/|access-date=19 July 2017|work=La Patilla|date=18 July 2017|language=es-ES}}
Results
Of the 19.5 million registered Venezuelan voters, approximately 7.5 million people participated in the referendum,{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-40624313" |title= Venezuela referendum: Big show of support for opposition - BBC News|website=www.bbc.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180415023241/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-40624313 |archive-date=2018-04-15}} including 690,000 Venezuelans from abroad. Low turnout was attributed to less voting areas than official elections, with about 2,000 voting areas in Venezuela and 500 foreign cities with centers.
=Question 1=
{{Referendum|title=Do you reject and ignore the realization of a Constituent Assembly proposed by Nicolás Maduro without the prior approval of the Venezuelan people?|yes=7,432,764|yespct=99.87|no=9,078|nopct=0.13|valid=7,441,842|validpct=98.75|invalid=93,447|invalidpct=1.25|total=7,535,289|electorate=19,477,387|turnoutpct=38.69|source=MUD (99.01% counted)}}
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| style="background:#75B040; width:99.87%; "| 99.87% | style="background:#f66; width:0.13%; "| 0.13% |
| style="color:#75B040;"|Yes
| style="color:#f66;"|No |
=Question 2=
{{Referendum|title=Do you demand the National Armed Forces and all public officials to obey and defend the Constitution of 1999 and support the decisions of the National Assembly?|yes=7,446,381|yespct=99.82|no=9,835|nopct=0.18|valid=7,456,216|validpct=98.95|invalid=79,073|invalidpct=1.05|total=7,535,289|electorate=19,477,387|turnoutpct=38.69|source=MUD (99.01% counted)}}
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| style="background:#75B040; width:99.835%; "| 99.835% | style="background:#f66; width:0.18%; "| 0.18% |
| style="color:#75B040;"|Yes
| style="color:#f66;"|No |
=Question 3=
{{Referendum|title=Do you approve the renewal of public powers in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, and the holding of free and transparent elections, as well as the formation of a Government of National Unity to restore constitutional order?|yes=7,454,703|yespct=99.86|no=11,348|nopct=0.14|valid=7,466,051|validpct=99.08|invalid=69,238|invalidpct=0.92|total=7,535,289|electorate=19,477,387|turnoutpct=38.69|source=MUD (99.01% counted)}}
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| style="background:#75B040; width:99.86%; "| 99.86% | style="background:#f66; width:0.14%; "| 0.14% |
| style="color:#75B040;"|Yes
| style="color:#f66;"|No |
Reactions
=Governments=
The governments of Brazil,{{cite news|title=Brasil aprieta tuercas tras resultados de Consulta Popular y pide al Gobierno cancelar Constituyente|url=http://www.lapatilla.com/site/2017/07/17/brasil-aprieta-tuercas-tras-resultados-de-consulta-popular-y-pide-al-gobierno-cancelar-constituyente/|access-date=17 July 2017|work=La Patilla|date=17 July 2017|language=es-ES}} Canada,{{cite news|title=Canadá insta al gobierno a cancelar la Constituyente y negociar con la oposición|url=http://www.lapatilla.com/site/2017/07/17/canada-insta-al-gobierno-a-cancelar-la-constituyente-y-negociar-con-la-oposicion/|access-date=17 July 2017|work=La Patilla|date=17 July 2017|language=es-ES}} Costa Rica,{{Cite web|url=https://www.lapatilla.com/site/2017/07/17/costa-rica-felicito-a-los-venezolanos-por-la-amplia-y-activa-participacion-en-la-consulta-popular/|title=Costa Rica felicitó a los venezolanos por la amplia y activa participación en la Consulta Popular|website=La Patilla|date=17 July 2017|language=es-ES|access-date=2017-07-18}} Germany,{{cite news|title=AP Explains: What are Trump's options in Venezuela?|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/ap-explains-what-are-trumps-options-in-venezuela/2017/07/19/b8ce7bf0-6cca-11e7-abbc-a53480672286_story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170720002211/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/ap-explains-what-are-trumps-options-in-venezuela/2017/07/19/b8ce7bf0-6cca-11e7-abbc-a53480672286_story.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 July 2017|access-date=20 July 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=19 July 2017}} Mexico and the United States{{cite news|title=The Latest: Trump warns Venezuela of 'economic actions'|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/latest-maduro-foes-urge-escalated-protests-venezuela-48681998|access-date=18 July 2017|work=ABC News|date=17 July 2017|language=en}} called for the cancellation of the Bolivarian government's proposed Constitutional Assembly and condemned the violence at poll centers in Venezuela performed by colectivos. Bolivian president Evo Morales rejected the referendum convened by the Venezuelan opposition and accused former Latin American presidents to participate as observers of said process of being "conspirators" of a plot of orchestrated "coup" against Nicolás Maduro.{{Cite news|url=http://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201707/195523-bolivia-evo-morales-descalifica-consulta-popular-oposicion-mud-venezuela-contra-maduro-veedores.html|archivedate=2023-04-07|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20230407004936/https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201707/195523-bolivia-evo-morales-descalifica-consulta-popular-oposicion-mud-venezuela-contra-maduro-veedores.html|title=For Evo Morales, the Venezuelan consultation is invalid|date=16 July 2017|work=Telam|language=es}}
The Venezuelan government declared the five former Latin American leaders that participated as international observers to the referendum as persona non grata. Former Mexican President Vicente Fox was banned on July 16.{{cite web|title=Venezuela declara persona "non grata" a expresidentes Quiroga, Pastrana, Chinchilla y Rodríguez|url=http://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2017/07/18/venezuela-declara-persona-non-grata-a-expresidentes-quiroga-pastrana-chinchilla-y-rodriguez/|website=CNNEspañol.com|access-date=21 July 2017|date=18 July 2017}} Former President of Colombia Andrés Pastrana, former President of Bolivia Jorge Quiroga and former Presidents of Costa Rica Laura Chinchilla and Miguel Ángel Rodríguez were banned on July 18. Foreign Minister Samuel Moncada said the Latin American leaders invited as observers were "political sicarios", "clowns" and "mercenaries" that "sell themselves to the highest bidder to go to various destinations and repeat what they are told"{{cite web|title=Vicente Fox es declarado persona 'non grata' en Venezuela|url=http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/mundo/vicente-fox-es-declarado-persona-non-grata-en-venezuela.html|website=www.elfinanciero.com.mx|access-date=21 July 2017}}
=Supranational bodies=
The United Nations called on the Venezuelan government to respect the National Assembly's election as well as the will of the people.{{cite news|title=La ONU pide al gobierno bolivariano respetar la consulta popular del #16Jul|url=https://www.lapatilla.com/site/2017/07/14/la-onu-insta-al-gobierno-bolivariano-a-respetar-la-consulta-popular-del-16jul/|access-date=15 July 2017|work=La Patilla|date=14 July 2017|language=es-ES}} The European Union demanded the cancellation of Maduro's Constitutional Assembly following the referendum.{{cite news|title=Alta representante de la Unión Europea pide a Maduro suspender la Constituyente|url=http://www.lapatilla.com/site/2017/07/17/alta-representante-de-la-union-europea-pide-a-maduro-suspender-la-constituyente/|access-date=17 July 2017|work=La Patilla|date=17 July 2017|language=es-ES}}
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