Caracas, Apr 15 (Prensa Latina) The candidate of Great Patriotic Pole (GPP) to the presidency of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, today won the elections to define the head of state in the period 2013-2019.
According to the National Electoral Council (CNE), with the result of 99.12 percent of polling stations, the socialist candidate won 50.6 percent of the vote cast (7 505 338 votes).
Meanwhile, the main candidate of the right, Henrique Capriles, nominated by the so-called Democratic Unity Table (MUD) received the 49.07 percent of the vote (7 270 403).
During the report of the results, the president of the CNE, Tibisay Lucena, said that these data were released when the trend is irreversible and the votes pending to count do not change the final balance of the process.
Lucena said the institution spoke with the candidates to communicate the report and urged people to remain calm, after successfully completing the Election Day.
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