Electoral Council Publishes 2nd Bulletin of the Venezuelan Elections Results

CNE President Elvis Amoroso (C), Aug. 2, 2024. Photo: X/ @ElNecio_Cuba

August 2, 2024 Hour: 2:44 pm

President Nicolas Maduro obtained 6,408,844 votes, that is, 51.95 percent of the votes.

On Friday, the National Electoral Council (CNE) issued the second bulletin of the results of the Venezuelan presidential elections held on Sunday, July 28.

With 96.87 percent of the data transmitted, the results determine that President Nicolas Maduro, the candidate of the Great Patriotic Pole, received 6,408,844 votes, that is, 51.95 percent of the votes.

In second place was Edmundo Gonzalez, the candidate of the far-right unitary platform, who obtained 5,326,104 votes equivalent to 43.18 percent of the votes.

CNE President Elvis Amoroso indicated that the transmission of the minutes of the voting tables were delayed due to massive cyber attacks carried out from different parts of the world against his institution’s technological infrastructure.

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The delay was also due to the consequences of the urban violence acts perpetrated in recent days, he denounced, specifying that those terrorist actions included the burning of regional electoral offices, voting centers, and emergency transmission centers.

Nevertheless, the CNE managed to transmit the majority of the records, adhering to the Electoral Process Law and other regulations, Amoroso said, adding that citizen participation reached 59.97 percent.

The CNE president also congratulated the Venezuelans for their democratic vocation, the international electoral observers, and the state forces that provided security during voting day.