The Simón Bolívar Great Patriotic Pole (Spanish: Gran Polo Patriótico Simón Bolívar, GPPSB^[5]) is a left-wing socialist and Chavist electoral alliance/popular front of Venezuelan political parties created in 2012 to support the re-election of Hugo Chávez in the 2012 presidential election.^[6]

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Simón Bolívar Great Patriotic Pole Gran Polo Patriótico Simón Bolívar
Leader	Nicolás Maduro
Founder	Hugo Chávez
Founded	7 October 2011; 12 years ago (2011-10-07)
Ideology	Bolivarianism Chavismo Marxism Communism Left-wing nationalism Left-wing populism Socialism of the 21st century Anti-imperialism Anti-capitalism Anti-Americanism Anti-Zionism[1][2][3][4]
Political position	Left-wing to far-left
Colors	Orange, blue, red, yellow
Seats in the National Assembly	253 / 277
Governors of States	19 / 23
Mercosur	18 / 23
Mayors	306 / 337
Website
www.granpolopatriotico.org.ve
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The GPP is currently composed of the following political parties:

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

^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.