CARACAS, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Thursday urged all his supporters to vote in the upcoming regional elections for state governors, city mayors and state legislative councils.

    Chavez made the call during a meeting in the city of San Felipe, capital of the state Yaracuy, some 270 km west of the capital Caracas, where he headed a gathering of thousands of supporters dressed in red.

    This was Chavez's second visit, since the election campaign began on Sept. 23, to Yaracuy to support the candidates of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), the party Chavez created in December 2007.

    Chavez called on the people in Yaracuy to vote to achieve an overwhelming victory in municipal elections on Nov. 23.

    Warning the danger of abstentions, he said in 2006 he won the presidential elections with 7 million votes, but in 2007 he lost the constitutional referendum with 4 million votes.

    "Three million did not go to vote. We defeated ourselves!" Chavez said.