Is voting compulsory in Venezuela?

Voluntary

Compulsory voting was removed in 1993 and largely unenforced before then.

Venezuela is one of 153 countries classified “Voluntary” for compulsory voting — 87% of the 176 with data. (Also searched as mandatory voting.)

Source

Taken from
Wikipedia: Compulsory voting
Last checked
7 July 2026
How it was classified
Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.

Nearby countries

Trinidad and Tobago
Voluntary Voting is voluntary.
Colombia
Voluntary Voting is voluntary.
Guyana
Voluntary Voting is voluntary.
Puerto Rico
Voluntary Voting is voluntary.
Suriname
Voluntary Voting is voluntary.
Dominican Republic
Voluntary Dominican Republic repealed compulsory voting in 2010 and rejected a 2017 proposal to reinstate it.

Other laws in Venezuela

Voting Age
18

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