00:44Mandatory credit: Canal de Youtube de Nicolas Maduro
The head of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Elvis Amoroso, declared Nicolas Maduro the winner of the presidential election in Caracas on Sunday.
"In the next few hours, the results will be available on the website of the National Electoral Council, table by table, as has historically been done thanks to the automated voting system. Likewise, the results will be delivered to organisations with political purposes on a CD in accordance with the law," Amoroso said.
"We congratulate intensely, the new president of Bolivar Republic of Venezuela honourable Nicolas Maduro," he added.
Eariler, it was reported that Maduro had secured 51 percent of the vote, while his main rival Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia received 44 percent. The Venezuelan opposition dismissed the announcement, claiming that Gonzalez had won up to 70 percent of the vote, although it did not supply any evidence to back the claim.
Maduro himself said the result was a 'triumph of peace and stability'. He first won power in 2013 following the death of President Hugo Chavez and has now secured a historic, third consecutive term.
Venezuela's National Electoral Council declares Maduro winner of presidential vote
The head of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Elvis Amoroso, declared Nicolas Maduro the winner of the presidential election in Caracas on Sunday.
"In the next few hours, the results will be available on the website of the National Electoral Council, table by table, as has historically been done thanks to the automated voting system. Likewise, the results will be delivered to organisations with political purposes on a CD in accordance with the law," Amoroso said.
"We congratulate intensely, the new president of Bolivar Republic of Venezuela honourable Nicolas Maduro," he added.
Eariler, it was reported that Maduro had secured 51 percent of the vote, while his main rival Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia received 44 percent. The Venezuelan opposition dismissed the announcement, claiming that Gonzalez had won up to 70 percent of the vote, although it did not supply any evidence to back the claim.
Maduro himself said the result was a 'triumph of peace and stability'. He first won power in 2013 following the death of President Hugo Chavez and has now secured a historic, third consecutive term.
Mandatory credit: Canal de Youtube de Nicolas Maduro
The head of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Elvis Amoroso, declared Nicolas Maduro the winner of the presidential election in Caracas on Sunday.
"In the next few hours, the results will be available on the website of the National Electoral Council, table by table, as has historically been done thanks to the automated voting system. Likewise, the results will be delivered to organisations with political purposes on a CD in accordance with the law," Amoroso said.
"We congratulate intensely, the new president of Bolivar Republic of Venezuela honourable Nicolas Maduro," he added.
Eariler, it was reported that Maduro had secured 51 percent of the vote, while his main rival Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia received 44 percent. The Venezuelan opposition dismissed the announcement, claiming that Gonzalez had won up to 70 percent of the vote, although it did not supply any evidence to back the claim.
Maduro himself said the result was a 'triumph of peace and stability'. He first won power in 2013 following the death of President Hugo Chavez and has now secured a historic, third consecutive term.