Great Patriotic Pole

The Simón Bolívar Great Patriotic Pole (Spanish: Gran Polo Patriótico Simón Bolívar, GPPSB^[1]), or just the Great Patriotic Pole (Spanish: 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]

Simón Bolívar Great Patriotic Pole Gran Polo Patriótico Simón Bolívar
Abbreviation	GPPSB; GPP
Leader	Nicolás Maduro
Founder	Hugo Chávez
Founded	7 October 2011 (2011-10-07)
Ideology	Bolivarianism Chavismo Left-wing nationalism Left-wing populism Socialism of the 21st century Anti-imperialism Anti-capitalism Anti-Americanism
Political position	Far-left
Colors	Orange, blue, red, yellow
Seats in the National Assembly	256 / 277
Governors of States	19 / 23
Mercosur	18 / 23
Mayors	306 / 337
Website
granpolopatriotico.org.ve (archived)
Politics of Venezuela Political parties Elections

Members

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	219 / 277	Majority
Fatherland for All (section)	Patria Para Todos	—	Democratic socialism Libertarian Marxism	8 / 277
Tupamaro (section)	Tendencias Unificadas Para Alcanzar el Movimiento de Acción Revolucionaria Organizada	—	Communism Marxism–Leninism Guevarism Foco theory Revolutionary socialism	7 / 277
For Social Democracy	Por la Democracia Social	Didalco Bolívar	Social democracy	4 / 277
Republican Bicentennial Vanguard	Vanguardia Bicentenaria Republicana	—	Bolivarianism	0 / 277
Venezuelan Popular Unity	Unidad Popular Venezolana	—	Anti-imperialism	2 / 277
Alliance for Change	Alianza para el Cambio	Carlos Vargas	Social democracy	3 / 277
People's Electoral Movement	Movimiento Electoral del Pueblo	—	Left-wing populism	3 / 277
Organized Socialist Party in Venezuela	Partido Socialista Organizado en Venezuela	Fernando Lisboa	Democratic socialism	0 / 277
Movement We Are Venezuela	Movimiento Somos Venezuela	Delcy Rodríguez	Left-wing nationalism	5 / 277
Networks Party	Partido Redes	Juan Barreto	Chavismo	0 / 277
Authentic Renewal Organization	Organización Renovadora –Auténtica	—	Christian democracy	2 / 277
Venezuelan Revolutionary Currents	Corrientes Revolucionarias Venezolanas	Ramsés Colmenares (es)	Communism	0 / 277
Not members, but politically support the GPP
Revolutionary Middle Class	Clase Media Revolucionaria	Reinaldo Quijada	Chavismo	0 / 277	Not in government
Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Venezuela [Wikidata]	Partido Comunista Marxista-Leninista de Venezuela	—	Communism Marxism–Leninism Hoxhaism Anti-Revisionism	0 / 277
Worker's Party	Partido de los Trabajadores	—	—	0 / 277

Election results

Parliamentary

National Assembly
Election year	# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall seats won	+/–	Leader
2015	5,625,248 (#2)	40.9	55 / 167	55	Diosdado Cabello
2020	4,317,819 (#1)	69.3	253 / 277	198	Diosdado Cabello
2025	5,024,475 (#1)	83.4	256 / 277	3	Jorge Rodríguez

Presidential

Election year	Name	First Round		Second Round
		# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall votes	% 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
2024 (disputed)	Nicolás Maduro	6,408,844	51.95 (#1)
	Member of "United Socialist Party of Venezuela" party in coalition. Winner

Regional

Election year	# of overall votes	% of overall vote	Governors
2012	4,853,494 (#1)	56.2	20 / 23
2017	5,814,903 (#1)	55.1	18 / 23
2021	3,595,490 (#1)	40.2	19 / 23

Municipal

Election year	# of overall votes	% of overall vote
2013	5,216,522 (#1)	48.7
2017	6,517,506 (#1)	71.3
2018	~5,519,890 (#1)	97.3

See also

• Democratic Unity Roundtable – the opposing electoral alliance
• Popular Revolutionary Alternative – a breakaway electoral alliance
• Kilusang Bagong Lipunan

Notes

^a 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.