With 80% of protocols processed, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has received 51.2% of the votes and won the presidential election, Elvis Amoroso, the chairman of the National Electoral Council of Venezuela, said on Monday.
Speaking to journalists and observers, he added: “The voter turnout was 59%. After processing 80% of the data, the results are as follows: First, Nicolás Maduro Moros from the Great National Pole received 5,150,092 votes, or 51.20%. The candidate Edmundo González from the Unity Council received 4,445,978 votes, or 44.2%.”
Earlier, the Venezuelan government pointed to interference by several countries in the presidential election and against the right of the people to self-determination.
On Sunday, Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay issued a statement calling for a transparent vote count monitored by observers.
According to the Venezuelan government, this statement, along with comments from several right-wing politicians from various countries, “aims to distort what was peacefully expressed [in order to distort] the right of the people to choose.”
The Venezuelan authorities noted that citizens voted freely and legally in the election.
Later, Argentine President Javier Milei confirmed via the social network X that he does not recognise Nicolás Maduro’s victory in the Venezuelan presidential election. This statement came even before the results were officially announced.
For Maduro, the upcoming presidential term will be the third in a row; he has headed the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela since 2013.
The inauguration of the head of the executive power of Venezuela will take place on January 10, 2025, and his term of office will be six years.
