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Nicolas Maduro has been declared the winner of the presidential election held in Venezuela on Sunday. However, opposition leaders are strongly opposing the election results. The President of the National Electoral Council has said that Maduro has received 51 percent of the votes. While opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez has said that 44 percent of the votes have been cast. He further said that this election result is based on votes cast at 80 percent of the polling stations. The Election Commission has not yet released the official voting data of 30,000 polling stations. Due to which the opposition could not confirm the result.
Nicolas Maduro faces a big challenge
In this election, Venezuela's current President Nicolas Maduro faced strong opposition. During the election campaign, the opposition said that they would overcome the public financial crisis of the last decade. Due to the economic crisis in Venezuela, about 70 lakh people are leaving the country and moving to other countries. The opposition ran against Maduro under the leadership of 74-year-old Edmundo Gonzalez Eurasia. However, he could not defeat Maduro, who has been in power for the last 11 years.
People were waiting impatiently
Venezuelans were eagerly awaiting the results of Sunday's presidential election, which could pave the way for the end of 25 years of one-party rule. Gonzalez faced tough competition from President Maduro for a third term. Opposition leaders were confident of Gonzalez's victory and began celebrating outside some polling stations. Voting was due to end at 6 pm, but ballots were still being counted for about six hours at many polling stations in Caracas.