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Both Venezuela strongman Nicolas Maduro and opposition claim election win, as US voices ‘serious concerns’ 

By CNN&Stefano Pozzebon, Karol Suarez, Abel Alvarado,Ivan

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CNN Updated 9:32 AM EDT, Mon July 29, 2024 

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Caracas, VenezuelaBoth Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro and his political opponent claimed victory in the country’s election on Monday, a vote that was marked by accusations of fraud and counting irregularities.With 80% of votes counted, Maduro secured more than 51% of the vote, beating the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) candidate Edmundo González Urrutia with his more than 44% of the vote, according to a statement by the National Electoral Council (CNE).

The United States and multiple global leaders voiced skepticism about official results handing presidential election victory to the strongman leader.Young Venezuelan opposition voters prepare to leave the country if Maduro is reelectedClaims of election irregularities started to emerge on Sunday evening as the votes were being counted — including opposition witnesses being denied access to the CNE headquarters as the authority counted votes, and the CNE allegedly halting data being sent from local polling stations to their central location to prevent more votes from being processed.

The CNE has been criticized by some international bodies for its lack of impartiality.The US Department of State raised concerns last year about what it said were “ongoing efforts to remake the composition” of the body, while the European Parliament adopted a resolution in February accusing the Maduro regime of making changes to the CNE it said were “designed to hamper the electoral process and quash any prospect of a return to democracy.”

CNN has reached out to the CNE, which has not responded to the opposition’s allegations.Opposition leader María Corina Machado said in a news conference that their own records showed their candidate Edmundo González Urrutia had received 70% of the vote against Maduro’s 30%.“We won, and everyone knows it,” Machado said, adding that the opposition would “defend the truth.”

“The entire international community knows what happened in Venezuela and how people voted for change,” she said.Gonzalez, who was also at the news conference, alleged that rules had been violated during the election./-