Maduro Claims Victory After Mayor Races Show Split Venezuela
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Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro claimed victory after preliminary results for mayor elections yesterday showed his party won 44 percent of the vote, according to the national electoral council.
The opposition won the mayoral race in the Caracas metropolitan district and the cities of Maracaibo and Valencia. It took 41 percent of the popular vote in the races nationwide, Tibisay Lucena, the head of the national electoral council, said shortly after 10:00 p.m. on state television yesterday.