| Simón Bolívar Great Patriotic Pole | |
| Native Name: | Gran Polo Patriótico Simón Bolívar |
| Native Name Lang: | es |
| Abbreviation: | GPPSB ; GPP |
| Leader: | Nicolás Maduro |
| Founder: | Hugo Chávez |
| Position: | Left-wing to far-left |
| Colors: | Orange, blue, red, yellow |
| Seats1 Title: | Seats in the National Assembly |
| Seats2 Title: | Governors of States |
| Seats3 Title: | Mercosur |
| Seats4 Title: | Mayors |
| Website: | granpolopatriotico.org.ve (archived) |
| Country: | Venezuela |
The Simón Bolívar Great Patriotic Pole (Spanish; Castilian: Gran Polo Patriótico Simón Bolívar, GPPSB[1]), or just the Great Patriotic Pole (Spanish; Castilian: Gran Polo Patriótico, GPP), is a left-wing socialist and Chavista electoral alliance/popular front of Venezuelan political parties created in 2012 to support the re-election of Hugo Chávez in the 2012 presidential election.[2]
The GPP is currently composed of the following political parties:
| Party | Spanish name | Leader | Ideology | National Assembly | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Socialist Party of Venezuela | Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela | Nicolás Maduro as President Diosdado Cabello as Parliamentary Leader | Chavismo Bolivarianism Socialism of the 21st century | rowspan="13" Majority | |
| Fatherland for All (section) | Patria Para Todos | Democratic socialism Libertarian Marxism | |||
| Tupamaro (section) | Tendencias Unificadas Para Alcanzar el Movimiento de Acción Revolucionaria Organizada | Communism Marxism–Leninism Guevarism Foco theory Revolutionary socialism | |||
| For Social Democracy | Por la Democracia Social | Didalco Bolívar | Social democracy | ||
| Republican Bicentennial Vanguard | Vanguardia Bicentenaria Republicana | Bolivarianism | |||
| Venezuelan Popular Unity | Unidad Popular Venezolana | Anti-imperialism | |||
| Alliance for Change | Alianza para el Cambio | Carlos Vargas | Social democracy | ||
| People's Electoral Movement | Movimiento Electoral del Pueblo | Left-wing populism | |||
| Organized Socialist Party in Venezuela | Partido Socialista Organizado en Venezuela | Fernando Lisboa | Democratic socialism | ||
| Movement We Are Venezuela | Movimiento Somos Venezuela | Delcy Rodríguez | Left-wing nationalism | ||
| Networks Party | Partido Redes | Juan Barreto | Chavismo | ||
| Authentic Renewal Organization | Organización Renovadora –Auténtica | Christian democracy | |||
| Corrientes Revolucionarias Venezolanas | Ramsés Colmenares (es) | Communism | |||
| Not members, but politically support the GPP | |||||
| Revolutionary Middle Class | Clase Media Revolucionaria | Reinaldo Quijada | Chavismo | rowspan="3" | |
| Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Venezuela | Partido Comunista Marxista-Leninista de Venezuela | Communism Marxism–Leninism Hoxhaism Anti-Revisionism | |||
| Worker's Party | Partido de los Trabajadores | ||||
| National Assembly | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Election year |
| % of overall vote |
| +/– | Leader | |
| 2015 | 5,625,248 (#2) | 40.9 | 55 | Diosdado Cabello | ||
| 2020 | 4,317,819 (#1) | 69.3 | 198 | Diosdado Cabello | ||
| Election year | Name | First Round | Second Round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % of overall vote |
| % of overall vote | ||
| 2012 | Hugo Chávez | 8,191,132 | 55.1 (#1) | ||
| Member of "United Socialist Party of Venezuela" party in coalition. Winner | |||||
| 2013 | Nicolás Maduro | 7,587,579 | 50.6 (#1) | ||
| Member of "United Socialist Party of Venezuela" party in coalition. Winner | |||||
| 2018 (disputed) | Nicolás Maduro | 6,205,875 | 67.8 (#1) | ||
| Member of "United Socialist Party of Venezuela" party in coalition. Winner | |||||
| Nicolás Maduro | |||||
| Member of "United Socialist Party of Venezuela" party in coalition. Winner | |||||
| Election year |
| % of overall vote | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4,853,494 (#1) | 56.2 | |
| 2017 | 5,814,903 (#1) | 55.1 |
| Election year |
| % of overall vote | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 5,216,522 (#1) | 48.7 | |
| 2017 | 6,517,506 (#1) | 71.3 | |
| 2018 | ~5,519,890 (#1) | 97.3 |
Also includes some centre-left parties and one right-wing party, but is dominated by the left-wing other than on social policies such as abortion and LGBT rights.