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Venezuelan electoral body declares Nicolás Maduro the winner of the elections
The CNE of Venezuela declared Nicolás Maduro the winner of the elections with 51.20% of the votes obtained.
Venezuela’s National Electoral Council announced on July 28 that Nicolás Maduro won the elections with 51.20% of the votes obtained. (Photo Prensa Libre: EFE/ Miguel Gutiérrez)
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was re-elected on Sunday for a third consecutive six-year term, the pro-government electoral authority reported, after a campaign marred by allegations of opposition intimidation and fears of fraud.
With 80% scrutinized, Maduro He won with 51.2% of the votes (5.15 million) over the opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutiawhich obtained 44.2% (4.45 million), according to the president of the National Electoral Council, Elvis Amoroso.
The trend is “forceful and irreversible”he claimed.
Right away Maduro addressed a platform in the Miraflores palace, where a group of followers awaited him with music and dancing.
#Live 📹 | Message to the Venezuelan People after the extraordinary democratic day of the 2024 Presidential Elections. https://t.co/P3vcR80j86
— Nicolas Maduro (@NicolasMaduro) July 29, 2024
Shortly before the announcement of the National Electoral Council, The opposition command had denounced irregularities in the counting.
“We request in the name of peace in Venezuela, in the name of credibility in the vote as an instrument for making the great decisions of the civilized world, that they do not take a false step“, declared Omar Barboza, secretary general of the Democratic Platform coalition, which supports González Urrutia.
“The results are undeniable. The country chose a peaceful change.“, wrote González Urrutia on the social network X.
The results are undeniable. The country has chosen a peaceful change.
— Edmundo Gonzalez (@EdmundoGU) July 29, 2024
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