2020 Valenzuelan presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Valenzuela on Saturday, 7 May 2022. Incumbent President Luis Ángel Escamilla is ineligable for a second term. LDP's candidate and the election's frontrunner Alexandria Sierra, a 34-year old Marxist student leader, won 60.17% of the votes, with Franco winning 33.32% of the votes, the best performance for a presidential candidate in the People's Democratic Alternative since the 2002 election. The result was noted for a continuing trend of left-wing victories in Latin America, which has been dubbed as a "new pink tide".

In one of the surprises in the election, Prudencio Suero, who was in second place in the opinion polls, received way less votes than expected, only winning 2.55%.

Electoral system
Valenzuelan presidents are elected for five-year terms using a two-round system; if no candidate receives a majority of the vote in the first round, a runoff is held between the top two candidates, although it's not necessary anymore. The Vice President is elected on the same ticket as the President. Presidents are limited to a single five-year term and Article 185 of the constitution requires candidates to be Valenzuelan by birth and at least thirty years old.

In line with the constitution, Valenzuelans citizens by birth or by naturalization, aged eighteen or older have the right to vote. Several scenarios can cause the loss of the right to vote, as outlined in the constitution.

Campaign
The environmentalist, member of the National Assembly, and student leader from Catalina, Alexandria Sierra led the opinion polls and could become the first female president, also the youngest president, and the first atheist president of Valenzuela. Her political party, Liberal Democratic Party, continues to use the Coalición del Progreso electoral coalition, which includes social movements, socialist, environmental and feminist associations.