The current president claims a third term in the South American country as the opposition and international observers say exit polls suggest a different result.
Venezuela 's current president, Nicolás Maduro, has claimed victory in the country's election over the weekend with a reported 51 per cent of votes.
The authority said opposition candidate Mr González won 44 per cent of the vote, though the opposition had earlier said it had "reasons to celebrate" and asked supporters to continue monitoring vote counts.Mr Maduro, appearing at the presidential palace before cheering supporters, said his re-election was a triumph of peace and stability and reiterated his campaign trail assertion that Venezuela's electoral system was transparent.
A poll from Edison Research, known for its polling of US elections, had predicted in an exit poll that Mr González would win 65 per cent of the vote, while Mr Maduro would win 31 per cent. "A message for the military. The people of Venezuela have spoken: they don't want Maduro," she said earlier on X.Venezuela's military has always supported Mr Maduro, a 61-year-old former bus driver and foreign minister, and there have been no public signs that leaders of the armed forces were breaking from the government.
The crowd dispersed after about 20 minutes, but videos on social media showed similar incidents in other locations around the country. "I was a Chavista, but people have changed," she said, using the term for ruling party supporters, a reference to the late president Hugo Chavez.
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