Nicolás Maduro’s Venezuela Election Victory Claim Met With Protests, Fraud Allegations And Diplomatic Fallout: A Round-Up– www.timesnownews.com

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Venezuela’s opposition claims victory in the presidential election, challenging Maduro’s declared win. The National Electoral Council reported Maduro won 51% of the vote, opposition candidate González 44%. Here’s a round-up of the elections and what’s next for Venezuela…

Doubts of Counting, Fraud Allegations

The council didn’t release tallies from the 30,000 polling booths, promising to do so “in the coming hours,” which hindered result verification. The delay, six hours after polls closed, suggested internal government debates, while Maduro’s opponents claimed early evening victory. Maduro later celebrated the results, accusing unidentified foreign enemies of hacking attempts. Opposition representatives asserted their tallies showed González trouncing Maduro…

More than 9 million people cast ballots on Sunday, with 17 million eligible voters. Another 4 million Venezuelans registered abroad mostly couldn’t vote due to registration issues.