CARACAS — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has won a third term with 51 per cent of the vote, the country's electoral authority said just after midnight on July 29, with 80 per cent of ballot boxes counted. The result announced by the authority came despite multiple exit polls which pointed to an opposition win.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro celebrates the results after the presidential election in Caracas, Venezuela July 29, 2024.CARACAS — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has won a third term with 51 per cent of the vote, the country's electoral authority said just after midnight on July 29, with 80 per cent of ballot boxes counted.
The authority said opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez won 44 per cent of the vote, though the opposition had earlier said it had "reasons to celebrate" and asked supporters to continue monitoring vote counts. Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado reiterated a call for the country's military to uphold the results of the vote.
Venezuela's military has always supported Maduro, a 61-year-old former bus driver and foreign minister, and there have been no public signs that leaders of the armed forces are breaking from the government.
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