Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro was declared the winner of the presidential election on Sunday, although the opposition is also claiming victory.
Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro was declared the winner of the country's presidential election on Sunday after securing more than 50% of the vote, although the opposition contends that the results are not accurate. The National Electoral Council said at around midnight that Maduro received 51% of the vote, while the main opposition candidate, Edmundo González, had 44% support, according to The Associated Press.
The electoral authority, controlled by Maduro loyalists, did not immediately publish the results from each of the 30,000 polling booths across the country, impeding the opposition's ability to challenge the results after alleging it only had data for about 30% of the ballot boxes. 'The Venezuelans and the entire world know what happened,' González said. Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado claimed González's margin of victory was 'overwhelming.
Sen. Marco Rubio wrote on the social media platform X that the 'Maduro regime in #Venezuela has just carried out the most predictable and ridiculous sham election in modern history.' Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font also wrote on X that 'the delivery of the results of this transcendental election in Venezuela must be transparent, timely and fully reflect the popular will expressed at the polls.
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