Venezuelan Opposition Candidate Rejects Maduro Victory -- Voice of America
CARACAS — Venezuela's Electoral Council has declared Nicolas Maduro the winner of the nation's presidential election by a slim margin. But opposition candidate Henrique Capriles is demanding a recount.
National Electoral Council President Tibisay Lucena announced Maduro's victory late Sunday with 50.7 percent of the vote, an estimated 235,000 ballots more than opposition candidate Henrique Capriles, who garnered 49.1 percent of the vote.
Lucena called the narrow margin irrefutable, describing results as the irreversible outcome of the country's electoral process.
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