The candidate's headquarters Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced his victory, urging to wait for official data from the National Electoral Council and thanked citizens for voting, RIA Novosti reported.
„Thank you. We can't announce the result but we can show you our faces. It was a win for everyone. It was a victory that will help us build a future. Of course, we will have to wait for the results of the National Electoral Council, as we respect the laws of our country and the constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela,” said Nicolas Maduro's head of campaign staff, Speaker of Parliament Jorge Rodriguez, at a press conference.
The headquarters thanked the National Electoral Council for the "perfect job" of the electoral system, which allowed the elections to take place "in complete tranquility and absolute peace".
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado called on her compatriots to stay in their polling stations to monitor the counting of votes, AFP reported, citing BTA, citing her statement from her campaign headquarters in Caracas. .
Millions of Venezuelans went to the polls yesterday to vote in a presidential election pitting incumbent President Nicolás Maduro, who is running for a third six-year term, against discreet diplomat Edmundo Gonzalez, AFP reported.
"We want to ask all Venezuelans to stay in their polling stations, be there and observe. All these years we have fought for this day, these are the decisive minutes," she said together with candidate Edmundo Gonzalez.
He, for his part, said he was "more than happy with the day", without specifying any figures, notes AFP.
Polling stations were expected to close yesterday at 18:00 local time (22:00 GMT).