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10:37, 21-May-2018
Maduro declared winner of Venezuela's presidential vote
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Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro won re-election in a vote on Sunday, the election board said.
Turnout at the election was 46.1 percent, the election board said, down from the 80 percent registered at the last presidential vote in 2013, due to a boycott by Venezuela's mainstream opposition.
As results came out, Maduro supporters let off fireworks in poor Caracas neighborhoods and danced to Latin pop around the downtown Miraflores presidential palace.
Supporters of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro celebrate the results of the election, outside of Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, May 20, 2018.
Supporters of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro celebrate the results of the election, outside of Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, May 20, 2018.
The president took 5.8 million votes, versus 1.8 for his nearest rival Henri Falcon, the board said.
Maduro hailed a "popular victory" after he was declared the winner.
Source(s): Reuters