Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro re-elected for third term

With 80% of the votes counted, the Venezuelan National Electoral Council announced late on July 28 that President Nicolas Maduro had won with more than 51% of the votes. Opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia had won more than 44% of the votes.

President Nicolas Maduro votes in Caracas on July 28.

The results were announced after several post-election polls showed the opposition likely to win, according to Reuters. Gonzalez had earlier said there was reason to celebrate and urged supporters to continue watching the vote count.

"The results cannot be hidden. The country has chosen peaceful change," Mr. Gonzalez wrote on social network X shortly before the results were announced by the National Electoral Council.

Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado called on the military to "stand on the right side of history". "You have one chance and that time is now," Ms Machado wrote.

Nicolas Maduro (62 years old) took office as president of Venezuela in 2013 and was re-elected in the 2018 election. The latest results will help him maintain his position in power for another 6-year term.

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