With 80% of the ballots counted, Mr Maduro secured 51.20% of the vote and Mr Gonzalez Urrutia around 44%, the CNE said.
Earlier, the opposition assured on the other hand that it has every reason to “celebrate” the result, while it called on its supporters to remain at the polling stations, to guarantee the transparency and reliability of the count.
“The results cannot be hidden. The country has peacefully chosen change,” assured Mr. Gonzalez Urrutia via X around 11:00 p.m. (local time), before the results were announced.
For her part, Maria Korina Machado, a leading figure of the opposition, demanded that the armed forces respect the result of the elections.
“Message to the Army. The Venezuelan people have spoken: they don’t want Maduro,” he argued earlier, also via X. “It’s time to stand on the right side of history. You have a chance, and it’s now.”
For its part, the US government called for a “fair and transparent count”, with the head of US diplomacy, Anthony Blinken, asking for the results to be made public in detail, as guarantees of transparency and accountability.
The US government “commends the Venezuelan people for participating in the July 28 presidential election, despite major challenges and deep concerns about the process,” Mr. Blinken said. “Now that the voting is over, it is vital that every vote is counted fairly and transparently,” added President Joe Biden’s Secretary of State.
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