Venezuela’s incumbent President Nicolas Maduro wins Venezuela’s presidential election with 51.2 per cent, or 5,150,092 votes, the National Electoral Council (CNE) said.

The other candidate who received the most votes was Edmundo Gonzalez (44.2 per cent, or 4,445,978 votes).

On July 28, Venezuela held presidential elections. Polling stations were open from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. local time. Some 910 international guests and observers, including a team from the United Nations (UN), representatives of the African Union, the Council of Electoral Experts of Latin America (CEELA), and other organisations, were in the country to ensure the transparency of the electoral process.

Elvis Amoroso, head of the National Electoral Council (CNE), said that the elections were held without incidents, reports
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