Venezuela’s Maduro wins disputed election

President Nicolás Maduro has claimed victory in Venezuela’s presidential election, even as the country’s opposition said its candidate Edmundo González was the victor


VENEZUELA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULT (80% of votes counted)
     
Nicolás Maduro
In power since 2013, his government has presided over sharp economic and social deterioration

51.20%
Maduro
Great Patriotic Pole (GPPSM)

44.02%
González
Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD)

Edmundo González
Opposition says former diplomat won 70% of vote and has polling to prove it


Sources: BBC, Reuters 
Pictures: Getty Images 
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