< p>The results of the presidential elections in Venezuela are now available and will be announced by the National Electoral Council. This was stated by the head of the election campaign of the current President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, Jorge Rodríguez, live on the TV channel Venezolana de Televisión.
„We cannot announce the results of the election and we will wait patiently for the ballot of the National Electoral Council, but as soon as it is published, we are waiting for you in a place you know to meet someone you know,” Rodriguez said at the held press conference.
Traditionally, after the elections, supporters of the Bolivarian Revolution meet with the head of state in the center of Caracas near the walls of the Miraflores presidential palace.
Rodriguez called far-right opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, who declared opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez the winner of the election by a wide margin, mentally ill.
10 politicians are fighting for the post of head of state. The main competitor of the current President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, is the candidate of far-right parties, Edmundo González. The election results are expected to be announced soon.