Editing Recall election (section)

=== Venezuela ===
Article 72 of the [[Constitution of Venezuela]] enables the recall of any elected representative, including the President. This provision was used in the [[2004 Venezuelan recall referendum]], which attempted to remove President [[Hugo Chávez]]:

:<u>Article 72</u>: All <nowiki>[...]</nowiki> offices filled by popular vote are subject to revocation.
:Once one-half of the term of office to which an official has been elected has elapsed, a number of voters representing at least 20% of the registered voters in the affected constituency may petition for the calling of a referendum to revoke that official's mandate.
:When a number of voters equal to or greater than the number of those who elected the official vote in favour of the recall, provided that a number of voters equal to or greater than 25% of the total number of registered voters vote in the recall referendum, the official's mandate shall be deemed revoked and immediate action shall be taken to fill the permanent vacancy as provided for by this Constitution and by law.

The 2004 recall referendum failed with 59.25% voting against removing Chavez from office.<ref>Consejo Nacional Electoral. {{in lang|es}} [http://www.cne.gov.ve/referendum_presidencial2004/ Chávez Ratificado Con el 58 Por Ciento de los votos] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527022017/http://www.cne.gov.ve/referendum_presidencial2004/ |date=27 May 2010 }}, 16 August 2004.</ref>