Venezuelan Presidential Polling Results 2006
Below find the latest poll results on Venezuela's Presidential elections. We will continue to update this page as new results are made public.
Evans/McDonough November 29 Poll 2006
Hugo Chávez 57%
Manuel Rosales 38%
Other/Don't Know/NA 5%
Zogby International/University of Miami November Poll 2006
Hugo Chávez 60%
Manuel Rosales 31%
Benjamin Rausseo 1%
Other/Don't Know/NA 8%
Associated Press/IPSOS November Poll 2006
Hugo Chávez 58%
Manuel Rosales 25%
Benjamin Rausseo 1%
Other/Don't Know/NA 7%
Evans/McDonough November Poll 2006
Hugo Chávez 57%
Manuel Rosales 35%
Benjamin Rausseo 1%
Other/Don't Know/NA 7%
Source: Evans/McDonough Company & Consultores 30.11
Methodology: Interviews with 2,000 registered voters conducted between October 26, 2006-November 3, 2006.  Margin of error is 2.2%
Zogby International October 2006 Poll
Hugo Chávez 59%
Manuel Rosales 24%
Benjamin Rausseo 2%
Other/Don't Know/NA 22%
Source: Zogby International
Methodology: Interviews with 800 Venezuelan adults, conducted from October 1-October 17, 2006. Margin of error is 3.5%.
Venezuelan Institute for Data Analysis (IVAD) October 2006 Poll
Candidate %
Hugo Chávez 49%
Manuel Rosales 18%
Benjamin Rausseo 1%
Other/Don't Know/NA 22%
Source: Venezuelan Institute for Data Analyisis (IVAD)
Methodology: Interviews with 1,200 Venezuelan adults, conducted from August 7 to August 14, 2006.
Venezuelan Institute for Data Analysis (IVAD) August 2006 Poll
Note: This is the first major poll since Manuel Rosales was designated the opposition candidate
Source: Ultimas Noticias
Candidate %
Hugo Chávez 57%
Manuel Rosales 19%
Benjamin Rausseo 9%
Other Candidate 15%
Source: Venezuelan Institute for Data Analyisis (IVAD)
Methodology: Interviews with 1,200 Venezuelan adults, conducted from August 7 to August 14, 2006.
Datanálisis July 2006 Poll
Source: http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/12711
Candidate %
Hugo Chávez 59%
Other 22%
Manuel Rosales 9%
Julio Andrés Borges 8%
Teodoro Petkoff 2%
Source: Datanálisis
Methodology: Interviews to 1,300 Venezuelan adults, conducted from Jun. 10 to Jun. 19, 2006. Margin of error is 2.7 per cent.
Hinterlaces June 2006 Poll
Source: http://www.gda.com/consulta_noticias.php?idArticulo=169110,  http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/12548
Candidate %
Hugo Chavez 55%
Manuel Rosales 7%
Julio Borges 5%
Teodoro Petkoff 3%
Roberto Smith 2%
Others 1%
A new candidate 17%
Not Sure / No answer 10%
Source: Hinterlaces
Methodology: Interviews with 1,200 Venezuelan adults, conducted from Jun. 7 to Jun. 24, 2006. Margin of error is 3 per cent.
North American Opinion Research Inc., May 2006 Poll
Source: http://www.naorinc.com/presenta.htm
Candidate %
Hugo Chávez 74%
Nobody 5%
Don't Know/No Response 5%
Manuel Rosales 4%
Others 4%
Julio Borges 4%
Enrique Salas Romer 2%
Enrique Mendoza 2%
Teodoro Petkoff 1%
May 2006, North American Opinion Research Inc.
Venezuelan Institute for Data Analysis (IVAD) April 2006 Poll
Source: http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/11821
Candidate %
Hugo Chávez 55.90%
Undecided / Would not vote 31.30%
Julio Andrés Borges 4.50%
Manuel Rosales 3.30%
Teodoro Petkoff 2.80%
Other 2.20%
Source: Instituto Venezolano de Análisis de Datos
Methodology: Interviews with 1,200 Venezuelan adults, conducted from Apr. 8 to Apr. 19, 2006. Margin of error is 2.37 per cent.
Consultores 21 April 2006 / January 2006 Polls
Source: http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/12486
Candidate Apr. 2006 Jan. 2006
Hugo Chávez 51.50% 53.80%
An opposition candidate 34.30% 37.20%
Not sure / Undecided 14.30% 9.00%
Source: Consultores 21
Methodology: Interviews with 1,500 Venezuelan adults in 11 cities, conducted in April 2006. Margin of error is 2.6 per cent.