Result with 80% of votes counted goes against opinion polls that suggested incumbent was facing defeatNicolás Maduro has been declared the winner of Venezuela’s presidential election by the government-controlled electoral authority – a result that appeared to dash opposition hopes of ending 25 years of socialist rule and was immediately contested by his rivals and several governments in the region.After a six-hour delay in releasing the results of Sunday’s election sparked an outpouring of concern from South American governments, the national electoral council claimed Maduro had won with 51.21% of votes compared with 44.2% for his rival, the former diplomat Edmundo González Urrutia. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/29/venezuela-election-nicolas-maduro-edmundo-gonzalez-urrutia-results
Author : Patricia Torres in Caracas
Publish date : 2024-07-29 07:08:08
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Venezuela election: Maduro declared winner by government-controlled authority
