Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has won a third term with 51 per cent of the vote, the country’s electoral authority said just after midnight on Monday, with 80 per cent of ballot boxes counted.
The result announced by the authority came despite multiple exit polls which pointed to an opposition win.
The authority said opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez 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.
