- Title: REFILE: Venezuela's Machado says opposition candidate won 70% of the vote
- Date: 29th July 2024
- Summary: CARACAS, VENEZUELA (JULY 29, 2024) (REUTERS) JOURNALISTS SURROUNDING VENEZUELAN OPPOSITION PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, EDMUNDO GONZALEZ, AND OPPOSITION LEADER, MARIA CORINA MACHADO (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) VENEZUELAN OPPOSITION PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, EDMUNDO GONZALEZ, SAYING: “What happened during today’s polling day was a violation of all the rules, to the point that the majori
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- Keywords: Gonzalez Venezuela election opposition politics
- Location: CARACAS, VENEZUELA
- City: CARACAS, VENEZUELA
- Country: Venezuela
- Topics: South America / Central America,Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
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- Story Text:Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said early on Monday (July 29) that opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez won 70% of the vote in a presidential contest over the weekend.
The declaration came despite the national electoral council announcing a 51% victory for President Nicolas Maduro, contradicting several exit polls.
Gonzalez said his message of "reconciliation and peaceful change" still stands and added that the opposition would fight until the election results were respected.
The country's electoral authority said just after midnight on Monday that Maduro had won a third term with 51% of the vote, despite multiple exit polls which pointed to an opposition win.
A poll from Edison Research, known for its polling of U.S. elections, had predicted in an exit poll that Gonzalez would win 65% of the vote, while Maduro would win 31%. Local firm Meganalisis predicted a 65% vote for Gonzalez and just under 14% for Maduro.
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